Father Christmas - The postal service in France has announced that Santa's office will open today. Every year hundreds of thousands of children, write to Father Christmas seeing 60 people at the postal service in place to deal with the deliveries. More than 1.2 million children "from around the world" write every year. The letters are in paper form for the majority of them (1.1 million) but also sometimes in electronic form (94.000 e-mails sent from the website of Santa Claus, www.groupelaposte.com/pere-noel) . The Santa Claus Secretariat is a 57-year-old tradition in France that "brings to life the values of sharing, hope and generosity".
It’s been another day of industrial action across France today in protest at the government’s proposed pension reforms...
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Strike action-Public transport is being seriously affected today because of strike action in protest over the government’s pension reforms....
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Protesting lawyers this morning blocked the entrance to the Prefecture in Nice and then blocked an access ramp to the motorway...
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The French government has said it will look at punishing striking workers who cut power supplies to tens of thousands of homes and businesses people i...
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French tennis player and Nicoise Alizé Cornet has been knocked out of the Australian Open, the last French woman in the running, was eliminated on Th...
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