More than 6,000 triathletes descend on Nice this weekend for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship, with road, parking and cycle-path restrictions already rolling out across the city.
A campaign pledge from mayor Éric Ciotti to make public transport free for Nice's over-65s has drawn 24,000 registrations since applications opened in July.
Free street parking in Nice has doubled from one hour to two, delivering on a campaign promise from mayor Éric Ciotti, though the move is expected to cost the city €3 million in lost revenue.
Patrick Bruel has scrapped his entire autumn tour, including a planned Nice date, after mounting allegations from around thirty women and multiple ongoing investigations.
Tributes have multiplied on social media for a 20-year-old Nice resident who died after an altercation while on holiday in Albania.
Nice hotels hit 92 per cent occupancy in July, but shorter stays and last-minute bookings are rewriting how the Riviera's high season works.
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.
The curfew itself stays in force until October 31, but a judge ruled Monday that the mayor cannot let the measure renew automatically each year, raising doubts over its legality if left permanent. The Ligue des Droits de l'Homme had challenged the order.
Yuri Lebedev restrained the attacker and stayed with the badly injured woman until police arrived, after hearing cries for help from the courtyard of his building early Sunday morning.
Collonge, who finished second at the Alpe d'Huez Triathlon just weeks earlier, was training for Ironman Kalmar when she crashed on August 12.
Jean-Marie Girier's order cites the comedian's roughly thirty convictions for antisemitic remarks and incitement to racial hatred, and follows a January ban that was defied when the show went ahead regardless, requiring police intervention.
The husband of the woman who administered the fatal injection has been placed under judicial supervision, telling investigators he didn't know his wife's activity was illegal and had simply delivered products at her request. Both women remain in pre-trial detention.