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New port platforms on the way

Big changes are in store for the harbour of Fontvielle, with the arrival of two new floating platforms that will form part of the outer harbour. The first of these will arrive on Monday August 29, by...

ASM faces PSG Saturday

Monaco welcome PSG in the third round of the French Ligue 1 on Saturday. The sides are separated by two points, Monaco on four and PSG on six. And although PSG has dominated France’s Ligue 1 for...

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France's wine industry takes a hit

France’s wine production has fallen by more than 10 percent this year compared to 2015, mainly due to bad weather since April, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday. Frost and hail in the...

The Quiet Revolutionary

“I’ll never achieve everything I’d like to in life because I have so many projects in my head,” says Joël Robuchon. Perched on a high chair at the chef’s table in his Hotel Metropole...

Death toll nearly 250 in Italian earthquake

As the death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated a swathe of central Italy early on Wednesday, Matteo Renzi, the Italian Prime Minister, thanked rescue workers...

Bad body images

Reports are circulating that the incident on the beach below the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, whereby a young woman in a burkini was asked to remove the offending article by Nice police officers,...