Power cuts - As strong winds hit the Alpes Maritimes on Sunday 1,800 households were still without electricity this morning. The areas the worst affected were Nice, Conte and Châteauneuf. Strong winds saw in total 3,500 homes experience power cuts on Sunday and while the wind has died down the region, along with the Var, remains on a yellow weather alert until this evening due to gust of up to 110km/h forecast. The French electricity board has said that hundreds of technicians have been mobilized in order to restore electricity in all homes by this evening.
The new Prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes Bernard Gonzalez made a passionate inaugural speech in Nice today, praising the courage of ......
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The town hall and the police of Saint Raphaël in the Var have set up a service to mark bicycles in an attempt to reduce the number of bikes stolen. ...
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Protests against pension reforms continued on Thursday but figures were down compared to previous weeks. The rallies came on the 43rd day of strike ac...
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Protests against pension reform continue in Nice tonight where members of several unions will gather at the main train station for a torchlight march ...
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