French Riviera local news

French Riviera local news | From 30/10 to 05/11/23

Evening Update Friday 3 November 2023

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has said that two people lost their lives and forty-seven were injured in Storm Ciaran. She said that the country had suffered significant material damage Evening Update Friday 3 November 2023 Read More

03/11/2023

French and Riviera News Friday 3rd November 2023

Police have opened an investigation and are appealing for any witnesses, after a thirty-year-old man was shot dead in Vallauris on Thursday. French and Riviera News Friday 3rd November 2023 Read More

03/11/2023

Evening Update Thursday 2 November 2023

Storm Ciaran is continuing to affect much of France. At least two people are now known to have died and over a dozen people to have been injured as a result of the storm. Weather warnings are still in force locally Evening Update Thursday 2 November 2023 Read More

02/11/2023

French and Riviera News Thursday 2nd November 2023

Record winds recorded in northwestern France with the arrival of Storm Ciaran - According to Meteo France record winds have been recorded in the Finistère region with gusts of up to 193km/hr and the overnight arrival of Storm Ciaran which is making its way over from the South of England. French and Riviera News Thursday 2nd November 2023 Read More

02/11/2023

Evening Update Wednesday 1 November 2023

Three departments in north-west France are on Meteo France red alerts for tomorrow as Storm Ciaran moves into the area Evening Update Wednesday 1 November 2023 Read More

01/11/2023

French and Riviera News Wednesday 1st November 2023

France’s foreign ministry has said that two French children have died in the north of the Gaza strip. Following the announcement France reiterated its call for a humanitarian pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. French and Riviera News Wednesday 1st November 2023 Read More

01/11/2023

Evening Update Tuesday 31 October 2023

Counter-terrorism police have shot a woman at a train station in Paris. The woman, who was wearing a veil, was reportedly threatening passers-by and advocating terrorism Evening Update Tuesday 31 October 2023 Read More

31/10/2023

French and Riviera News Tuesday 31st October 2023

A Russian oligarch considered to have close ties with Vladimir Putin has been placed in police custody in France. The home of Alexeï Kuzmitchev, located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, as well as a second home in Saint-Tropez in the Var, were searched on Monday by investigators from the Central Office for the Fight against Financial and Tax Offenses (OCLCIFF). French and Riviera News Tuesday 31st October 2023 Read More

31/10/2023

Evening Update Monday 30 October 2023

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said that nine arrests have been made in connection with the incidents which led to the cancellation of the Olympique de Marseille match against Olympique Lyonnais at the weekend Evening Update Monday 30 October 2023 Read More

30/10/2023

French and Riviera News Monday 30th Ocotober 2023

A French policeman has killed his three children before turning the gun on himself, at his home in the town of Vémars in the Paris region. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon. French and Riviera News Monday 30th Ocotober 2023 Read More

30/10/2023