Mayor Elie Brun appeals a sentence barring him from public office for five years Despite having been barred from public office for five years last week, Mayor Elie Brun of Fréjus may still be running […]
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Floods acknowledged as natural disaster
Residents of 42 communes have 10 days to get natural disaster relief from their insurance companies The floods resulting from last month’s record breaking downpour have been officially recognised as a natural disaster in 42 […]
An American Saturday in Nice
A miniature version of the Statue of Liberty now sits on Nice’s seafront The brand new layout of the Quai des Etats Unis features a bronze miniature copy of the Statue of Liberty, which was […]
Unemployment still soaring
The yearly increase in unemployment passed the 10% threshold in the Alpes Maritimes The numbers are out. In one year, unemployment in the Côte d’Azur rose at a significantly higher rate than the national average. […]
Power gone with the wind
A week after disastrous floods in the Côte d’Azur, strong winds destroy weakened infrastructure Strong winds in the Alpes Maritimes worsened the damage wrought by last weekend’s heavy rain. 10,000 homes were left without power […]
Deadly downpour wreaks havoc
At least two people have died in severe weather, that delivered around three months of rainfall in just three days. The clean up continues after thousands of people were evacuated, stranded or left without power. […]
License to surf the web
Primary school in Drap opts into prevention programme teaching basic Internet caution Children at a primary school in Nice are the first in the Côte d’Azur to undertake a course that will award them with […]
Peillon versus Estrosi
Politicians play the blame game after they fail to meet about education reforms The national education reform, which has been partly implemented across the region, is once more at the centre of a political debate […]
Lab horses allegedly sold as meat
Eleven months after Spanghero, a new horse meat scandal rocks southern France As if the recent horse meat scandal weren’t enough, 21 people have been arrested across the south of France for allegedly trafficking horses […]
Prostitution ring dismantled in the Côte d’Azur
Law enforcement officers from Cannes and Grasse have made 14 arrests while dismantling a prostitution ring in Mandelieu and Fréjus. It comes just days after the French government voted in a major reform of the […]