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.
France
“The Miracle of the Holy Unknown”, hallelujah!
“It’s both a film about belief, the relationship to faith, and the link between faith and money,” says Alaa Eddine Aljem, the Moroccan director of this endearing fable.
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.
Metz: 800 years of Saint-Etienne Cathedral
In these times of Saint Nicholas and Christmas, the city of Metz and the bishopric of Moselle are celebrating the 800th anniversary of the cathedral. A year of fabulous shows, concerts, conferences and religious celebrations to pay tribute to the builders.
“Les Vétos”, a summer in Morvan
“It’s a subject that has never been tackled,” says Clovis Cornillac, who plays a veterinarian in this charming country fable by Julie Manoukian.
Retirement : “Universality is a decoy…”
Point-of-view. “By once again bringing one of my stones to the retreat building, I will no doubt provoke various reactions,” acknowledges the former Secretary of State for the Budget.
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.
Retirement : worried and vigilant police officers
UNSA and Alliance Police are calling for the alignment of the retirement of police officers with that of gendarmes.
Tonight we’ll have dinner and sleep at Stanislas High School…
The students of the Bac Pro section and their teachers cooked a gastronomic meal as part of their studies. Others prepared the rooms of the Hotel d’application Botanique. Let’s go!