You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed your new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news and behind-the-scenes from Brussels and beyond From the economy to the climate and the EU's role in world affairs this talk show sheds light on European affairs and the issues that impact on our daily lives as Europeans Tune in to understand the ins and outs of European politics Dare to imagine the future with business and tech visionaries Deep dive conversations with business leaders Euronews Tech Talks goes beyond discussions to explore the impact of new technologies on our lives the podcast provides valuable insights into the intersection of technology and society Europe's water is under increasing pressure floods are taking their toll on our drinking water Join us on a journey around Europe to see why protecting ecosystems matters and to discover some of the best water solutions an animated explainer series and live debate - find out why Water Matters We give you the latest climate facts from the world’s leading source analyse the trends and explain how our planet is changing We meet the experts on the front line of climate change who explore new strategies to mitigate and adapt Health workers in France are already overstretched by the coronavirus pandemic Now they also have to worry about the threat of cyberattacks paralysing medical facilities Three hospital buildings near the city of Lyon have fallen prey this week to hackers using ransomware This type of attack blocks computer systems and demands a payment in exchange for their release The hospital group in Villefranche-sur-Saône has backup procedures to continue to treat most patients but planned surgical operations have been suspended and emergencies are being redirected elsewhere near Lyon A hospital in Dax in southwestern France was hit by a similar attack just last week and things there were still not back to normal as of Monday (February 16) The COVID-19 pandemic has turned overworked hospitals into a prime target for opportunistic online criminals a cybersecurity consultant at Cendium cyberdefense "The lack of human and financial resources for IT and cybersecurity it makes it easier for hackers to attack a hospital rather than a large bank with ample resources," Schmitlin told Euronews Despite pleas from French authorities not to give in some medical facilities are tempted to pay the ransom to be able to continue operating and to protect their patients' data and that can push some organisations to actually pay the ransom Add to that the pressure of public opinion and you get a very good target for organised crime." 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The French already pay some of the highest gas prices in the world The protesters wear bright yellow vests — which French drivers are required to keep in their cars in case of accidents — giving the leaderless "Among its ranks are retirees and the unemployed, farmers, housewives and people who have never protested before," NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports from Paris "One newspaper called it the revenge of the diesel class What unites them is the economic pinch and anger at a president who seems far removed from their daily hardships." The leaderless movement, not tied to a political party, doesn't have a clear set of demands aside from opposition to the gasoline tax. But the protest movement is speaking to deep-seated concerns and divisions in French society, and the unrest may have been brewing for a while Demonstrators have set up blockades across roads There have been clashes with police: over the weekend protesters threw bricks and bottles at police who responded with water cannons and tear gas A yellow vest protestor adds to a fire near The Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Saturday during a rally against a gas tax that will go into effect in January A poll found that 77 percent of French people support the "yellow vest" movement One protester in Paris told Beardsley some French people are worried about the end of the world while others are worried about the end of the month "There are two Frances: There are the better off people who live in the cities who can afford to think about climate change and then those living in the rural areas and small towns [who] can't make ends meet," Beardsley says Macron has "successfully faced down unions in his plans to overhaul the french labor market," Beardsley notes But the yellow vest movement "is posing serious political problems for Macron and his plans to remake France." Macron said that he understood why people were angry and promised to take steps to help the working class "What I've taken from these last few days is that we shouldn't change course because it is the right one and necessary," he said, according to a translation by The Local. saying he would propose a mechanism to adjust tax hikes when they occurred at the same time as an increase in oil prices internationally — as they have this year," The Local reports The government is also offering financial incentives to help French people switch to more eco-friendly cars Become an NPR sponsor Best in Travel is here! Discover 2025’s destinations The 30 best countries, cities and regions to visit in 2025 Plan your trip with Elsewhere, by Lonely Planet See where a Lonely Planet Membership takes you Subscribe to our weekly newsletters to get the latest travel news, expert advice, and insider recommendations Explore the world with our detailed, insightful guidebooks Stay ahead of the curve with our guidebooks Uncover exciting new ways to explore iconic destinations Every month, we release new books into the wild Search Search Close search menu Explore Best in Travel 2024 Africa Close menu Countries Antarctica Antarctica Close menu Regions Asia Asia Close menu Countries Australia & the Pacific Australia & the Pacific Close menu Countries The Caribbean The Caribbean Close menu Countries Central America Central America Close menu Countries Europe Europe Close menu Countries Middle East Middle East Close menu Countries North America North America Close menu Countries South America South America Close menu Countries The Beaujolais Wine Marathon is a fun celebration of French scenery wine aficionado and runner (in that order) Anna Richards argues that the best wine marathon in France takes place in Beaujolais bar crawls have gotten a whole lot more physical Giving Médoc some worthy competition is the Marathon du Beaujolais, in eastern France. I participated in the Beaujolais Half Marathon in November – and it truly gives Médoc a run for its money And since the marathon takes place annually at the end of the summer (in 2023 and temperatures regularly in the 80s Fahrenheit (high 20s Celsius) You can expect your marathon photos to be framed by blue skies and to have merlot pouring out of your pores The Médoc race course is a scenic loop of châteaux and vineyards Yet Beaujolais is linear (starting in the picture-perfect village of Fleurie and ending in Villefranche-sur-Saône) Médoc will run you €96 for a basic race pack While this sounds like a lot for a mere run it works out good value once you factor in all the included tastings and food participants receive a party bag that includes a bottle of wine (Chugging it during the warm-up is not recommended.) Beaujolais is a region for people who like to enjoy wine without pretense Many of the crus (prestigious vineyards) win plenty of awards yet this doesn’t stop winemakers from having some fun with it Beaujolais Nouveau has gone viral around the world when local winemaker Georges Duboeuf arrived in New York to flog a crate of young wine from that year’s harvest celebrations happen worldwide everywhere from San Francisco to London each November with particularly large festivities happening in Japan (people quite literally bathe in the red stuff) the crowning event of which is the Marathon du Beaujolais The route winds through 12 villages, with 15 tastings along the way. If 26.2 miles has you running in the other direction, there’s an eight-mile route with three tastings, or the 13.1 mile half marathon route officially with nine different tasting stops (though the final pitstop has 10 tasting stands in a row) Arguably as important as the free-flowing wine is the fancy dress wearing Lycra makes you look silly (this isn’t a marathon to set a personal best) Think “wow” factor over practicality: supermarket trolleys cardboard locomotives and pantomime horses The best getup I saw was the late Queen Elizabeth II who somehow managed to run with a bottle of Beaujolais balanced on a silver tea tray surrounded by Rich Tea biscuits The first couple of tastings risk running dry particularly if you’re in the last wave of runners – but don’t despair and many stands hand out full bottles rather than simply refilling your souvenir cup The route dives in and out of wine cellars while wine barrels on wheels provide either a twirling podium or a fast track to a broken ankle temperatures are much cooler than for Médoc and the vineyards serve up a fiery mass of crimson and burnt-orange vines The Beaujolais villages along the route are built from the region’s golden stone which becomes positively luminous in sunlight all the routes finish in the region’s 13th-century capital and follow mostly fully paved country roads with some muddy sections cutting through the vineyards Officially there’s a time limit (seven hours for the marathon but since the people of Beaujolais aren’t known for their punctuality which created an unparalleled party atmosphere While there are oysters (you’re a long way from the sea) you can expect delicately grilled morsels of rare steak Accommodation in Villefranche-sur-Saône is limited, but Lyon (30 minutes by train) has many lodging options, plus countless Beaujolais Nouveau parties to continue the euphoria post-run. High-speed trains to Lyon take two hours from Paris; you can also fly in to Lyon–Saint-Exupéry airport. Police used teargas and water cannon against protesters in central Paris as similar ‘yellow vests’ demonstrations took place around the country Photograph: AFP Contributor#AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Julien MattiaLe Pictorium/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA/REX/Shutterstock Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: François Pauletto/News Pictures/REX/Shutterstock Photograph: Romuald Meigneux/SIPA/REX/Shutterstock Photograph: Emma FRANCIS/SIPA/REX/Shutterstock Photograph: Olivier Coret/News Pictures/REX/Shutterstock Photograph: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Mchiche/News Pictures/REX/Shutterstock Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Lucas Barioulet/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: François Guillot/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Jean-François Monier/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images Today's print edition Home Delivery French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will meet retailers and insurers on Monday to assess the economic impact of nationwide protests over rising fuel costs dubbed "yellow vests," have blocked highways across France since Nov setting up burning barricades and deploying convoys of slow-moving trucks often denying access to shopping centers and some factories.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); French retailers have warned that prolonged protests could hit the Christmas shopping season and threaten jobs while President Emmanuel Macron has shown no sign of backing down on taxes introduced last year on diesel and petrol to encourage people to switch to cleaner forms of transport. The unrest reached new heights in Paris on Saturday when police clashed violently with thousands of demonstrators on the Champs-Elysees "Tomorrow I will bring together at the Economy and Finance Ministry representatives from retailers chambers of commerce and employers federation Medef to assess the economic situation its impact on sales and on our economy and the consequences we must draw," Le Maire told BFM TV Police detained 101 people in Paris and there 24 people were injured in the clashes on the Champs Elysees It is urgent to rebuild the nation's unity and restart a dialogue," Le Maire said Some yellow vests have called for a third weekend of protests on the Champs Elysees via a Facebook page called "Act 3 Macron resigns!" In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. To learn more see our FAQ Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division There was a small conclave of French-born winemakers in Prairie du Sac recently there were just two of them - Wollersheim winemaker Philippe Coquard and his kid brother Jean-François Coquard Jean-François ended up moving away from the Beaujolais region of France where the family has long been involved in the wine business He is director of winemaking at Tenuta Mazzolino in the Lombardy region of northern Italy Listening to the brothers banter - no rivalry they both insist - provides insight into what it's like to be part of a close-knit clan that has been making wine and managing vineyards for generations They were raised in a family of six children outside Villefranche-sur-Saone "We were growing up in the wine business dealing with grape vines since we were able to walk," Philippe said "I didn't want to be a winemaker because my dad my brother were all winemakers," he said even if I was really in the midst of it." But it was watching his brother's struggles and triumphs at Wollersheim that helped convince him "I was seeing the winery growing and I eventually decided to go into the wine business." The story of the venerable Wollersheim Winery goes back quite a bit further than Jean-François' memory of it The family-run enterprise was begun by the late Robert Wollersheim and his wife This national historic site overlooking the Wisconsin River was first planted with vineyards in the 1840s by Hungarian Count Agoston Haraszthy who subsequently went to Californiaand became known as the founder of its wine industry He later married Robert and JoAnn's daughter Julie Now that younger generation is running the operation with its broad range of popular wines Wollersheim Winery purchased the Cedar Creek Winery in Cedarburg The combined annual production is about 240,000 gallons Jean-François admits he has lifted an idea or two from his older brother He was so impressed with the success of Wollersheim's Prairie Fume that he began fashioning a similarly-styled white called Camara He describes his spinoff as "easy drinking Philippe is perfectly willing to take a bow noting that when Prairie Fume was "born" 20 years ago it was the "avant-garde" of now popular Pinot Grigio you take his Camera - or you take Prairie Fume - and what it is It's something you don't have to think about The brothers speak by phone at least once a week talking about family and kids - and of course about wine what would you do on this or let's talk about that," Philippe said "It could be about malolactic fermentation or barrel aging Even though I've been doing it for 25 years For the parents of these two far-flung offspring Philippe explained that for a French family "it's a little hard to see potential talent being exported," whether to Wisconsin or Italy "But the emotional loss - because we don't see each other that much - has been more difficult than the business loss," he said If you are hoping to try a wine made by Jean-François the single option in Wisconsin is the delicious and distinctive Mazzolino Bonarda which sells for about $12 a bottle at the Wollersheim tasting room Bonarda is "a classical red grape from Lombardy," Jean-François said a grape that's typical from the place - like Gamay is for Beaujolais." Philippe listened but just couldn't resist the brotherly jab "And we're his best customer," he joked Anne Schamberg is a freelance writer who lives in Waukesha. E-mail her at aschamberg@aol.com France has been forced to shut seven schools over growing concerns over an infestation of bedbugs Education Minister Gabriel Attal said Friday "Bedbugs were detected at various levels in.. seven institutions are closed for this reason," Attal told France 5 television The French government has held a series of meetings this week to examine surging numbers of reported bedbug cases at a time when France is hosting the Rugby World Cup and preparing to host the Paris 2024 Olympics authorities announced two schools — one in Marseille and the other in Villefranche-sur-Saone outside Lyon in southeastern France — had been shut down for cleaning "We have almost 60,000 institutions and we're only talking about a few dozen here but it's true that cases are piling up," Attal said so that we can have institutions treated within 24 hours." He said a list of "approved and recognised" companies had been prepared in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and regional health agencies "so that the heads of schools can have the contacts and have them intervene very quickly." A municipal library in the northern city of Amiens is due to reopen on Saturday after being closed for several days after bedbugs were detected in public reading spaces the city's mayor Brigitte Foure told reporters A sniffer dog found no trace of the pests after the library was treated One-tenth of all French households are believed to have had a bedbug problem over the past few years usually requiring a pest control operation costing several hundred euros which often needs to be repeated The blood-sucking insects have been spotted in the Paris metro high-speed trains and at Paris's Charles De Gaulle Airport But the individual cases have not been confirmed by the authorities and RMC TV reported that a probe by Paris transport operator RATP had found no bedbugs on its services French prison guards have launched a nationwide strike against the government over staff levels and violence in the country's overcrowded jails marked an escalation in protests after unions this weekend rejected a proposal from Emmanuel Macron's government to employ 100 extra guards this year and a further 1000 before 2022 Guards burned tyres and wooden pallets outside the gates to several jails ahead of talks hastily convened by Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet a senior Force Ouvriere (FO) union official His union demanded higher wages and rapid hiring of 2400 staff a guard for 13 years at Fresnes prison on the edge of Paris said records put the number of attacks on security staff at 4000 a year "You cannot put a guard in charge of 100 or 150 prisoners and just give him a whistle," said Karar calling for guards to be armed with taser guns France's prison population has more than doubled since the 1970s and prison guards complain increasingly that they have neither the staff nor the equipment and support to deal with violent inmates notably convicted Islamists and petty criminals who become radicalised while in prison Macron's government is under mounting pressure to resolve the unrest after several attacks on guards by inmates in different jails in the past week Riot police clashed with guards manning a picket outside the Fleury Merogis prison on Friday where protests first erupted after an Islamist militant jailed over the killing of 21 people in Tunisia in 2000 slashed guards on the head and torso with a pair of scissors The government also proposed over the weekend the separation of France's most violent inmates from the rest of its 70,000 prisoners one of Europe's largest prison populations Mr Macron said this month that a plan would be presented in February that would go beyond an existing pledge to build thousands of new prison cells World RSS Follow RNZ News View this post on Instagram A post shared by Soccer Laduma (@soccer_laduma) Local International Off The Pitch Podcasts & Videos African Football Nasreddine Nabi's former side AS FAR Rabat has officially appointed their second manager since the Tunisian's departure.Check Out: Confirmed: Mayo's Belouizdad Sack Boss the 59-year-old decided to call time on his lone season in the Botola Pro Inwi with the Black Army after being successfully lured to South Africa by Kaizer Chiefs Nabi had an impressive spell in the Moroccan capital winning 22 of the 30 league matches he took charge of had an even better season as the Green Eagles went the whole season unbeaten even beating FAR in the final of the Moroccan Throne Cup 2-1 in what was Nabi's final game in charge of the club FAR decided to appoint Polish tactician Czeslaw Michniewicz as his successor While Michniewicz successfully qualified FAR for the CAF Champions League group stage for the first time since the 2006/07 season the executives at the club were left uninspired by the team's performances in the domestic league After winning his first two league games of the campaign the Polish tactician saw his charges go winless in his last three games and the club decided to pull the plug on the 54-year-old's brief tenure The Villefranche-sur-Saone native is well-versed with football in Africa having previously taken the reins at some prominent clubs and national teams on the continent Check Out: AFCON: Ghana On The Brink Of EliminationVelud's previous job was with the Burkina Faso national team while he has also worked with ES Setif and USM Alger winning the Algerian top-flight title with both