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The sector recorded a 1.7% drop during the Christmas season alone, official statistics show German retail sales saw a sharp drop in 2023, according to preliminary data released on Wednesday by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

Jean-Louis Georgelin is believed to have fallen while hiking in the Pyrenees, according to police French General Jean-Louis Georgelin, director of the restoration of Paris’ fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral, has been found dead near a mountain pass in southeastern France, the Foix public prosecutor’s office confirmed on Saturday, noting that the death was being treated…