Cannes fireworks festival closes its 2026 edition tonight
The Côte d'Azur's best-known fireworks competition wraps up its summer season tonight with an out-of-competition display from the Croisette.
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Cannes police roll out nitrous oxide detectors for road checks
Cannes becomes the first city in France to arm municipal police with laughing gas detectors, as national rules on the substance are set to tighten.
Three face trial over Croisette watch heist in October
A €120,000 Patek Philippe, a diplomat and a 30-minute manhunt on the Croisette — three men now await an October trial.
Search resumes off Théoule coast for missing boater
A body sighting off the Théoule coast has reopened the search for a man missing since a boat collision left 11 injured last weekend.
Cannes-Nice and Cannes-Grasse night bus lines to be cut from September over low ridership
The regional ZOU! network is scrapping its Noc'TAMbus 621 and 661 routes, along with most of its on-demand transport service, a decision drawing pushback from users who rely on the late-night connections.
AS Cannes earns dramatic late equaliser in first Ligue 3 home match
Welsh loanee George Morgan struck seven minutes after coming on to salvage a 1-1 draw against Fleury, in front of nearly 4,000 fans at Stade Pierre de Coubertin, three months after pitch invasions celebrated the club's promotion.
Man held over threatening emails targeting Cannes mayor and Grasse courthouse
The suspect, already known to territorial intelligence services though not flagged as an active threat, was arrested Sunday and placed in custody for glorifying terrorism after sending emails referencing the Islamic State to mayor David Lisnard's office and the Grasse courthouse.
Cannes police recover Qatari diplomat's €120,000 watch within 30 minutes
The theft happened amid the confusion of a Porsche losing control on the Croisette around 5.20am, giving a thief the chance to snatch a Patek Philippe from the diplomat's wrist. Surveillance camera operators tracked the suspect until officers converged and made an arrest.
"Biting fish" return to Riviera beaches, drawing blood from swimmers across the coast
A string of attacks this summer, including a 92 year old bitten twice on the legs at Cannes' Plage du Midi, has been linked to grey triggerfish, with similar incidents reported at Villefranche-sur-Mer and Juan-les-Pins.
Île Sainte-Marguerite restaurant reprimanded over sparkling candles banned after deadly Swiss fire
Footage filmed in June showed staff using the lit devices, prohibited on the island, months after identical sparklers ignited a nightclub fire in Crans-Montana that killed 40 people on New Year's Eve.
Cannes sewer plate thief's garden hid 30 protected tortoises
Police investigating a spate of stolen manhole covers found no trace of the metal at the suspect's home, but instead discovered a fenced enclosure holding dozens of Hermann's tortoises, a strictly protected species he claimed had been passed down from his grandmother.
Cannes marks 50 years since André Malraux's death with island exhibition
"Un hommage à André Malraux: le Musée Imaginaire revisité" runs at the Fort Royal museum on Île Sainte-Marguerite through October 31, part of a nationwide cultural programme marking the writer and former culture minister's legacy.