The City Hall of Dijon (Burgundy) sold at an auction 3500 bottles of wine from its famous collection which had been collected from the 60s of the 20th century. The most expensive lot (a bottle of Vosne-Romane Cros Parantoux 1999) went to a Chinese buyer for 4800 Euro, totally the City Hall got 150 000 Euro. This money are supposed to cover a hole in the budget for social programs. This sales of the Republic heritage is an exotic but inevitable measure. Although French economy is not in such a pitiful condition as Spanish or Greek one, the expenses of the government grow and income goes down. The economy keeps staying in the recess stage, unemployment reached its maximum for 15 years (10,3%), so the government launched a great program of tax increase to cover the budget deficit. Source – www.euromag.ru