Everything you need to know about taking a summer dip in the Seine, setting up a private pension, pet passport updates, and how to say sorry are among the must-reads from The Local this week.
Swimming in the Seine is back! After a very popular launch in 2025, swimming in the river running through Paris will return this summer – here’s what you need to know about the practicalities of it all.
Everything you need to know about swimming in the Seine in summer 2026
If you’re working in France, you will be automatically enrolled in the state-run pension system, but you can also benefit from a government-backed scheme to help you save for retirement or other projects.
Find out what changes in 2026.
Plan d’épargne retraite: Setting up a private pension in France
Recent changes to the rules on EU Pet Passports have a particular impact on pet-loving second-home owners in France – here’s what the regulations mean for them.
What do new EU Pet Passport rules mean for second-home owners in France?
One of the perks of being an employee in France is that your employer must help you with the cost of commuting – here’s how it all works.
Working in France: How to get your travel expenses reimbursed
Learning French can be difficult enough, without extra words being added to the language. But that’s something that happens every year…
From AI instructions to flirting, via influencers, slackers and chocolate, here are some of the new words that have been included in French dictionaries for the first time this year.
The new words added to the French dictionary for 2027
Of all the words in any language, ‘sorry’ is often the hardest. Foreigners tend to be taught that désolé means sorry in French, but in fact the French language has a variety of different ways to apologise, ranging from the casual to the phrases used for a more serious or formal affair.