https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The rules are about to be tightened on Happy Hours at bars around France, as authorities try to tackle "le binge drinking". https://www.thelocal.fr/20161219/france-to-crack-down-on-happy-hours-in-bars-and-pubs Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:53:04 +0100 france-to-crack-down-on-happy-hours-in-bars-and-pubs France-based British comedian Paul Taylor takes a look at how drinking on a French café terrace isn't as good as we think might think it is. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160928/video-is-life-on-a-paris-caf-terrace-really-this-bad Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:28:47 +0200 video-is-life-on-a-paris-caf-terrace-really-this-bad France's love for fine wines and liqueurs means the government is closing its eyes to prevent 49,000 alcohol deaths a year, a new damning report will say. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160613/booze-loving-france-complicit-in-alcohol-deaths Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:38:55 +0200 booze-loving-france-complicit-in-alcohol-deaths French drinking habits are changing according to a new study that revealed the health conscious nation is drinking less in quantity but more of quality. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150814/french-boozing-less-but-spending-more Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:49:19 +0200 french-boozing-less-but-spending-more A French barman received a suspended jail sentence on Wednesday after he was convicted of manslaughter for letting a man do 56 shots during a drinking contest that led to his death. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150528/barman-convicted-after-client-downs-56-shots Thu, 28 May 2015 10:20:33 +0200 barman-convicted-after-client-downs-56-shots A French association fighting alcohol addiction has filed a legal complaint in a bid to crackdown on Neknominate - the deadly social media booze craze. The group wants anyone caught playing to be charged with offences that come with jail sentences of up to two years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140318/french-association-seeks-to-make-neknomination-illegal Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:32:00 +0100 french-association-seeks-to-make-neknomination-illegal A French court on Tuesday found a students' union guilty of manslaughter for organizing a party at which a student drank himself to death, and which highlighted the heavy binge-drinking culture at French universities. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131105/french-court-set-to-rule-on-student-drinking-death Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:43:00 +0100 french-court-set-to-rule-on-student-drinking-death French efforts to call time on underage drinking appear to have had the reverse effect as a new report revealed 16 and 17-year-olds are actually smoking and drinking more since France raised the minimum age at which a person can buy alcohol and cigarettes in 2009. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131003/france-drinking-smoking-alcohol-cigarettes-alcoholism Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:00:00 +0200 france-drinking-smoking-alcohol-cigarettes-alcoholism A team of scientists based in the French city of Grenoble were honoured with a unique award at Harvard university this week for their psychological study, which found that people are convinced they are more sexually attractive when drunk. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130913/french-team-wins-prize-for-drunk-sex-appeal-study Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:56:00 +0200 french-team-wins-prize-for-drunk-sex-appeal-study French people may be famed for drinking in moderation but the booze culture has changed somewhat in recent years, so much so that on Sunday, the French have now officially come up with their own word for "binge-drinking". https://www.thelocal.fr/20130729/france-creates-a-word-for-binge-drinking Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:10:00 +0200 france-creates-a-word-for-binge-drinking Anyone keen to live in France has probably heard that working in an expat bar is an easy gig that doesn't require French. But there's a lot more to it than that, as we find out from three expats who have been there and done it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130613/top-tips-working-at-an-expat-bar-in-france Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:47:38 +0200 top-tips-working-at-an-expat-bar-in-france It appears that men and women are not equal when it comes to booze and fags. The results of a French study, released on Tuesday, revealed women who drink and smoke faced a disproportional risk to their health compared to men. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130528/booze-and-fags-harm-women-more-than-men-report Tue, 28 May 2013 10:32:00 +0200 booze-and-fags-harm-women-more-than-men-report French teenagers are acquainting themselves with alcohol earlier and earlier in their lives and getting drunk in worryingly high numbers, according to a study published on Tuesday, the latest to suggest that France has a growing alcohol problem. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130507/teen-drinking Tue, 07 May 2013 12:10:00 +0200 teen-drinking An inebriated French man has stunned doctors and police after recording a death-defying level of alcohol in his blood. Tests revealed it to be a record 1.1 percent - the equivalent of drinking three to four bottles of whisky. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130415/man-breaks-french-record-for-alcohol-blood-content Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:38:00 +0200 man-breaks-french-record-for-alcohol-blood-content We all know France is synonymous with good wine, but a shocking new report has found that alcohol abuse is now the leading cause of hospital visits in France. Short emergency room stays, for drunken trips and falls, have skyrocketed by 80 percent in three years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130322/alcohol-is-frances-biggest-cause-of-hospital-visits Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:04:00 +0100 alcohol-is-frances-biggest-cause-of-hospital-visits Natural wine? Who could possibly object? https://www.thelocal.fr/20121202/natural-wine-wins-supporters-and-detractors Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:25:00 +0100 natural-wine-wins-supporters-and-detractors Wine consumption in France has fallen to a new low with the average adult now consuming the equivalent of barely a glass a day, the latest edition of a major survey shows. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121128/french-replace-wine-with-fizzy-drinks Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:01:00 +0100 french-replace-wine-with-fizzy-drinks