Tag: archipelago
Norway by ship in winter: Through archipelago and snowstorms to the Lofoten
During dinner on the third day in the Havrand restaurant on board the “Havila Polaris”, the announcement is initially made in Norwegian with the keyword “Nordlys”. The majority immediately drop…
Clashes in the capital, curfew… What is happening in the archipelago?
Popular protest is gaining momentum in the Comoros. A nighttime curfew was established on Wednesday on the archipelago, after clashes between protesters and the police in the capital, the day…
Elisabeth Borne’s lightning visit to the archipelago in the face of multiple crises
Mayotte in “sub-France”? Elisabeth Borne is going to the department this Friday to make announcements on water, housing and health, in this poorest department in France, facing a serious drought,…
Two earthquakes of magnitude greater than 5 shake the archipelago
A strange wake-up call for Guadeloupeans. Two earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 5 on the Richter scale occurred during the night from Friday to Saturday in Guadeloupe, according to…
Svalbard Archipelago: 20 meters into the depth: Kayak professional dares record jump from glacier waterfall
In the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, extreme kayak athlete Aniol Sarrasolses plunged himself 20 meters into the depths. To reach the remote glacier, the team had to hike miles through the…
“Eau rescue”, a video game to raise awareness about the water crisis in the archipelago
Did you know that in certain departments in France, water does not flow into the tap every day? This has been the case in Guadeloupe for several years, where residents…
Joe Biden expected on the archipelago this Monday by a bereaved and bitter population
Joe Biden will have to deploy all the empathy of which he is capable on Monday during his trip to the island of Maui in Hawaii, bereaved by catastrophic fires…
5,000 hectares destroyed in the Spanish archipelago of the Canaries, firefighters helped by the drop in temperatures
The evacuated town of Tijarafe, on the island of La Palma, in the Canary archipelago, Spain, Saturday July 15, 2023. STRINGER / AFP The drop in temperatures on Sunday July…
The Chagos Archipelago – the last British colony in Africa
Status: 06/12/2023 4:42 p.m The British should soon be rid of their last colony in Africa: the Chagos archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean is to be handed…
Hot line between Beijing and Tokyo because of controversial archipelago
Status: 05/16/2023 8:10 p.m In the East China Sea, there are repeated tensions between China and Japan over a group of islands. In order to avoid future military clashes, a…