17-Year-Old Pedestrian Injured in Hit-and-Run Incident during Tour de France Festivities

17-Year-Old Pedestrian Injured in Hit-and-Run Incident during Tour de France Festivities

According to our colleagues from Progress, a 17-year-old pedestrian was knocked down by a driver in Belleville-en-Beaujolais on Thursday. The scene took place around 10 p.m., on Avenue du Port in Belleville-en-Beaujolais, on the sidelines of the National Day festivities, and while the town had welcomed the arrival of the day’s stage of the Tour … Read more

The Renovation of Bonaparte Bridge: Closure of Automobile Traffic and Maintained Access for Pedestrians and Cyclists

The Renovation of Bonaparte Bridge: Closure of Automobile Traffic and Maintained Access for Pedestrians and Cyclists

The renovation of the Bonaparte bridge continues in Lyon. Major work will be undertaken on the structure this summer, requiring the total closure of automobile traffic. The axis which connects Bellecour to Saint-Jean by spanning the Saône will be closed from July 17 and until August 21. “During this period, the circulation of motorized vehicles, … Read more

The Rhône Placed on Drought Alert: Restrictive Measures Implemented for Water Conservation

The Rhône Placed on Drought Alert: Restrictive Measures Implemented for Water Conservation

The Rhône has been placed on drought alert. Given the insufficient balance of the last rainfall and after a dry winter, the Rhône prefecture decided this Friday to place all the resources of the Saône axis, eastern Lyon and the northern and western territories of the department in a drought alert situation. This decision reinforces … Read more

Narrowly Avoided Tragedy: Aftermath of Riots and Arson Attack Near Lyon

Narrowly Avoided Tragedy: Aftermath of Riots and Arson Attack Near Lyon

A tragedy was narrowly avoided last night near Lyon. As revealed by our editorial staff, a fire broke out during the night of Wednesday to Thursday, in a building on Boulevard Honoré de Balzac in Villeurbanne. The municipality, citing “information transmitted by the police services”first confirms in a press release that it was mortar fire … Read more

“Violent Brawl Erupts in Lyon’s Confluence District on Eve of Ascension Weekend”

“Violent Brawl Erupts in Lyon’s Confluence District on Eve of Ascension Weekend”

Many police and firefighters at the scene of the fight this Thursday morning The long Ascension weekend began with a general fight this Thursday morning in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. The brawl broke out shortly before 6 a.m. outside a nightclub on Quai Rambaud in the Confluence district, as many revelers left the area … Read more

“Blandine Brocard Confronts Protesters at Aperitif-Debate in Neuville-Sur-Saône”

“Blandine Brocard Confronts Protesters at Aperitif-Debate in Neuville-Sur-Saône”

She may be a MoDem, having called for a vote on pension reform, having regretted the use of 49.3, Blandine Brocard did not escape the pans. This Thursday evening, the deputy of the 5th district of the Rhône organized an aperitif-debate at the Espace Jean Vilar in Neuville-sur-Saône. Before speaking in front of about fifty … Read more

“Opposition Launches Citizen Evaluation Mission to Assess High Schools in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region”

“Opposition Launches Citizen Evaluation Mission to Assess High Schools in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region”

“Faced with the lack of transparency of the regional executive of Laurent Wauquiez and the refusal to answer questions from the opposition on the state of high schools in the region”the opposition intends to form its own opinion. The PS, EELV, rebellious and communist groups and PRG are joining forces to carry out a mission … Read more

Residents of Villeurbanne Burn Their Bills in Protest of Soaring Prices

Residents of Villeurbanne Burn Their Bills in Protest of Soaring Prices

The associations and citizen movements Alliance Citoyenne, Alternatiba Rhône and Last Renovation met this Friday afternoon in the Pierre Baratin district for this symbolic action. In all, around twenty tenants threw their bills into a fire by calling on regional and national politicians to help them. Invoice in hand, Martine, union representative of the tenants … Read more

Two elected RN from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in a Belambra ad

Two elected RN from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in a Belambra ad

You may have seen this Belambra ad on TV. We see people partying and dancing the night away in a Belambra club. Except that as revealed Dauphine Libere, two faces are not unrecognized. They are Brice Bernard, current RN regional councilor for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and Marie Dauchy, RN MEP from Savoie and also passed through the … Read more

“Far-right groups pose a threat”

“Far-right groups pose a threat”

Grégory Doucet was the guest this Sunday of the program “C Politique” on France 5. Asked about the extreme right, the mayor of Lyon considers that it is a “moral duty” to fight against this violence: “These small groups pose threats to the Republic.” To do so, Grégory Doucet notably requested state aid via letters … Read more