The actress and singer will chair the Dinard British and Irish Film Festival

The actress and singer will chair the Dinard British and Irish Film Festival

After her rather original performance in front of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris in July 2024, actress Arielle Dombasle is returning to more sober activities: from October 2 to 6, 2024, she will chair the jury of the 35th ” Dinard British and Irish Film Festival “, announced the organizers on Wednesday, September 4, … Read more

From Guingamp to Lannion, revolt is brewing in hospitals against the canned vegetable cartel

From Guingamp to Lannion, revolt is brewing in hospitals against the canned vegetable cartel

The interim relief judges of the administrative courts of Nantes and Rennes have disavowed around ten French hospitals – including those of Noyal-Pontivy (Morbihan), Lannion, Lamballe and Guingamp (Côtes-d’Armor) – which now intend to take legal action against the manufacturers and distributors of canned vegetables who colluded on prices, to their detriment, for thirteen years. … Read more

Jean-Jacques Goldman’s stopover in Finistère

Jean-Jacques Goldman’s stopover in Finistère

It’s a bit like the wolf… We’ve seen him here, we think we’ve seen him there, we’ve photographed him here again… For several days, the very rare and discreet Jean-Jacques Goldman has been staying in Finistère. The base camp of the renowned singer, author and composer is even said to be Concarneau, where several people … Read more

Broadband growth: From Schwerin to New York

Broadband growth: From Schwerin to New York

In November 2017, WEMACOM Broadband GmbH signed its first grant settlement for funded broadband growth. The primary three challenge areas have now reached 38 – within the areas of Ludwigslust-Parchim, North-West Mecklenburg, Rostock and Prignitz. A big a part of this huge infrastructure challenge has already been accomplished when it comes to civil engineering and … Read more

The Changing Landscape of Loire-Atlantique: Historical Population Shifts and Current Trends

The Changing Landscape of Loire-Atlantique: Historical Population Shifts and Current Trends

Has Loire-Atlantique become a city-department? Almost. How else can we analyze the fact that nine of the ten most populated municipalities in Loire-Atlantique now belong to the Nantes conurbation, with only Saint-Nazaire, which appears in second position, now in the Top 10? Read also: Is Nantes still connected? This classic phenomenon today of the attraction … Read more

Addressing Radicalization in French Prisons: How Women Detained for Terrorism are Being Rehabilitated and Reintegrated

Addressing Radicalization in French Prisons: How Women Detained for Terrorism are Being Rehabilitated and Reintegrated

In France, 430 people are currently detained for acts of terrorism, including 385 for Islamist terrorism. Among them, 96 are women. “Before 2016, female jihadists who participated in terrorist acts were sentenced to alternative sentences to prison,” recalls Leïla Medjelet, prison director of integration and probation and coordinator of the mission to combat violent radicalization … Read more

8,000 ravers take part in ‘free party’ on runway in Brittany

8,000 ravers take part in ‘free party’ on runway in Brittany

illegal party More than 8,000 people attended a rave in the western French region of Brittany on Saturday evening, according to a count by authorities. The party will take place, despite a ban, on the grounds of an airport near the city of Quimper, the prefecture of the Finistère department reports. From 4 a.m. Saturday … Read more

Longest Shooting in France since 2015 Paris Attacks: Police Response and Lack of Resources Revealed

Longest Shooting in France since 2015 Paris Attacks: Police Response and Lack of Resources Revealed

This is the phrase that is going round and round among the police officers contacted this Monday. Apart from the attacks of 2015, never in France has there been such a long shooting, and with assault rifles, apparently. Between the first call for emergency police at 1:56 a.m. and the last, at 3:03 a.m., 67 … Read more

Victoria – Queen of Great Britain and Symbol of Imperialist England

Victoria – Queen of Great Britain and Symbol of Imperialist England

Obverse Obverse title: WESTMINSTER PIMLICO & CHELSEA LV & BS TRADE PROT. ASSN.. Obverse description: crowned grille. Reverse Title on the reverse: 1892. Description of the reverse: Armed arm on a red enameled triangle, engravings in the fields. Comment Diameter without bail: 33 mm. Record GREAT BRITAIN – VICTORY (20/06/1837-22/01/1901) Victoria (1819-1901) was the daughter … Read more

Revealing the Hidden Blosne Stream: Rennes Métropole’s Plan to Uncover the Neglected Waterway

Revealing the Hidden Blosne Stream: Rennes Métropole’s Plan to Uncover the Neglected Waterway

Many of the residents who live there probably don’t know it. But the popular district of Blosne takes its name from the stream that flows at its feet. The watercourse, which has its source in Domloup, is clearly visible in certain municipalities such as Chantepie but disappears completely from the landscape as soon as it … Read more