French Riviera local news

French Riviera local news | From 22 to 28/01

Evening Update Friday 26 January 2024

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is visiting the Haute-Garonne this evening where he's announced new measures aimed at addressing the concerns of protesting farmers Evening Update Friday 26 January 2024 Read More

26/01/2024

French and Riviera News Friday 26th January 2024

France’s constitutional court has rejected about half of the articles in a new immigration law calling for them to be “scrapped”. On Thursday articles in the law, which was passed in December, including restrictions on family reunifications and student residency permits, were cancelled. French and Riviera News Friday 26th January 2024 Read More

26/01/2024

Evening Update Thursday 25 January 2024

The President of the Provence-Alpes Cote d'Azur Region Renaud Muselier has said that aid for farmers in the region will be made available after another day of widespread action. The payments are in the form of an advance on European Union credits. Farmers are expected to stage a demonstration in front of the Prefecture in Nice tomorrow. Meanwhile, farming unions have called for a blockade of Paris from 2pm tomorrow. Evening Update Thursday 25 January 2024 Read More

25/01/2024

French and Riviera News Thursday 25th January 2024

A white march is being organised on Saturday, for the farmer and her daughter killed in Ariège southwestern France. The 35-year-old mother and her 12-year-old daughter were mowed down by a car while taking part in a agricultural protest at a roadblock her 40 year old husband Jean Michel is in hospital in a serious condition. French and Riviera News Thursday 25th January 2024 Read More

25/01/2024

Evening Update Wednesday 24 January 2024

French farmers have been staging protests again today and are expected to do so in many areas tomorrow. Evening Update Wednesday 24 January 2024 Read More

24/01/2024

French and Riviera News Wednesday 24th January 2024

The French government has promised to give answers to farmers this Friday January 26th, as protests intensify across France. Disruptions are expected on roads across the country today, as the movement spreads. French and Riviera News Wednesday 24th January 2024 Read More

24/01/2024

Evening Update Tuesday 23 January 2024

A farmer has died while involved in protests in Pamiers in the Ariege department near to the border with Andorra. The woman was hit by a car at a roadblock set up by protestors. Two members of her family were seriously injured. Evening Update Tuesday 23 January 2024 Read More

23/01/2024

AS Monaco Rugby mourns sudden and sad death of Vincent Romulus -

The world of Monegasque rugby is mourning the death announced this Tuesday morning, of the manager of the club Vincent Romulus. The sad and unexpected news fell this Tuesday morning shortly after 9am on the social networks of AS Monaco Rugby. AS Monaco Rugby mourns sudden and sad death of Vincent Romulus - Read More

23/01/2024

A farmer has been killed and her husband and teenage daughter have been seriously injured

A farmer has been killed and her husband and teenage daughter have been seriously injured after a vehicle drove into a roadblock set up by agricultural unions in Ariège south western France. A farmer has been killed and her husband and teenage daughter have been seriously injured Read More

23/01/2024

Police arrest armed man after he threatens employees at a supermarket in Nice

Police have arrested a man in Nice after he threatened supermarket employees this Tuesday morning with a weapon. The incident occurred in a “Casino” supermarket on Boulevard Paul-Montel at around 10am. Police arrest armed man after he threatens employees at a supermarket in Nice Read More

23/01/2024

French and Riviera News Tuesday 23rd January 2024

38-year-old Steven Harper, a Scottish cyclist who went missing near Monaco has been found dead in Italy. Harper was attempting to pedal from Dundee to India. French and Riviera News Tuesday 23rd January 2024 Read More

23/01/2024

Evening Update Monday 22 January 2024

The body of a hiker has been found near Isola2000. The woman in her fifties had left the resort to hike yesterday and her family contacted authorities when she didn't answer her phone Evening Update Monday 22 January 2024 Read More

22/01/2024

Snowshoe hiker reported missing has been found dead

- The snowshoe hiker reported missing on Sunday evening in Isola 2000 has been found dead. Her body was discovered by a drone shortly after 10.30am this Monday morning. Snowshoe hiker reported missing has been found dead Read More

22/01/2024

French and Riviera News Monday 22nd January 2024

Demonstrators have gathered in Nice and Cannes to march against the new immigration law. Two anti-immigration law protests were organised on Sunday afternoon with demands for the French President to abandon what protestor consider to be a new “shameful” law French and Riviera News Monday 22nd January 2024 Read More

22/01/2024