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In the ongoing farmers protest, 66 people have been arrested in Paris for dumping bales of hay at the top of the Champs-Elysées blocking all access to the Arc de Triomphe during this morning’s rush hour. Locally, between Draguignan and Grasse, around 30 farmers conducted a snail ... ....
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Overcrowding in France’s prisons has reached a new record high. Latest figures published show a sharp increase with 76,258 people detained in France as of February 1st marking an increase of 5.5% in just one year.
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In Monaco, the terrible mobile phone service experienced by people from France will soon be thing of the past. From next ... ...
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March is the month of mobilization against colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is a detectable and therefore preventable cancer. As with every year, the month of March is dedicated to raising public awareness for the prevention and screening of colorectal cancer.
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France is on its way to become the first country to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in its constitution. Abortion has been legal in France since 1974 but pressure has grown to further cement it in law.
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France's Senate is set to vote on a bill to anchor abortion rights in to the constitution. An election promise initiated by President Macron, the bill aims to amend Article 34 which ensures ... ....
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Despite a petition, the Cap-d'Ail post office will close for good next September. To the great dismay of local residents who have launched an online petition the closure has been confirmed, but the city has promised an alternative to ensure the continuity of the public service.
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Today Wednesday 28th February and tomorrow Thursday 29th February, you may spot an “Apple” branded vehicle in or around Monaco. Why? Well, the vehicles equipped with sophisticated image capture equipment, will crisscross the Principality of Monaco to update the "Maps" application.
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Seven people have been injured, including two seriously, in an apartment fire in Hyères in the Var this Wednesday morning. The blaze broke out shortly after 5.30am on the second floor of a residential building in Val des Rougières in Hyères.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has come under fire after saying at an international conference held on Monday at the Elysee on Ukraine, that “nothing should be excluded” and that there was “no consensus” on sending Western soldiers to Ukraine.
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A partner of a woman found dead at an apartment in Cagnes-sur-mer yesterday morning is being held in police custody. The 44-year-old woman was discovered after several calls .. ..
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Kensington Palace has announced in a press release that the Prince of Wales who was to participate, this Tuesday, February 27, in a memorial ceremony at Windsor Castle, in memory of his godfather, King Constantine of Greece, who died last January has cancelled his attendance for “personal reasons”.
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A giant fashion show, Vogue World Paris, will launch haute couture week and celebrate the Olympic Games on June 23rd. The event in the form of a giant fashion show: first staged in New York in 2022, then London in 2023 and now it will be the French capital in June 2024.
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H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene have put on a fine display of elegance all for a good cause at the alpine ski resort of Courchevel. The royal couple were attending at the weekend, a charity gala in aid of the Princess Charlene foundation of Monaco as well as the children of the Courchevel Sports Club.
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An earth tremor has been felt on the Côte d'Azur with a magnitude of between 2.7 and 2.8. Its epicentre is located not far from Cunéo, at a depth of 3km just over the border in Italy.
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The bad weather on Monday February 26 has damaged certain roads in our region.
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Local MP and president of the Republican Party Eric Ciotti has heavily criticised French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on Monday, about sending troops into Ukraine asking if the President position on the matter has been “well thought out?”.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has said it is key for Europe's security to defeat Russia in Ukraine.
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Up to 110 mm of rain has fallen on the Cote d’Azur in the last 24 hours, making it the wettest February here since 1947. The wet conditions have caused tonights Carnaval in Nice to be ... ...
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The Minister of National Education, Nicole Belloubet, has announced her intention to close in Nice, a private Muslim college due to "unclear financing”.
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Four ski mountaineers have been killed in an avalanche in the Auvergne region of central France. Three others were injured. The avalanche took place on Sunday at an altitude of 1,600 metres (5,250 feet) above the village of Mont-Dore in an area known as the Val d’Enfer.
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