Tag: Auvergne
Thousands of opponents demonstrate against a project in Puy-de-Dôme
They brandish the color blue to defend water as a “common good”. Several thousand opponents of the construction of “the two largest megabasins in France” are participating this Saturday in…
A “gigabassines” project raises the protest
Protest is mounting in Puy-de-Dôme over a project for “gigabassines” depicted as “the largest in France” by an activist collective which is organizing a “festive hike” of protest this Saturday.…
Volvic factory restarts after “intolerable” arson
It was dead calm since the arson fire, which occurred during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. The production of mineral water was finally able to resume at midday on…
In which regions do people drink the most and most often?
The Northerners or the Bretons? The people of Toulouse or the people of Strasbourg? In France, where aperitif is almost a national sport, we like to tease each other between…
A Volvic factory shut down after a “malicious act”
An explosion took place during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in a water factory in Volvic, in Puy-de-Dôme. “Our Volvic production site was the victim of a malicious act”,…
The strengthened anti-bed movement promises “a hot summer”
We no longer present megabasins, these reserves of several thousand or even millions of cubic meters of water pumped from groundwater or rivers and intended for agricultural irrigation in the…
The world record for the longest king cake has been broken
57.60 meters long, 570 beans and 200 kg of frangipane. On Saturday, five artisan bakers from Aurillac, in Cantal, took up the challenge of the Cœur Aurillacois association and broke…
Two dead and two injured in a serious accident on the A71, due to icy conditions
Two people died and two others were seriously injured and transported in absolute emergency on Sunday in an accident involving a heavy goods vehicle and two vehicles on the A71…
“No trace of physical or sexual violence” on the body of the young woman discovered in a field
How did Lauren Riches die? The body of this young woman, aged 19, was discovered on Tuesday afternoon in a field in Saint-Flour (Cantal). Just a few hundred meters from…
Four departments still on orange alert
Four departments in western Occitanie (Aude, Aveyron, Hérault and Tarn) are placed on orange snow and ice alert by Météo-France. The nine other departments in the region are on yellow…