Cannes

French director attacks Macron during Cannes acceptance speech

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After stepping on stage to accept the Palme d'Or award for her film, “The Anatomy of a Chute,” Triet condemned what she called the French president’s “shocking” repression of the pension reform protests.

French police officer injured in knife attack in Cannes

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The attack in the south of France comes as worries over violent crime and terrorism feature among voters' main concerns in the run-up to the 2022 French presidential election.

Toxic tyre reef project dismantled in southern France

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A 1980s project that dumped 25,000 tyres into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the French Riviera to create an artificial reef is being dismantled after researchers found the tyres were leaking chemicals, including dangerous heavy metals, into the environment.

Harvey Weinstein accused of beating up French chauffeur in Cannes

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Mickaël Chemloul spoke of driving around tearful aspiring actresses after their encounters with him, and also said film producer beat him up.

Hotel owner freed after dramatic abduction on French Riviera

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Jacqueline Veyrac was found in a car parked in a district of Nice, bound and with minor injuries, 48 hours after she was kidnapped.

French Muslim woman 'fined for wearing scarf' on beach in Cannes

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The woman, 34, told French media she was fined by police for dressing in hijab, leggings and tunic and suffered verbal abuse from some beachgoers.

Second French Riviera resort announces 'burkini' ban

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Following Cannes ban, mayor of Villeneuve-Loubet says that in France 'one does not come to the beach dressed to display religious convictions'.

French mayor bans 'burkinis' from beaches over ‘security’ fears

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Mayor of popular resort of Cannes, David Lisnard, has issued order forbidding beachwear that doesn't respect 'good morals and secularism'.

Film director Ken Loach stuns at Cannes 2016 with Palme d'Or win

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The 79-year-old Briton triumphed at the French film festival for the second time with his welfare state drama 'I, Daniel Blake'.

France floods: search continues for missing on Riviera

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President announces state of 'natural disaster' in region, forecasters face criticism over weather alerts, police arrest 9 people for looting.

French Riviera flooding UPDATE: 17 dead and 4 missing

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President François Hollande visited the region and expressed the 'solidarity of the nation' to those affected by the flooding tragedy.

Heavy flooding in French Riviera leaves more than a dozen people dead

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Death toll could rise to 19 after violent storms sent water cascading through Antibes, Cannes and Nice.

Three French Riviera cities among world’s ‘least friendly’

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Travel magazine survey put Marseille, Cannes and Nice in the top 30 of the world’s least tourist-friendly destinations on the planet.

French immigration thriller wins Cannes Palme d'Or

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'Dheepan' by French director Jacques Audiard about plight of traumatised refugees building new lives won film festival's top prize.

Cannes film festival 'turned away amputee in flat shoes'

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Stewards initially refused entry to film producer Valeria Richter, who has part of her left foot amputated, for wearing flat shoes but later relented.