Twelve departments have been placed on Orange Alert for a heatwave

Heatwave: Twelve Departments in Southeast on Orange Alert

Meteo France has maintained, on Wednesday morning, twelve departments in the Southeast of France on orange alert for heatwave. The end of this wave of hot weather is expected no earlier than Thursday. It may be very hot in the south-eastern part of France on Wednesday. In its morning report, Meteo France has maintained twelve departments on […]

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Man threatens in Easter Mass in Nice

Nice: A Man Makes Threats at Easter Mass, he was Arrested

ARREST: “He made threats and had agitated behaviour” said one witness … The Church of Saint-Pierre d’Arène, in Nice, was evacuated on Sunday morning, in the Easter Mass after a man with threatening behavior broke into the premises. A security perimeter has been established in this area, close to the Promenade des Anglais. Un individu […]

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Students return to the Lycee in Grasse, four days after the shooting

Grasse: Four Days after the Shooting, the Students Return

Classes resume on Monday at Tocqueville Lycee in Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes), four days after the shooting triggered by a student of 17 years and that injured five people. Lycee students at Tocqueville in Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes) returned underway Monday morning in a heavy atmosphere, four days after one of their comrade opened fire at the facility, leaving five […]

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Four people were injured by shot and hospitalized, six were shocked or injured in scuffles. | AFP

Shooting at a Lycee in Grasse: What is Known about the Attack

A shootout erupted Thursday at the Lycee, Alexis de Tocqueville in Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes), leading to the outbreak of the attack warning system. A suspect aged 16, enrolled in the school, was arrested. The elements known at that hour. What happened ? A shooting took place at midday on Thursday in Lycee Alexis de Tocqueville Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes). […]

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Nice Carnival, February 11, 2017

Nice: Launch of Carnival under the sign of Energy and Security …

EVENT:  For the first night, 11 000 Nice residents and tourists attended the parade of floats … Aeolus, King Sun, Neptune and even Donald Trump. Large heads and tanks. Costumes and confetti. For the first output of the Nice Carnival  Saturday night, all the ingredients were there to live a 2017 edition under the theme […]

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The epicenter would be located near Gap, near the village of La Motte-du-Caire in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Alpes-Maritimes: The Earth Moved a Dozen Times in the Night from Wednesday to Thursday

EARTHQUAKE: Some tremors reached magnitude 3.7 and 4.1 … Thousands of residents in the Alpes-Maritimes woke up during night with a start. The earth shook repeatedly in the night from Wednesday to Thursday, including at 3.45am and 3.48am, with respective magnitudes of 3.7 and 4.1 . A total of 18 earthquakes hit the Southern Alps […]

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Francois Hollande will attend the National Day of Hommage to the victims of the attack in Nice

Nice: Tribute and emotion, Three Months after the Attack

François Hollande will pay homage on Saturday to the victims of Nice, three months after the attack on the 14th July and the violent polemics on security vulnerabilities and ways of combating terrorism, issues at the heart of the presidential campaign. This is the castle hill, which was chosen to host the tribute to the victims […]

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A baby kitten was saved from drainage pipes in Nice

Nice: Thrown into the Toilet, a Kitten Recovered in the Drains

ANIMAL: Naiade was saved by the intervention of a neighbour, who had heard the desperate meowing small animal … On Friday, a kitten less than a month old, which was thrown into the toilet of a building in the centre of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) was saved in the drainage pipes. The Justice for animals (AJPLA), announced its intention to […]

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The Earthquake in the Alpes-Maritimes caused no damage

Alpes-Maritimes: An Earthquake Measuring 3.7 Shook the Department

A brief but relatively intense earthquake tremor was felt Saturday evening in eastern Alpes-Maritimes including Nice … This earthquake occurred at 9.14pm local time, had a magnitude of 3.7 and its epicenter was between the towns of Sospel and Breil-sur-Roya, Menton in the hinterland, in the automatic readings by the Network of the National earthquake monitoring […]

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Gendarmes on the Cote d'Azur are reporting an upsurge in the number of migrants

Côte d’Azur: At the Italian Border, the Gendarmes Record “an upsurge of migration flows”

The Gendarmes conducted thirty arrests in a few hours … The gendarmes at menton, are currently recording “an upsurge of migration flows”. Thirty migrants have been arrested, for one day last Friday and the following night, said an official of the Gendarmerie company of Menton.  The area that they cover is the eastern Alpes-Maritimes. On the Eritrean origin, […]

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