There’s been a large increase in unemployment in France. Just over 3.2 million people were completely unemployed in the third quarter, according to new government figures released today. It’s an increase of 1.6% this quarter and 7.6% more than the same time last year. A further 2.4 million people are partially unemployed in a “reduced activity”.
Authorities in Marseille have evacuated two shanty towns. The sites had been illegally occupied for five years by about a hundred people, according to the Prefecture. The Prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhone said that the operation was prompted by a fire at one of the encampments yesterday which disrupted nearby rail traffic.
The Bouche-du-Rhone Prefect has issued a decree authorising the installation of three hundred additional public security cameras in Marseille. The new installations are expected to bring the total to two thousand cameras in the city by the end of the year.
A blood donation drive is taking place in Nice. Tents have been set up on the Place Massena in the colours of OGC Nice, which is supporting the event. You can donate blood from 1.00pm to 6.30pm every day up to and including Thursday without an appointment.
There’s a new United States ambassador to the Principality of Monaco. Charles Kushner has presented his Letters of Credence to His Serene Highness Prince Albert II in the presence of Madame Isabelle Berro-Amadei, Government Counsellor - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. The new American ambassador was then received by the Minister of State, His Excellency Christophe Mirmand.
Three men from the Landes department have been found guilty of the theft of religious objects from forty-two churches in south-west France. The three stole items made of gold which they then sold to a local shop.
A sharp drop in temperatures is expected across Nice and the Alpes-Maritimes as a cold spell moves in during the third week of November. After a rainy...
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France and Ukraine have signed a major new arms deal. President Zelinsky and President Macron signed the agreement...
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All football fixtures scheduled for Sunday in the Alpes-Maritimes were postponed after the department was placed on an orange alert for heavy rain and...
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A truck has collided with a tram in Nice this morning. The accident, on Line 1 of the tramway on Avenue Jean Medecin, happened at about 9.30am...
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A woman in her early thirties has been killed after being hit by a car while walking on the A570 motorway near La Crau in the Var. The incident occurr...
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