Four arrests and ten kilos of ketamine hidden inside cat food packets. Gendarmerie officers dismantle a drug supply operation in the Alpes-Maritimes hills.
An appeal court has overturned a landmark ecological damage ruling against yacht captains who anchored illegally on posidonia beds off the Côte d'Azur, dealing a blow to marine conservation campaigners.
More than 10,000 boat owners have signed a petition against a planned overhaul of France's pleasure craft tax and the Côte d'Azur, with more small motor boats than anywhere in France, has the most to lose.
Three hikers from the Alpes-Maritimes fall to their deaths on the Italian side of the border in an accident that highlights the dangers of summer mountain conditions.
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