Provence & Côte d’Azur: The left looses big in municipal elections, while the National Front rises to power in some cities With the rise of the far right in France and Europe in recent years, […]
Category: Europe
Far right threat
France: Foreigners could help sway municipal elections away from a potential National Front dominance Between the rise of the National Front and Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi’s call to tighten the borders, there is much at […]
Côte d’Azur bucks real estate trends
Provence & Côte d’Azur: New-build sales on the rise in the Alpes Maritimes despite nationwide fall Despite on-going downward real estate trends across France, new-builds on the Côte d’Azur did quite well in 2013 with […]
High-tech hotels for senior tourists
Provence & Côte d’Azur: Menton to establish a new comfort standard for travelling seniors The city of Menton is opening itself to a brand new market for tourism thanks to a cooperation project between La […]
Carrefour Lingostière could re-open next week
There still hasn’t been an official comment on the cause of the collapse Following the collapse of a 300 square metre section of the Carrefour Lingostiere shopping centre, the site’s owners have decided to tear […]
Storm Stephanie bears more bad news
100 millimetres of rain expected from Storm Stephanie in disaster-hit Var region The Var is on high flood alert once again as a storm hits the south of the region. Several rivers are expected to […]
Olympic Greenwashing
NGOs sever ties with the Olympic Games Today marks the beginning of the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. And thanks to another dominant controversy surrounding the games, environmental concerns have gone largely unnoticed. Prince Albert […]
Shopping mall collapses in Nice
A 300 square metre section of the Lingostière shopping centre in Nice has collapsed. Initial reports suggest only two people have been lightly injured and there doesn’t appear to be any fatalities, however authorities are […]