Since when does the year start on January 1st?
Since the 16th century, shortly before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar on Friday, October 15, 1582. It was the day after Thursday, October 4, 1582. Explanations.
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Happy New Year, Mr. President!
When he addresses the French on Tuesday night on television, Emmanuel Macron will have to choose his words carefully if he doesn’t want to plunge France into chaos.
Genetic testing : a great gift or an embarrassing Christmas present?
Millions of Europeans have already ordered or even offered a DNA test to someone close to them in order to discover their ethnic origins, find a family member or find out about their predisposition to certain genetic diseases. But it is not without risks.
Christmas with the Little Brothers of the Poor of Nancy
The Christmas holidays are one of the highlights of the association of the Petits-Frères des Pauvres de Nancy. It distributes parcels to isolated and elderly people and offers them a good Christmas meal.
“Pioneers of a Sustainable World.”*
After the exhibition at the Futuroscope of Poitiers on the odyssey of Bertrand Piccard with his plane Solar Impulse and Alain Thiébault with his Hydroptère, the photojournalist Francis Demange and the editor Hervé Bonnot publish a book at the Editions de la Martinière.
Nancy: being 20 years old on a sidewalk
In Nancy as elsewhere, we see more and more people begging on the pavements. They’re called homeless. One of our readers sent us this post.
Where does the age of equilibrium come from?
Point-of-view. The former Secretary of State for the Budget returns to the vagueness surrounding the pension reform presented by the Prime Minister. Edifying.
What if the gifts are not delivered before Christmas?
You have filled your hood on the Internet but a week before Christmas, your gifts are still not delivered. What is the delivery time?
“Notre Dame” as before
It was obviously before the fire that ravaged the cathedral that Valérie Donzelli turned this hectic life of Maud Crayon into one. “I wanted to find something happy again, to reconnect with comedy,” says the actress and director.
Retreats: it’s going to end badly
December 17, 2019 is a high-risk day for the government, which will have to give up on its pension reform to avoid plunging the country into chaos.
Pensions : It’s not working!
A new day of mobilization is scheduled for December 17, 2019 in response to the Prime Minister’s announcements. The grunting is getting worse. The Christmas truce could be the end of it.
Pensions: unlimited policy blackout
This time, no more dithering. The main police unions call for an immediate and unlimited work stoppage. It’s gonna hurt.