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News SOS Médecins to interrupt services for 24 hours - SOS Médecins has announced a total shutdown of its services from 8am today for 24 hours. The move comes as a warning to an end of home visits by doctors due to insufficient funding. Created in 1966 SOS Médecins brings together some 1,300 general practitioners who carry our around 3 million home visits each year. End of free covid screening confirmed by PM for October 15th – Meanwhile Prime Minister Jean Castex has confirmed that from October 15th covid screening tests will no longer be reimbursed; except for those with a valid medical reason and under 16s. Speaking on Sunday Castex said it is “no longer legitimate to pay for excessive tests at the expense of the taxpayer”. In France last year the cost of screening for covid reached 2.2 billion euros. Estrosi targeted during protest in Nice against health pass - France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has expressed his “full support” for the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, following Saturday’s demonstration in the city, against both the mayor and the health pass. During the demonstration several protestors attempted to approach the mayor’s home shouting “Estrosi collabo”. Police managed to form a roadblock to prevent the individuals from passing and fired tear gas. One person was arrested. Darmanin denounced the “unacceptable intimidation attempt” and “thanked the security forces who ensured the protection of his home”. In a tweet Estrosi wrote “attacking my family home is unspeakable and illustrates the savagery of those who claim to be defending a just cause". Investigation into photo of French President on holiday - An investigation has been opened for "breach of privacy" following the publication of a photo of French President Emmanuel Macron on holiday. According to French media Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron are at the origin of the complaint, which targets a paparazzi, who took a photo of the President on a jet-ski last year. The Elysée has said that it does not wish to "comment" on the affair. Ardèche and Drome hit by severe storms - Météo France has lifted the orange rain-flood and thunderstorm alert warning for the Ardèche and the Drome. Both regions were hit by severe storms on Saturday as some areas saw around 75 millimeters of rain fall in 3 hours. 4,600 homes were without electricity. No injuries were reported. Nice airport – Meanwhile in the Alpes Maritimes flights at Nice airport were affected by bad weather. Sunday saw several flights delayed due to storms which hit the region with air traffic being resumed by early afternoon. Nice half marathon sees 3,600 people participate - 3,600 runners gathered to take part in Nice’s half marathon. Sunday saw Belgian Lucas Da Silva win the event in the men’s category and British Alice Ward in the women’s. In its 29th edition Da Silva completed the 21kms in 1h 06 while Ward arrived at the finishing line after 1h 26 minutes. Café de Paris to close for renovation work - The Café de Paris here in the Principality is to close its doors due to renovation work. The famous Café de Paris is to be completely redesigned and plans to reopen in 2023. Manuscript written by Albert Einstein - Estimated at two to three million euros a manuscript written by Albert Einstein, which contributed to the development of his relativity theory, is to go under the hammer in Paris on November 23. The document is 54 pages long and contains a “crucial part” of the development of the general theory of relativity. It is seen as Einstein’s most valuable manuscript ever put up for auction. Italy crowned patisserie world champions - Italy has been crowned the new pâtisserie world champions beating Japan which came second and in third place were the hosts, France. The 2021 Pastry World Cup (Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie) took place in Lyon at the weekend with the winning team taking home 21,000 euros. Other finalists included the UK, Egypt, South Korea, Russia, Algeria, and Mexico. |
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Business France’s Minister of Public Accounts Olivier Dussopt has estimated that the cost of the covid crisis for the State stands at 170 or even 200 billion euros. Speaking to French media on Sunday the minister said that the pandemic had cost more than 70 billion euros in exceptional spending in 2020, and more than 70 billion in spending in 2021. According to Bercy forecasts, the public deficit should drop from 9.2% of GDP in 2020 to 8.4% this year, then 4.8% in 2022. Meanwhile France’s Prime Mini |
