French Riviera local news

French Riviera local news | From 04 to 10/01

Evening Update Friday 8 January 2021

The Monaco government has said that it's planning to restrict access to the Principality tomorrow, 9 January. Evening Update Friday 8 January 2021 Read More

08/01/2021

Lunchtime News Friday 8th January 2021

Twenty fire fighters have been deployed on the Avenue de Grasse in Cannes this morning just before 9am  after a gas leak was reported in the area. Lunchtime News Friday 8th January 2021 Read More

08/01/2021

French and Riviera News Friday 8th January 2021

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced that all public venues currently closed would remain so until at least 20th January. French and Riviera News Friday 8th January 2021 Read More

08/01/2021

Evening Update Thursday 7 January 2021

French Prime Minister Jean Castex and Health Minister Olivier Veran have been holding a press conference this evening. The Prime Minister said that 2021 will be "the year of hope, particularly thanks to the vaccination campaign". Evening Update Thursday 7 January 2021 Read More

07/01/2021

Lunchtime News Thursday 7th January 2021

A man in his sixties has died in an apartment fire in Manosque. Firefighters intervened in the middle of the night to extinguish a fire which broke out on the first floor of a building. Lunchtime News Thursday 7th January 2021 Read More

07/01/2021

French and Riviera News Thursday 7th January 2021

French millionaire hotel owner Jacqueline Veyrac is to testify in court today, as part of the trial of 13 people accused of involvement in her kidnapping. French and Riviera News Thursday 7th January 2021 Read More

07/01/2021

Evening Update Wednesday 6 January 2021

300 vaccination centres are going to be opened across France next week and a further 500 in the following week according to a government spokesperson Evening Update Wednesday 6 January 2021 Read More

06/01/2021

Lunchtime News Wednesday 6th January 2021

Customs officers have discovered nearly 200 kilos of cannabis with an estimated value of nearly 400,000 euros during a spot check on the A8 motorway at the Frejus pay toll. Lunchtime News Wednesday 6th January 2021 Read More

06/01/2021

French and Riviera News Wednesday 6th January 2021

30 new cases of Coivd-19 have been identified in Monaco on Tuesday bringing the total number of residents affected to 947 since the beginning of the pandemic. French and Riviera News Wednesday 6th January 2021 Read More

06/01/2021

Evening Update Tuesday 5 January 2021

The French Health Minister has said that 300 coronavirus vaccination centres across France will have supplies of the vaccine by next week, with the figure rising to 500 to 600 by the end of January Evening Update Tuesday 5 January 2021 Read More

05/01/2021

Lunchtime News Tuesday 5th January 2021

France’s Health Minister has this morning announced that the vaccination campaign will be extended to firefighters and home helpers over 50 years old. Lunchtime News Tuesday 5th January 2021 Read More

05/01/2021

French and Riviera News Tuesday 5th January 2021

It has been decided that bars and restaurant in France will not reopen on January 20th. It’s not yet official but the decision has reportedly been taken following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and the government on Monday. French and Riviera News Tuesday 5th January 2021 Read More

05/01/2021

Evening Update Monday 4 January 2021

French Minister of Health Olivier Veran has said that "several thousand" coronavirus vaccinations have been carried out in France today. The government has been accused of rolling out its vaccination program too slowly compared to other countries. Evening Update Monday 4 January 2021 Read More

04/01/2021

Lunchtime News Monday 4th January 2021

Since Saturday, January 2nd, the Alpes-Maritimes and the Hautes-Alpes have been placed on a 6pm curfew despite the measure being considered as "inept" by some elected officials on the Riviera. Lunchtime News Monday 4th January 2021 Read More

04/01/2021

French and Riviera News Monday 4th January 2021

The body of a 75-year-old woman has been found in the river Sorgue in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in the Vaucluse. Emergency services were alerted on Sunday morning shortly after 11am after the victim was reported missing by her family. French and Riviera News Monday 4th January 2021 Read More

04/01/2021