French Riviera local news

French Riviera local news | From 05 to 11/06

Evening Update Friday 9 June 2023

President Macron has visited the victims of yesterday's attack in Annecy in hospital in Grenoble and in Annecy. He said afterwards that the news regarding the four injured children is "positive". Evening Update Friday 9 June 2023 Read More

09/06/2023

French and Riviera News Friday 9th June 2023

The four young children who were stabbed in a park in Annecy are reported to now be in a stable condition in hospital. Police overpowered and arrested the knifeman after he entered a children's playground to carry out the attack on Thursday morning. French and Riviera News Friday 9th June 2023 Read More

09/06/2023

Evening Update Thursday 8 June 2023

Six people, including four children, one of whom is British, have been injured in a knife attack in a park in the French alpine town of Annecy Evening Update Thursday 8 June 2023 Read More

08/06/2023

Breaking News

France's Interior minister has said that several people including children have been stabbed in an attack in a park near Lake Annecy, in south-eastern France. Breaking News Read More

08/06/2023

Train traffic interrupted

The circulation of trains between Les Arcs and Cannes has been interrupted this Thursday morning at around 10am following an accident at Saint-Raphaël train station. Train traffic interrupted Read More

08/06/2023

Abduction Alert

Abduction alert - French police have issued a kidnapping alert after an 8-year-old girl disappeared overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in Dunkirk. Malek Younes is described as having long, black, curly hair and black eyes. Abduction Alert Read More

08/06/2023

French and Riviera News Thursday 8th June 2023

Cancelled last March due to protest in France against the pension reform, the official visit of King Charles III to France should take place in September, a few days before that of Pope Francis who will celebrate a mass at the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on September 23. French and Riviera News Thursday 8th June 2023 Read More

08/06/2023

Evening Update Wednesday 7 June 2023

22 people in the Grasse area have now reportedly been infected with a parasite from drinking water. Five communes may have tap water contaminated with the parasite Evening Update Wednesday 7 June 2023 Read More

07/06/2023

French and Riviera News Wednesday 7th June 2023

Protests against the pension reform in France on Tuesday saw a sharp decline in the number of participants. Some 300,000 people demonstrated in Paris and 900,000 across France, according to figures from the CGT. French and Riviera News Wednesday 7th June 2023 Read More

07/06/2023

Evening Update Tuesday 6 June 2023

Demonstrations have once again been taking place throughout France to oppose the government's retirement legislation. It's the 14th day of mobilisation Evening Update Tuesday 6 June 2023 Read More

06/06/2023

French and Riviera News Tuesday 6th June 2023

A French court has sentenced two men to jail after convicting them on charges of beating up the great-nephew of French first lady Brigitte Macron last month outside her family's chocolate shop. French and Riviera News Tuesday 6th June 2023 Read More

06/06/2023

Evening Update Monday 5 June 2023

The prosecutor in Marseille has announced a major drugs haul Evening Update Monday 5 June 2023 Read More

05/06/2023

French and Riviera News Monday 5th June 2023

France’s Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is to make a series of announcements today Monday 5th June, with new measures to deal with the housing crisis in France. French and Riviera News Monday 5th June 2023 Read More

05/06/2023