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They cultivated cannabis at home for resale locally. Seven people were indicted, jailed, including four last weekend,...
American actor Will Smith was in thepaddock in Monaco Saturday for the qualifying Grand Prix of Monaco....
A young woman aged 17 and a 35- year-old man died in a car accident early Saturday...
Mayor Estrosi announced Friday the creation of "Action begging"; operational in the coming daysTravellers on the lawns...
Two individuals masked and armed with pepper spray entered a Total service station on the boulevard Jean...

News via Twitter

27th May  - 1 hours ago
Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor contender serving life behind bars - Telegraph - http://t.co/1TyckBeT
27th May  - 3 hours ago
We shouldn't be lecturing euro states, says Cable - UK Politics - http://t.co/8gRPFPF4
27th May  - 3 hours ago
Drivers call Monaco Formula One street course a bumpy, special place - Autoweek - http://t.co/k93lFr7a
27th May  - 3 hours ago
Hamilton likes prospects of good Formula One race finish at Monaco - Autoweek - http://t.co/n5Q4Ms9s
26th May  - 11 hours ago
Webber on pole after Schumi relegated to sixth for previous penalty. http://t.co/g0QBLzmA

Articles and News Features

Dive in ... to the pool

No matter how much I want to swim in the sea year round, I just can’t brave the 11°C temperature like the old-timers: I observe from a distance, bundled up complete with a scarf and gloves, sipping on a coffee and still get goose bumps watching them casually walk in and out of the icy water. I do, however, keep up with swimming year round…

A Canadian on the Coast - Lori Armstrong

Lori Armstrong left Canada over a decade ago with no set plan. She has earned her way up to director at one of the most distinguished hotels in the world. “I like Europe because of the different cultures within hand’s reach. Even in France, each region is so diverse. I’ll definitely be staying here for quite a while.”Speak French with…

What’s the French for Ms?

Eye on France Riviera Reporter
One of the outcomes of feminism in the Anglo-Saxon world has been the emergence of “Ms”, applicable to both married and single women. In…

A Golden Nymph, something to brag about

Features Patrick Middleton
As final preparations are made for the 52nd edition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival Patrick Middleton talks to the new man in…

Luck is a Lady in 83

Local Living Harris Stobbs
The state-controlled gaming commission Française des Jeux has made it official. The Var can boast the greatest number of lottery and loto…

Benvenuti al Palermu

Travel Nancy Wilson
Continuing her series on short breaks, Nancy Wilson visits Palermo in Sicily My last island experience was Corfu. Beforehand I had visions…

Discussion Life on the French Riviera and Cote d'Azur

International Club’s Jubilee Street Party - Sat May 26 http://www.forum.rivierareporter.com/calendar/1 ... More
I was just surfing the Net and I came across: http://www.booking.com/hotel/fr/intercontinental-carlton-c ... More
DEETs based products work really well, even in Africa but they can be aggressive to sensitive skin and they sm ... More
Anyone know what will happen to the old BMI flights in the medium future? That's one less competitor on the Lo ... More
There's another advantage to not being an EU citizen. Good to know! ... More

Blogs by Riviera Residents

Our June/July 2012 issue marks 25 years of bringing you the Riviera Reporter, the only local medium in English with both a paper publication and a dynamic website. The issue is available in pdf for download on line now and...
I've just came back from Nice airport where I was meeting a friend. He was late so I had some time to spare wandering around both terminals and observing.Both terminals were busy and the language I heard mostly was French....
A feisty debate between Sarkozy and Hollande on French television last night. Neither of them looked presidential, did they? Bickering over figures and sending snide insults across the table at each other. Seems to me that Sarkozy grasps economic...
April 14 is the 100th birthday anniversary of Robert Doisneau, one of France's finest street photographers. Like his compatriots Willy Ronis and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Doisneau captured the life of his times in fragments of decisive moments that document the stories...
The Shipwrecks and UNESCO. There are plenty of wrecks resting on the seabed along our beautiful...
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