Events

1.30-meter boa found in garden in Yonne

Two retirees discovered a stray boa on their property in Yonne; the animal was taken in by a specialist from Nièvre.

Viry-Châtillon launches plan to fight mosquitoes

The municipality of Viry-Châtillon in Essonne is taking action against mosquitoes: drain treatment and installation of bat boxes.

Ariège: in Pamiers, jeweller hands over her business to her employee after 40 years

Catherine Jacquemart, a longtime shopkeeper in Pamiers town centre, is preparing for retirement by handing over her jewellery store to her employee.

Afer president calls for tax stability for savings

Gérard Bekerman, president of Afer, is calling for stable rules amid uncertainties over pensions and taxation. He is defending life insurance and regulated capitalization as a supplement to the pay-as-you-go system.

Nord and Pas-de-Calais: unaccompanied minors prey to trafficking networks

Thousands of unaccompanied minors living in shantytowns on the coast are exposed to human trafficking networks, with authorities struggling to protect them.

Inspector general of National Education placed on early retirement after book critical of RN

Historian Vincent Duclert, co-director of the work "The Forgers of the Nation" criticizing the far right, was asked to anticipate his retirement from the General Inspectorate of National Education.

A study measures the growing 'informational fatigue' among French people

The third wave of a survey by the Observatoire Société & Consommation and the Fondation Jean Jaurès indicates that 55% of French people seek to protect themselves from information by engaging less with it. The authors highlight the risks of this withdrawal for democratic debate.

Op-ed: "The cyberattack that resembles an outage"

The daily La Tribune publishes an op-ed looking back at a cyberattack whose effects resemble an outage. The detailed content of the article is not available in the excerpt.

Retirement: health insurance costs increasingly weigh on budgets

The health insurance budget triples upon retirement, due to the end of employer contributions and a profile deemed riskier by mutual insurers.

French Sailing Federation victim of a cyberattack, more than 2 million records extracted

The French Sailing Federation confirms a cyberattack that allowed the extraction of more than 2 million licensee records. Identities, contact details, license histories and IBANs of certain clubs are affected.