Tag: Corsica
Specialists are “optimistic” but “cautious” for groundwater
As summer approaches, this is good news on the drought front and the aniseed aperitifs that the Geological and Mining Research Office (BRGM). According to him, as of April 1,…
A deacon, former prison chaplain, suspected of having set up a “clandestine nursing home”
Has he run a “clandestine retirement home” for four years, without having the slightest approval or tax declaration? A deacon, a figure of Corsica, was placed in police custody this…
A straw hut blown away by an explosion just before its reopening
The two large explosions were followed by a fire. A hut was ravaged by flames during the night from Friday to Saturday in the town of Taglio-Isolaccio (Haute-Corse), around forty…
Mediterranean island of Corsica: The goings-on of the Corsican mafia
Corsica is a popular sunbathing holiday destination for many Germans. But beneath the beautiful surface, invisible to tourists, there is a problem with serious consequences: the mafia. Blue sea, rugged…
From dioxin to Corsica, what we know about the magistrate of Agen
An investigating judge referred for indictment on eleven charges. The case, against a backdrop of alleged links with Corsican banditry, is not common. 20 minutes make the point. Who is…
A magistrate suspected of having links with Corsican banditry referred for indictment
An extraordinary file. Hélène Gerhards, a magistrate of the Agen Court of Appeal, in Lot-et-Garonne, will be presented to an investigating judge this Friday with a view to her indictment,…
A magistrate in police custody in an investigation linked to Corsican banditry
Massive blows at the Agen Court of Appeal (Lot-et-Garonne). One of its magistrates was placed in police custody on Wednesday as part of an investigation relating in particular to her…
What is this oriental fruit fly that threatens to “ravage” France?
Will this large 7 to 8 mm fly with a striped abdomen be the future bane of French arborists? ANSES (National Health Security Agency) is calling this Thursday for strengthening…
“Return to Corsica” in the cinema: Pity is for the trash can – culture
A summer film, a departure: Catherine Corsini’s “Return to Corsica” is a relentless, tender family story between black and white. The garden gate is locked and when the bell button…
Government: Agreement in France on autonomy plans for Corsica
Government Agreement in France on autonomy plans for Corsica Anti-French slogans can be read on house walls in Bastia on Corsica. photo © Rachel Boßmeyer/dpa The Mediterranean island of Corsica…