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Firefighters are engaged in fighting a blaze which broke out in a forested area near to Gorbio in the Alpes-Maritimes this morning. Several dozen firefighters and four water bombing aircraft have been involved in fighting the blaze which has affected at least ten hectares.
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The Monaco Scientific Centre has just published a new study on the harmful effects of plastic pollution on the maritime environment claiming that nanoplastics are a real threat to corals.
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The United States and the European Union have announced this morning the creation of a working group aimed at reducing Europe's dependence on Russian fossil fuels, due to Moscow's war in Ukraine.
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After years of tension between the two parties, Uber is to welcome New York taxi reservations as part of its software to its application.
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To attract customers to their hypermarkets and supermarkets, Carrefour, Casino and Auchan are offering discounts this weekend on petrol.
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A British Base jumper has died after his parachute failed to open in time during a cliff jump while on holiday in the south of France.
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The town hall of Carros in the Alpes Maritimes has opened a psychological unit for its inhabitants and the employees of the town council, following the death of its first deputy mayor Yvan Remond.
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President Macron has warned of what he called "an unprecedented food crisis". Speaking after meetings of NATO members and G7 countries in Brussels, he proposed a plan to deal with a crisis which he said is affecting countries which are dependant on wheat and grain exports from Ukraine and Russia
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A passenger on board a ferry from Tunisia to Marseille has been airlifted to hospital in Toulon.
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Terminal 1 at Nice Côte d'Azur airport is to reopen on Sunday 27th March, after two years of almost uninterrupted closure.
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The former first deputy of the city of Carros in the Alpes Maritimes, Yvan Remond has been found shot dead.
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In response to a call from the mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi, a Corsica Linea ferry is to be made available from March 29th in the port of Marseille to accommodate up to 1,600 Ukrainian refugees.
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The President of Ukraine has been given a standing ovation by the French National Assembly as he began his address to deputies by video link this afternoon. In his speech Volodymyr Zelensky compared the Ukranian city of Mariupol to the ruins of Verdun in the First World War
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Leroy Merlin is facing strong criticism in France and Ukraine as it refuses to stop sales in Russia. The company, which has nearly 40,000 employees in Russia is being criticized by Ukrainian authorities for not having closed its stores in Russia, where it carries out 18% of its global activity.
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The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will speak to the French Parliament this afternoon.
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French Prime Minister Jean Castex has said that over 26,000 Ukranian refugees have entered France since the beginning of the conflict and that 10,500 have received a temporary residence permit
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A fire has broken out in the middle of the night in a 20-storey building in Toulon. Firefighters intervened at around 2am this morning as several residents were evacuated.
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Corsican nationalist activist Yvan Colonna has died from his injuries following an attack in prison by a fellow inmate.
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The Prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes has said that just over 12,100 Ukranian refugees have passed through the La Turbie toll booths on the A8 motorway since the start of the conflict in Ukraine
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A nursery school has been evacuated this Monday morning due to a gas leak.
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Taxi and VTC drivers are demonstrating across France and in Marseille today in protest against the rise in petrol prices.
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Health measures in France change from today Monday 21st March, if you have been in contact with a covid positive person.
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Monaco has released an emergency aid of 150,000 euros for Ukraine. Following a televised speech by Prince Albert II of Monaco last week, the Minister of State Pierre Dartout gave an update on the establishment of a “coordination unit” dedicated to “welcoming and supporting refugees” from the war in Ukraine and announced the release of emergency financial assistance.
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