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What do the different number plate colours of cars mean in France?
Standard passenger vehicles must be white, but do you know what the other colours signify?
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Small town in Normandy attracts record visits on Wikipedia
A new ranking puts this famous coastal town in first place, followed by a medieval hilltop favourite, and three mountain resorts
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French wine production faces sharp decline
Adverse weather conditions across France's key vineyards forecast a 22% drop in output for 2024
Bathtub posters call for whales to go back in sea
Rights groups have launched poster campaigns across the country to stop aquarium attractions using whales and dolphins.
The C’est Assez protests, on Paris Métro and buses in Nantes and Nice, show a dolphin and a whale in a bathtub.
They target dolphinariums in Port-Saint-Père near Nantes and Antibes near Nice demanding the mammals be freed and that reproduction in captivity be banned.
The ecology ministry started a rethink on zoos, circuses, mink farms and dolphinariums last year. Rights groups want the mammals released back into the sea in special sanctuaries.
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