The temporary increase in champagne’s alcohol content is only expected to affect a small number of wines, a spokeswoman for the Comite Champagne told the BBC. During the second fermentation process, which gives champagne its bubbles, “a very small number of wines from this harvest could have slightly exceeded the regulatory limit of 13%, reaching
At least 44 people have been injured, including one seriously, after a passenger train derailed in northern France, local officials have said. An 18-year-old woman was airlifted in critical condition by helicopter to hospital. Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said 180 passengers were on board the train that was operating between Rouen and Caen in Normandy.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leah Young, a 34-year-old from Dallas who moved to Spain in 2015. Young is the founder of Fearless Abroad, a company that helps Americans working remotely relocate to Europe. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. A lot of people love the idea of
Top filmmakers including Richard Linklater, Rebecca Zlotkowski, Jafar Panahi, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Wim Wenders, Tarik Saleh and Jia Zhang-ke have signed on to take part in the International Resilience Initiative for Independent Screens unveiled Monday during the Lumiere Summit in France. The French government has launched what has been dubbed IRIS as a bid
Unlike in the U.S., candidates in France’s election have actually focused on how to tackle the national debt, as a new president is due to take charge of the eurozone’s second largest economy next year. Last month, a French presidential debate was dominated by the country’s rising public debt. By contrast, midterm election races in the U.S.
At least one person has been killed and 10 people injured after a car crashed into a group of people near a train station in northern France, police say. A male suspect was later arrested after authorities launched a major emergency response in Caen, in the Normandy region. Local prefect David Claviere said seven of
