On Sunday, 6 September 2026, in Antibes on the descent between the Provence and Vaisviller roundabouts, the van’s brakes failed. The driver drove part of the way along the pavement, moved into the oncoming lane and stopped at the entrance to a petrol station. No one was injured.
Mala Beach in Cap d’Ail has been closed to visitors since the morning of Monday, 7 September 2026: a rupture occurred in the water supply network. Swimming is prohibited until further notice; the town hall has not yet announced reopening dates.
On 26 August the mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, presented 38 lycée graduates with the Jacqueline de Romilly Educational Excellence Award. The scholarship of up to €2,000 is intended for those who passed the baccalauréat with a “Très bien” distinction and who are continuing their studies on a presti
Before the premiere of the final season of “Emily in Paris” two actors from the series dined at the Noto restaurant in Nice. A photo at the entrance to the establishment appeared on the restaurant’s social media — and spread across local communities within a few hours.
On Saturday, 12 September, the Rainier III aquatic stadium in Monaco will be closed to regular visitors and given over for the day to teenagers: the principality’s town hall is holding a Splash Party there for 12–17-year-olds. Starts at 14:00.
On 1 September 2026 a Crous Trotabas student residence was ceremonially opened in Nice on Robert Schuman Street. It is designed for 76 studios, but the shortage of student housing in the Alpes-Maritimes department is still estimated at 1,500 places.
On the evening of 1 September, shots were fired again in the La Frayère district of Cannes-la-Bocca — exactly one week after a similar incident in the same courtyard. Police cordoned off the area around the Saint-Jeanne housing estate; there are no officially reported injuries.
1 September 2026, on the first day of the school year, flagpoles bearing the French flag appeared in Nice schools. The initiative of mayor Éric Ciotti, who proposed performing La Marseillaise weekly, drew a restrained reaction from parents.
On Friday, 28 August 2026, the Mayor of Nice Éric Ciotti announced that from the start of the new school year until the autumn holidays flagpoles with the French tricolour will be installed in the yards of all 89 primary schools in the city, and he also proposed introducing a weekly flag-raising cer
On Saturday and Sunday, 29–30 August, the Place des Martyrs de la Résistance in Antibes hosts the 13th ceramics market: 35 professional artisans are presenting their work, and visitors can watch potter’s wheel demonstrations and join masterclasses for children.
At the end of July 2026 a speed bump appeared on the narrow road leading from Castagniers to Saint-Blaise. Local residents consider it pointless: speeds are already low on this stretch, and the hump itself is placed in a dangerous spot.
The prefecture of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region on 28 August announced the introduction of an information and advisory procedure in the Alpes-Maritimes and Var departments due to exceedances of threshold concentrations of fine particulate matter PM10 caused by the transport of desert dust fr
On 12 September at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco the second Monaco Card Show will take place — an exhibition of collectible cards that has doubled in size over the year to more than 1,200 square metres and has gathered around 60 participants.
23 August 2026 residents and visitors of Châteauneuf-Grasse witnessed a rare sporting event: the second stage of the Spanish race La Vuelta, running from Monaco to Manosque, passed through their commune ([Nice Premium]( https://www.nicepremium.fr/actualites/vuelta-2026-dans-les-alpes-maritimes-pertur
On Sunday, 23 August, early in the morning a 29-year-old pedestrian fell from an eight-metre cliff in La Colle-sur-Loup. Rescuers evacuated him to a hospital in Nice; the injured man sustained minor injuries.
On Sunday, 30 August, Fort La Révère above Èze is open to the public again: the Alpes-Maritimes department together with LPO PACA (the League for the Protection of Birds) invites everyone to watch the autumn bird migration — from 10:00 to 18:00, free of charge.
On 24 August 2026 a baroque music concert will take place in Nice in the cloister of the Church of Saint-Barthélemy — proceeds from ticket sales will go towards the restoration of the historic 19th-century organ by the maker Federico Valoncini.
The Association of Friends of Sainte-Armentière announced on 13 August 2026 the cancellation of the traditional santons fair in Antibes, which usually took place in October. The municipality acknowledged communication problems and hopes to resume the event in 2027.
In August 2026 the Notre-Dame pharmacy in Roquefort-les-Pins (Alpes-Maritimes) launched a free pilot project: using the Skinive MD artificial intelligence and a dermatoscope pharmacists assess moles and skin lesions and, if necessary, refer the patient to a dermatologist.
On the evening of Monday, 17 August, a ten-metre pleasure boat ran aground on Marineland beach — between Antibes and Villeneuve-Loubet. Because of the risk of hydrocarbon leakage, the Antibes town hall closed bathing immediately on three beaches; the ban was lifted only on the morning of Wednesday,
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