Nightly homeless outreach rounds are finding twice the usual numbers on the streets as the Alpes-Maritimes orange heatwave alert stretches into July.
The region stays on orange alert into July as authorities warn of dangerous temperatures and severe storm risk arriving from Monday evening.
A man dies in the hills above Nice after riding the Ironman course authorities had banned hours earlier.
Police have raided luxury properties across the Côte d'Azur after dismantling a criminal network trafficking counterfeit firearms from Turkey into the EU.
The French Riviera has a new direct connection to the United States. Delta Air Lines launched its Boston to Nice nonstop service, operating three times a week and placing the Côte d'Azur within easy reach of the American east coast for the first time without a European hub stop.
More than 450 free shows across 150 municipalities, from the coast to the mountain villages. The Alpes-Maritimes department has unveiled its summer cultural programme, running from June 26 to August 31, with theatre, jazz, circus, dance and a Brazilian twist running through the whole season.
Var remains under Météo-France's orange canicule warning as the season's first major heatwave grips the south, with prefectures restricting fire risk and town halls activating registers for vulnerable residents.
No trains will run on a large section of the Riviera rail network today, Saturday, June 13, as SNCF carries
A man in his twenties was hospitalised in a serious condition after a knife attack in the centre of Sospel in the early hours of Friday morning. A suspect has been taken into custody.