French Riviera local news

French Riviera local news | From 12 to 18/09

Evening Update Friday 16 September 2022

President Macron is set to travel to London on Sunday for the funeral of Her Majesty the Queen on Monday. He said that "it will be a moment of contemplation and emotion alongside the British people". Evening Update Friday 16 September 2022 Read More

16/09/2022

French and Riviera News Friday 16th September 2022

Two child psychiatrists who testified at the July 14th Nice attack trial in Paris on Thursday, have indicated that six years later, more than 150 traumatized children are still having to be followed, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. French and Riviera News Friday 16th September 2022 Read More

16/09/2022

Evening Update Thursday 15 September 2022

About a thousand flights are expected to be cancelled tomorrow because of industrial action by French air traffic controllers Evening Update Thursday 15 September 2022 Read More

15/09/2022

French and Riviera News Thursday 15th September 2022

The Parisian football supporter, who fell from the football stand at Allianz Riviera stadium during the Nice-Cologne match, is to appear before the Criminal Court of Nice today Thursday 15th September. French and Riviera News Thursday 15th September 2022 Read More

15/09/2022

Evening Update Wednesday 14 September 2022

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has said that the energy tariff shield will be extended into the beginning of next year Evening Update Wednesday 14 September 2022 Read More

14/09/2022

Queen’s lying-in-state

There are already large queues along the banks of the river Thames in London this morning, as people wait for the Queen’s lying-in-state to begin. Queen’s lying-in-state Read More

14/09/2022

Driest year ever

According to Météo-France the Alpes-Maritimes has experienced it driest ever year this year with only 620 mm of rainfall in the department. Driest year ever Read More

14/09/2022

French and Riviera News Wednesday 14th September 2022

The Var and the Alpes Maritimes regions has been placed on a yellow weather warning with thunderstorms forecast. French and Riviera News Wednesday 14th September 2022 Read More

14/09/2022

Evening Update Tuesday 13 September 2022

Firefighters are once again tackling a major forest fire in the Gironde department in south-west France. Over eight hundred people were evacuated from premises overnight Evening Update Tuesday 13 September 2022 Read More

13/09/2022

Film director Jean-Luc Godard has died at the age of 91

French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to Film director Jean-Luc Godard, who revolutionised French cinema, after it was announced this lunchtime that he has died at the age of 91. Film director Jean-Luc Godard has died at the age of 91 Read More

13/09/2022

French and Riviera News Tuesday 13th September 2022

Marseille has deployed additional police officers ahead of the Champions League match this evening between the Olympique de Marseille and Frankfurt. French and Riviera News Tuesday 13th September 2022 Read More

13/09/2022

Evening Update Monday 12 September 2022

Former French Minister of Health Olivier Veran has admitted that the government’s policy at the beginning of the pandemic of not requiring the wearing of masks was wrong Evening Update Monday 12 September 2022 Read More

12/09/2022

French and Riviera News Monday 12th September 2022

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw Russian weaponry from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant while Putin has warned of the potential "catastrophic consequences" of what he said were Ukrainian attacks on the facility. French and Riviera News Monday 12th September 2022 Read More

12/09/2022