Menton (10)
15.12.2011
Provence & Côte d'Azur: The stash discovered last week has a reported street value of 20,000 euros
Police are questioning a 24-year-old man who was found in possession of a 500 grams of heroin last week in Menton. Read more … Man arrested with 500g heroin
06.10.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: Sea pollution and gas explosion cause havoc in Menton
A sewage leak has put sea swimming in Menton on hold this week, while a gas explosion in a local apartment has also shaken the district.Read more … Environmental threats in Menton
13.06.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: In a special report The Riviera Times investigates how close the Var has come to having a monster living on the doorstep
Last month the French parliament passed a bill that banned the controversial hydraulic fracturing method of extracting shale gas. Read more … What’s fracking: Shale gas saga bubbles over the surface
07.06.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: Is the French press caged in by an over-restraining privacy law?
The case of the former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who last month was arrested and charged in New York on several counts, including attempted rape and sexual assault, has sparked a fierce debate amongst the world’s media.Read more … The media war over privacy
26.05.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: Estrosi tells National Assembly he fears the rise in crime in Nice is caused by Tunisian convicts
As the G8 leaders meet in Deauville today to approve a multi-billion dollars aid package for pro-democracy movements across the Arab world, the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, has rekindled concern about the overwhelming number of illegal immigrants in the region and just over the Italian border.Read more … Ministers stall on immigration issue
20.05.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: a visit from the French health Minister has put the chikungunya back on the top of the list of health risks on the French Riviera
Dengue fever and chikungunya are both mosquito-borne diseases, for which there is no known cure or vaccine, caused by the pesky Aedes mosquitoes that are commonly found in warm and humid regions like the French Rivera.Read more … The buzz about Mosquitoes this summer
17.05.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: The council of the European Union has given the green light to end passport free travel throughout the 26 Schengen countries
A meeting of EU interior ministers at the end of last week agreed to push forward plans that will restore border controls and allow member states to repatriate North African and Middle Eastern refugees to their country of origin.Read more … The end to passport free zones
05.05.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: French officials put airport security on red alert in the wake of bin Laden’s death
Yesterday morning Christophe Marx, directeur du cabinet du préfet des Alpes-Maritimes, warned that strict surveillance operations will be taking place at Nice Côte d'Azur airport and that security is to be beefed up for all flights and especially those coming and going to Israel and the United States.Read more … Is the Côte d’Azur a prime target for an Al-Qaeda attack?
05.05.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: European Union unsure of course of action after an influx of Maghreb migrants
The consequences of the Arab Spring revolutions have shaken the foundations of the EU to the very core. Today, two key members, Italy and France, are at each others' throats. And since the arrival in recent months of 25,000 migrants, mostly from Tunisia, both have been clamoring for the European Commission to reform the passport-free Schengen zone to allow them to restore border controls more easily.Read more … EU leaves immigrants hanging
