https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Pope Francis will visit Corsica, a stronghold of the Catholic faith, on Sunday, with locals hotly anticipating the first-ever trip by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island. https://www.thelocal.fr/20241215/francis-makes-first-visit-by-a-pope-to-frances-corsica Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:02:02 +0100 francis-makes-first-visit-by-a-pope-to-frances-corsica A French court on Tuesday ordered the partial release of a Corsican nationalist who has served 24 years in jail for the 1998 murder of a top French official. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230131/french-court-orders-partial-release-for-convicted-corsican-nationalist Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:34:30 +0100 french-court-orders-partial-release-for-convicted-corsican-nationalist Paris could offer Corsica "autonomy" to calm tensions between the Mediterranean island's fierce independence movement and the French state that have flared this month, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said ahead of a visit on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220316/france-could-offer-corsica-autonomy-after-weeks-of-riots Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:01:57 +0100 france-could-offer-corsica-autonomy-after-weeks-of-riots Violent clashes broke out between protesters and police overnight on France's Mediterranean island of Corsica as anger intensified over the assault in prison of a nationalist figure. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220310/riots-shake-corsica-over-assault-of-jailed-nationalist-figure Thu, 10 Mar 2022 09:56:27 +0100 riots-shake-corsica-over-assault-of-jailed-nationalist-figure "It's nature's magical design," says a tourist guide, waxing poetic as he comments on the impressive red cliffs plunging into a turquoise sea at the Scandola nature reserve on France's Corsica island. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190825/france-red-lights-as-over-tourism-threatens-corsican-nature-reserve Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:02:14 +0200 france-red-lights-as-over-tourism-threatens-corsican-nature-reserve Bombs at public buildings and holiday villas going up in flames: a spike in attacks on Corsica has led to worries that nationalist violence could return to the tourist destination known as France's "island of beauty". https://www.thelocal.fr/20190402/bombs-and-arson-attacks-spark-fears-of-return-of-terror-campaign-in-corsica Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:42:50 +0200 bombs-and-arson-attacks-spark-fears-of-return-of-terror-campaign-in-corsica Firefighters battled a series of forest fires Sunday on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica that were being driven by strong winds across hard-to-access mountain ranges, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190224/fierce-winds-fan-forest-fires-in-corsica Sun, 24 Feb 2019 17:22:07 +0100 fierce-winds-fan-forest-fires-in-corsica A cargo ship rammed into another freight vessel near the French Mediterranean island of Corsica early Sunday, causing no injuries but causing a leak which officials say is most likely fuel. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181007/fuel-spill-feared-as-cargo-ships-collide-off-corsica Sun, 07 Oct 2018 18:46:16 +0200 fuel-spill-feared-as-cargo-ships-collide-off-corsica No rubbish incinerator on France’s so-called 'island of beauty' means more than 60,000 tonnes of waste is being dumped underground every year, a catastrophic scenario for some alarmed local officials. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180821/garbage-island-corsican-officials-block-rubbish-dump-as-waste-overflows Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:02:44 +0200 garbage-island-corsican-officials-block-rubbish-dump-as-waste-overflows Five people including a seven-year-old girl were killed on Wednesday after being swept away by a flash flood in a canyon on the French island of Corsica. The fifth body was found on Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180802/flash-flood-in-corsica-canyon-kills-four-including-girl-aged-7 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:07:22 +0200 flash-flood-in-corsica-canyon-kills-four-including-girl-aged-7 President Emmanuel Macron told nationalists on the island of Corsica during a visit Tuesday that he would try to accommodate their demands for more autonomy while keeping them in France's "Republican fold". https://www.thelocal.fr/20180207/macron-vows-to-keep-corsica-french Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:46:16 +0100 macron-vows-to-keep-corsica-french French President Emmanuel Macron paid his first visit to Corsica on Tuesday where he will hear demands from nationalists. But what is it they actually want from him? https://www.thelocal.fr/20180206/corsica-what-do-the-nationalists-actually-want Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:53:07 +0100 corsica-what-do-the-nationalists-actually-want French president Emmanuel Macron heads to Corsica for a crucial visit on Tuesday amid a rise in nationalist sentiment on the so-called "Island of Beauty". But are comparisons with Catalonia really merited? https://www.thelocal.fr/20180206/corsica-why-frances-island-of-beauty-is-not-the-next-catalonia Tue, 06 Feb 2018 10:15:15 +0100 corsica-why-frances-island-of-beauty-is-not-the-next-catalonia Emmanuel Macron embarks on one of the trickiest visits of his young presidency Tuesday when he travels to Corsica, a nationalist bastion demanding greater freedom from the highly centralised French state. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180206/macron-set-to-embark-on-high-stakes-visit-to-nationalist-corsica Tue, 06 Feb 2018 10:01:28 +0100 macron-set-to-embark-on-high-stakes-visit-to-nationalist-corsica Thousands of Corsican nationalists marched on Saturday demanding greater freedoms for the French island, three days ahead of a visit by President Emmanuel Macron. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180204/thousands-of-corsican-nationalists-march-ahead-of-macron-visit Sun, 04 Feb 2018 09:54:25 +0100 thousands-of-corsican-nationalists-march-ahead-of-macron-visit Nationalists on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica cemented gains in regional elections on Sunday, underpinned by their demands for greater autonomy from Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171211/elections-nationalist-gains-in-corsica-set-to-pose-dilemma-for-macron Mon, 11 Dec 2017 10:14:08 +0100 elections-nationalist-gains-in-corsica-set-to-pose-dilemma-for-macron Nationalists on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica are set to cement their gains in regional elections on Sunday and then push ahead with their demands for greater autonomy from Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171210/nationalist-gains-in-corsica-set-to-pose-dilemma-for-macron Sun, 10 Dec 2017 14:04:25 +0100 nationalist-gains-in-corsica-set-to-pose-dilemma-for-macron A notorious Corsican mobster was killed and two people were wounded on Tuesday in an suspected tit-for-tat shooting at an airport on the French island of Corsica. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171206/corsican-mobster-tony-the-butcher-gunned-down-at-french-airport Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:22:56 +0100 corsican-mobster-tony-the-butcher-gunned-down-at-french-airport One man was killed and two people were injured on Tuesday in a shooting at an airport on the French island of Corsica, emergency service workers told AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171205/corsica-airport-shooting-leaves-one-man-dead-and-two-injured Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:25:51 +0100 corsica-airport-shooting-leaves-one-man-dead-and-two-injured Nationalists seeking greater autonomy for France's Corsica on Monday ruled out an imminent independence bid but demanded greater freedoms for the island after winning the first round of regional elections. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171204/nationalists-in-corsica-demand-more-freedoms-after-election-gains Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:49:45 +0100 nationalists-in-corsica-demand-more-freedoms-after-election-gains