Tag: Corsica
Constitutional reform: finally more freedom from Paris? Autonomy for Corsica
The relationship between Corsica and Paris has been tense for decades. Now the autonomy for the island could really work. Does this mean the violence will end? Violence, riots, deaths…
Beauvau Dinner: Corsica, a local authority with autonomy
The dinner between the Corsican elected officials and the Minister of the Interior had not yet finished at midnight while the guests had sat down shortly after 8 p.m. in…
Suspended prison sentence and heavy fines requested at trial in Marseille
The prosecution requested a suspended prison sentence and heavy fines on Tuesday at the “Treasure of Lava” trial, castigating “looters” who had destroyed a priceless set of objects from Roman…
The FLNC comes out of silence and receives support from the new “Nazione” movement
Two sides of the same coin. In the space of forty-eight hours, the Corsican independence movement asserted its new contours. On Friday, the FLNC gave an old-fashioned clandestine press conference,…
The story of the priceless “crooked plate” in solid gold before the courts
On October 21, 2010, Félix Biancamaria had barely set foot on the platform of the Roissy TGV station when he saw a handful of police officers descend on him. They…
A fourth dead in the Bastia apartment massacre
The man discovered Monday evening seriously injured in an apartment in Bastia alongside two deceased men and a woman finally succumbed to his injuries, we learned on Wednesday from the…
Grégoire Lyonnet, husband of Alizée and dancer, attacked by a fan of the singer
A fan wanted to meet his idol and ended up in police custody. The dancer and husband of the singer Alizée, Grégoire Lyonnet, was violently attacked this Tuesday evening in…
Three dead and one injured between life and death found in an apartment in Bastia
This is a particularly tragic assessment. Three people were found dead in an apartment in a working-class neighborhood of Bastia, the city prosecutor said Monday evening, specifying that a fourth…
A fire fanned by the wind spreads across 130 hectares of scrubland
This Wednesday, more than 130 hectares were crossed by a vegetation fire on the heights of Barbaggio (Upper Corsica). The fire started at midday before spreading to the surrounding scrub.…
Minister Sabrina Roubache singled out for her declaration of interests
The weekly Marianne noted a difference of 91,000 euros in the income declarations made to the HATVP (High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life) of Sabrina Roubache, between her…