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 […]
Category: Politics & Economy
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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