French Riviera local news

French Riviera local news | From 04 to 10/12

Evening Update Friday 8th December 2023

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of delivering drugs and cigarettes to prisoners in Toulon and Draguignan by drone. Evening Update Friday 8th December 2023 Read More

08/12/2023

French and Riviera News Friday 8th December 2023

French police have arrested two men on suspicion of fraud after they allegedly sold bedbug pest control services for large sums to elderly people who did not need them. The arrests have taken place in eastern France. French and Riviera News Friday 8th December 2023 Read More

08/12/2023

Evening Update Thursday 7th December 2023

Fairground operators are threatening to bring traffic to a standstill in Nice tomorrow in protest about the arrangements for this winter's Nice funfair. Evening Update Thursday 7th December 2023 Read More

07/12/2023

French and Riviera News Thursday 7th December 2023

France’s minister of Ecological Transition has expressed his hopes for an “exit date from fossil fuels to be agreed”. Ahead of his visit to Dubai tomorrow Friday 8th December, attending the COP28 Christophe Béchu, says he plans to seek “the most ambitious agreement on the end of fossil fuels”. French and Riviera News Thursday 7th December 2023 Read More

07/12/2023

Evening Update Wednesday 6th December 2023

There's been another night of violence and tension in two of Nice's most deprived housing estates. Evening Update Wednesday 6th December 2023 Read More

06/12/2023

French and Riviera News Wednesday 6th December 2023

France’s Minister of Education Gabriel Attal has said that there is a “national emergency to raise the level of students”. French and Riviera News Wednesday 6th December 2023 Read More

06/12/2023

Evening Update Tuesday 5th December 2023

New figures show small and medium businesses in the south of France are generally performing well - with unemployment at its lowest level in more than 10 years, at 7.8%. Evening Update Tuesday 5th December 2023 Read More

05/12/2023

Famous “umbrella pine trees” of Saint-Tropez under threat

The president of the resident’s association of Saint-Tropez has written to the prefect to alert authorities about the threat to the famous “Parasol Pines” in the area which are being attacked by the turtle cochineal.  Famous “umbrella pine trees” of Saint-Tropez under threat Read More

05/12/2023

Road accident

Traffic has been disrupted, but thankfully nobody was hurt after a school bus with 35 children on board collided with a vehicle in Pierrefeu on the road to Hyères in the Var, this Tuesday morning. Road accident Read More

05/12/2023

Stabbing in Nice

Police are investigation a stabbing in Nice on the Boulevard Gambetta. Stabbing in Nice Read More

05/12/2023

French and Riviera News Tuesday 5th December 2023

Global action to reduce fossil fuels is not moving fast enough to prevent dangerous climate change, according to a Global Carbon Budget study published today Tuesday 5th December. French and Riviera News Tuesday 5th December 2023 Read More

05/12/2023

Evening Update Monday 4th December 2023

A series of police raids in Nice old town in the early hours of this morning have led to 15 arrests. Evening Update Monday 4th December 2023 Read More

04/12/2023

French and Riviera News Monday 4th December 2023

The Alpes-Maritimes has been placed on a yellow snow-ice and avalanche warning today Monday 4th December. Temperatures will be between 8 and 11 degrees along the coast and between 0 and 7°C elsewhere. French and Riviera News Monday 4th December 2023 Read More

04/12/2023