The préfecture describes the situation as "alarming," with rainfall 15.5% below normal since September and 81% of monitored groundwater levels running low.
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A proposed law would allow police to identify people already wanted by the authorities, while placing the technology within a clear legal framework.
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The proposed reform would give same-sex couples rights broadly equivalent to marriage and introduce greater protection for their families.
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The 20-year-old Monégasque pianist delivered a formidable Rachmaninoff performance at one of France’s most spectacular classical music festivals.
Sixteen nations, including reigning champions Brazil and hosts France, competed at the Pinède Gould for the Mondial FootVolley, with the tournament donating 10,000 euros to charity at its opening ceremony.
The town honours its most famous adopted citizen this weekend with a pyro-musical show, video mapping and a torch-lit viewing of his monumental work, La Guerre et la Paix.
Residents of the Résidence des Cyprès in La Bocca say they've raised the issue with their social landlord dozens of times without resolution, and have now launched a formal petition. The town hall says it will respond.
Nearly six years after Storm Alex devastated the village, mayor Sébastien Olharan says the roughly 90 million euros needed for reconstruction has been secured, but the commune can't advance payment for work until after invoices are settled.
Around twenty prison officers shut down the maison d'arrêt for a full day this week over staffing shortages and overcrowding exceeding 200% of capacity, as families describe cells reaching 40 degrees and an oversight body flags broken electrical wiring that has shocked at least one detainee.
Stéphanie Meloni traded two decades of legal practice for a CAP pâtissier, training in Bologna and Yssingeaux before founding Maison Meloni, where lemons picked from her own trees go straight into the day's batch.