Sarah Elzas
Editor and Reporter at Radio France Internationale (RFI)
Co-Host, Spotlight on France at Radio France Internationale (RFI)
Journalist @RFI_En @RFI 📻 Makes #SpotlightonFrance podcast https://t.co/dtYvW2DVQY 📩 Newsletter: https://t.co/VeBRe6Cejr
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3 weeks ago |
rfi.fr | Sarah Elzas
society While Nordic countries are backtracking on going cash-free, France's justice minister has suggested eliminating cash in order to fight crime. But even as French consumers increasingly turn to card payments, not everyone is ready to forgo cash altogether. Cash plays a central role in the illicit drug trade and in financial crimes, French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin told a Senate commission last month.
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3 weeks ago |
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Sarah Elzas
Sarah Elzas7 June 2025 at 4:13 am·1-min readWhile Nordic countries are backtracking on going cash-free, France's justice minister has suggested eliminating cash in order to fight crime. But even as French consumers increasingly turn to card payments, not everyone is ready to forgo cash altogether. Cash plays a central role in the illicit drug trade and in financial crimes, French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin told a Senate commission last month.
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3 weeks ago |
rfi.fr | Sarah Elzas
France's national medicines safety agency (ANSM) has been alerted to shortages of 14 psychiatric medications since the start of the year – including sertraline, an antidepressant sold under brand names including Zoloft and widely prescribed to treat depression and anxiety disorders. Patients prescribed sertraline and some other psychiatric drugs have had to visit multiple pharmacies to have their prescriptions filled – if they are able to at all. "We're having a lot of trouble getting these drugs.
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3 weeks ago |
rfi.fr | Sarah Elzas
"There are 65 million people in France. If each gives one hour, imagine what we could do? We can change the world," says Atanase Périfan. He is behind L'Heure civique (the Civic Hour), a project that recruits people to volunteer an hour of their time each month to do tasks in their communities – tending to someone’s garden, helping with grocery shopping or giving homework help, for example.
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ca.news.yahoo.com | Sarah Elzas
With its strong social safety net, France has not traditionally been a country with a strong culture of volunteerism. But that may be changing, with a new initiative to encourage people to give an hour of their time each month to help their neighbours. "There are 65 million people in France. If each gives one hour, imagine what we could do? We can change the world," says Atanase Périfan.
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