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 […]
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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 […]
Shake up among main party ranks
Former members from the right wing UMP and socialist parties inch towards a centrist alliance The Socialist Party candidate for Nice’s mayoral race, Patrick Allemand, officially opened his campaign on Sunday, shortly after his right […]
Thirty one pollution sites identified on the Côte d’Azur
Polluted water tables represent 80% of localised pollution sites in France Heavy metal pollution, cyanide, solvents, hydrocarbons… products that have been found in soil along the French Riviera. Among the 31 pollution sites on the […]
Alleged vaccine side effects stir controversy
Health complaints from Marseille, Toulon and all over France put Gardasil vaccine under scrutiny Monaco’s government is pushing ahead with its recommendation that young women receive the HPV vaccine, despite a France-wide controversy over its […]
Twenty nine years of heartfelt charity
The Restos du Coeur lauched their 29th winter campaign on Monday The ‘Les Restos du Coeur’ charity has started its winter campaign to feed the poor for the 29th consecutive year. Each winter, it is […]
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