French Riviera local news

French Riviera local news | From 20 to 26/11

Evening Update Friday 24 November 2023

The head of electricity supplier EDF has said that price rises in 2024 will be limited to 10% Evening Update Friday 24 November 2023 Read More

24/11/2023

French and Riviera News Friday 24th November 2023

France’s Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has announced an increase in the overall funding allocation to mayors across the country. 100 million euros will be added to the 220 million euros already included in the budget, which is currently being examined by Parliament French and Riviera News Friday 24th November 2023 Read More

24/11/2023

Evening Update Thursday 23 November 2023

Police in Marseille have seized a large amount of ammunition from a private residence. Customs officers made the discovery at an isolated farmhouse Evening Update Thursday 23 November 2023 Read More

23/11/2023

French and Riviera News Thursday 23rd November 2023

The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo has announced that the capital’s public transport will not be ready for the Olympic games. Questioned on the Quotidien show on Wednesday evening, Hidalgo cited "two things for which we are not going to be ready", namely "transport" and "shelter for homeless people”. French and Riviera News Thursday 23rd November 2023 Read More

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Evening Update Wednesday 22 November 2023

Four schools in Nice were targeted by hoax bomb threats this morning. The schools concerned were the Masséna and Vauban high schools and the Jules Valéri and Ségurane colleges Evening Update Wednesday 22 November 2023 Read More

22/11/2023

Knife attack

A thirty-year-old man has been stabbed in Place Garibaldi in Nice. Knife attack Read More

22/11/2023

French and Riviera News Wednesday 22nd November 2023

A man is in a serious condition after falling five metres from the rocks along the seafront in Nice, near to coco beach. French and Riviera News Wednesday 22nd November 2023 Read More

22/11/2023

Evening Update Tuesday 21 November 2023

A major search has been underway today for a boat missing since last night. The 6.5 metre boat is crewed by a man in his sixties who left the old port of Menton Evening Update Tuesday 21 November 2023 Read More

21/11/2023

Bomb scare

The Albert Camus high school in Fréjus has been evacuated this Tuesday morning following a bomb scare which was reportedly sent by email to the establishment. Bomb scare Read More

21/11/2023

Earth tremor

An earth tremor with a magnitude of 3.7 has been recorded this Tuesday morning at 6:52 a.m. by the Central Bureau of French Seismology (BCSF). Earth tremor Read More

21/11/2023

French and Riviera News Tuesday 21st November 2023

For the first time in its history, the French charity and food aid association the “Restos du coeur” will have to refuse people from November. French and Riviera News Tuesday 21st November 2023 Read More

21/11/2023

Evening Update Monday 20 November 2023

Twenty people have been arrested this morning in a large-scale anti-drugs operation by authorities in the Gard department Evening Update Monday 20 November 2023 Read More

20/11/2023

French and Riviera News Monday 20th November 2023

A French senator has been charged with drugging a member of parliament with the intent to rape or sexually assault her. 66-year-old Joël Guerriau, a centre-right politician from western France, was arrested last Thursday at his home in Paris. French and Riviera News Monday 20th November 2023 Read More

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