11.03.2010
Arts & Culture: ...and some angry animal lovers and MAMAC has a ‘hit’ on its hands ($)
MAMAC’s first major exhibition of 2010 has opened in a blaze of controversy, thanks to a collection of tattooed pigs.
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09.03.2010
Column: Girl about town: RT's English journalist, Hannah Marshall, charts the highs - and lows - of Riviera living ($)
“That iz it!” the Belgian artist spluttered. “I am no longer going to waste my time on the provincial and the small-minded.” I held the receiver away from my ear a little. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciated his point: he’d overcome the snow and the second-class train travel to appear at his vernissage at MAMAC the week before, only to be rudely set upon by an unruly youth who had taken offence at his tattooed pigs. Read more …
05.03.2010
Monaco: Beausoleil mayor halts tower work upon release from prison ($)
The beginning of this month in Monaco saw the first foundations laid for the controversial towers, the Odeon. After long months of tortuous negotiations and discord, work on the 370 million Euro contract had finally begun. It seemed that we would hear no more until its inauguration in the summer of 2014. Now hitting the headline again it seems that its future is still on rocky ground.Read more …
02.03.2010
Events: Getting behind the wheel at the world-famous automobile event ($)
Once a year classic cars roll into Monaco for the Monte-Carlo Historic rally but what’s it like to take part? No one can answer that question better than Anna-Louise Felstead. Having come painfully close to crossing the finishing line in 2009, the artist from Cornwall, England, was revved up and raring to get going this year. Read more …
02.03.2010
Business: Midem, Cannes, 2010: new talent set to be tomorrow’s big players ($)
Since the dawning of rock ‘n’ roll, the idea of being in the music world has held a powerful allure. Children often fantasise about pop stardom: dancing in bedrooms, singing into hairbrushes or playing in garage bands.Read more …
01.03.2010
Provence Côte d'Azur: Trains stopped dead in their tracks by tragedy ($)
This morning’s TGV n°6172 and the TGV n°2902, which left Nice is currently stopped between Aix-en-Provence and Avignon due to a person being hit at 9.20am. Read more …
01.03.2010
Monaco: Work on Monaco’s controversial 170 metre high Odeon tower is underway ($)
After long months of tortuous negotiations and discord, the 370 million euro contract with Vinci Construction has finally left the ground. Opponents of the project – including some residents of neighbouring Beausoleil who will be overshadowed by it – brought their protest all the way to the President Nicolas Sarkozy but to no avail.Read more …
22.02.2010
Provence & Cote d'Azur: Dangerous conman and convicted fraudster at large on the Riviera ($)
The Riviera Times have joined the hunt for a dangerous criminal, convicted of fraud in the UK and wanted under a European arrest warrant. Since 2008, Mogens Hauschildt, 68, has been on the run with one million pounds belonging to 87-year-old widow, Pamela Schutzmann. Read more …
19.02.2010
Visit ISM for a glimpse of the superior education that awaits you ($)
Go and see for yourself at their OPEN DAY on Thursday March 18th from 10.30am. The programme offered at ISM fosters academic excellence and it is imperative for early teens and young adults in particular to benefit from this learning environment at the crucial stage in their education. Read more …
17.02.2010
Sport: Nice bids to be an international contender ($)
Last month, 15 local rugby players came to face-to-face with their biggest rivals. The conditions were treacherous, the pitch waterlogged after days of torrential rain, yet the stadium was full and the atmosphere was electric. Being a key clash between two of the top teams in Fédérale 1, Nice versus Béziers was always going to be a big game, but there was something else driving this: it was a Saturday night and the stadium was glowing under the brilliant beams of brand new flood lights.Read more …
13.02.2010
Column: Girl about town: RT's English journalist, Hannah Marshall, charts the highs - and lows - of Riviera living ($)
For most of Northern Europe a little snow in February is hardly headline news. However, the Riviera is not the rest of Europe and when it’s snowing in February in Nice something’s wrong. I mean this is a part of the world where people come to escape the miserable climate in their own country; they don’t come here to fight against icy winds and snow gales as they stroll along the Promenade des Anglais.Read more …
12.02.2010
Events: Carnival lovers hope the sun shines for event ($)
While most of our northern neighbours experience snow blizzards at this time of year while the Riviera is bursting with life and colour under an azure blue sky. However, this February's weather is colder and harsher than usual, with heavy snowfalls yesterday across the Riviera turning the ambiance of the pre-spring festivals upside down. Festival organisers are hoping for a let up in the weather so parades can go ahead. Read more …
