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Some flights are being disrupted at Nice Cote d’Azur airport today because of strike action.
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News just in that due to strike action by some members of staff at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation there will be delays and cancellations at Nice International airport today.
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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has said that the EU faces greater consequences than Britain from the "big bang" of Brexit — but she doesn't want France to leave the bloc.
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France’s ruling party is scrambling to fend off accusations of insensitivity and incompetence after its lawmakers voted down a proposed bill extending paid leave from work for parents who have lost a child.
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Several food products have been recalled after the DGCCRF and the consumer association in France declared them contaminated or unfit for consumption.
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A man has died after being hit by a train at Cuers in the Var this afternoon
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Two researchers from Nice have launched a fund raising campaign in order to test a cancer drug. Their work, which has been previously praised at the French Academy of Sciences, hopes to develop a drug capable of beating cancer.
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Traffic is particularly complicated on the A8 motorway this Thursday morning after an accident occurred at Villeneuve-Loubet, in the direction of Nice.
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As another day of strike action is to take place today against the pension reform, which is currently being debated in parliament, no trams will be running in Nice and the bus services will be disrupted.
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The A8 motorway was briefly closed in both directions earlier this evening because of a vehicle fire.
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French officials on Tuesday were racing to find a solution for dozens of French fishermen cut off from waters around the Channel Island of Guernsey since Britain quit the European Union on January 31.
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His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco along with government officials on Tuesday visited the Mountain View site to meet Google leaders, to discuss
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90 pupils have been evacuated from a primary school in Grasse after fears that strong winds which hit the region on Tuesday threatened to cause the roof to collapse.
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Two people have been arrested after an armed burglary in Saint-Laurent-du-Var this afternoon
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Cannes City Council has just blocked four projects to transform residential buildings into furnished accommodation for tourism. While the city council supports the positive effects of tourist accommodation
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Police have shot and wounded a man armed with a knife after he attacked officers inside a police barracks in eastern France on Monday.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has called for closer ties with Poland in shaping the European Union without Britain, in European security and relations with Russia.
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Météo-France has issued a yellow weather alert for the Alpes Maritimes and Corsica with strong winds forecast and gusts of up to 110 km/h in coastal areas of the Var.
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Local public transport is once again expected to be badly affected by another day of national industrial action this Thursday
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Following an epidemic of gastroenteritis thought to be caused by a parasite in the water in the Grasse area in the Alpes Maritimes 50,000 households are still without access to drinking water.
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The region’s Valberg ski resort has been praised as one of six ski resorts deemed to the most environmentally friendly.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has labelled Britain's withdrawal from the United Kingdom a "historic warning" for Europe. Macron said in a short televised address at the Elysée palace “Brexit occurred because we made Europe a scapegoat for our own problems," "This departure is a shock.
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A 74-year-old woman has thrown herself off the Ferris wheel which overlooks Place Masséna in Nice. The incident occurred at 3.30pm on Sunday afternoon. The woman reportedly waited until the wheel, which was packed at the time, stopped at the top.
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