Before that of Nice, what were the main earthquakes in France?

Before that of Nice, what were the main earthquakes in France?

“A rumble like a small explosion, the movable movables and the walls that vibrate. This is how a Niçois told, on social networks, having lived the earthquake on Tuesday evening. Its epicenter was located 16 km north of the city, for a magnitude of 4.1. Or a substantial but relative power on the Richter scale, … Read more

How to take advantage of Friday morning’s moon eclipse from France

How to take advantage of Friday morning’s moon eclipse from France

On your alarm clock. Friday morning, the sky will reserve a magnificent spectacle to the most morning: an eclipse of the moon, which will relative it with a copper red color. All French people will in theory be able to take advantage of it, but some will be lucky than others: those located west will … Read more

How a pesticide has screwed up for centuries and the West Indian land

How a pesticide has screwed up for centuries and the West Indian land

They were 1,286 to request compensation. They will ultimately be only ten to be compensated for “prejudice to anxiety”. Guadeloupeans and Martiniquais all exposed to pollution at Chlordecone, a highly toxic pesticide used between the years 1972 and 1993 in banana groves, in the Antilles. After years of combat, part of them was finally heard. … Read more

Chlordecone scandal: In what cases was anxiety damage recognized?

Chlordecone scandal: In what cases was anxiety damage recognized?

The Paris Administrative Court of Appeal must decide on Tuesday, March 11, on requests for compensation under “Anxiety damage” 1,286 complainants exposed to chlordecone. This toxic pesticide, used in Martinique and Guadeloupe between 1972 and 1993, then durably contaminated water and the soil. Chlordecone is recognized by the National Health Safety Agency (ANSES) as being … Read more

Guadeloupe: nearly 37,000 people are still deprived of drinking water

Guadeloupe: nearly 37,000 people are still deprived of drinking water

More than 37,000 people, or 10 % of the population, were still deprived of drinking water Thursday, February 20 in the evening in Guadeloupe, according to the prefecture, after acts of maliciousness committed on the network on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. “37,000 people (or 10 % of the population) are still not supplied … Read more

Investigation open after the suspicious death of a six -year -old child

Investigation open after the suspicious death of a six -year -old child

Horror strikes Port-Louis, in Guadeloupe. A six -year -old was found dead at his home, his body with multiple traces of blows. Faced with this freezing discovery, an investigation for “aggravated murder” was opened, announced Caroline Calbo, a prosecutor of the Pointe-à-Pitre Republic. As soon as the investigators arrived, accompanied by a criminal investigation technician … Read more

Guadeloupeans deprived of water after sabotage in the middle of strike

Guadeloupeans deprived of water after sabotage in the middle of strike

The water crisis in Guadeloupe reaches a critical level. While the archipelago already undergoes disturbances due to a strike within the mixed water management union and sanitation of Guadeloupe (SMGEAG), acts of sabotage further aggravated the situation. Near one in three Guadeloupean is currently deprived of drinking water, a situation denounced as “unjustifiable and irresponsible” … Read more

Guadeloupe: a college student sanctioned after a Nazi salute

Guadeloupe: a college student sanctioned after a Nazi salute

While several German students were visiting a Guadeloupe college, a student was surprised in the process of making a Nazi salute, for which he was sanctioned, we learned on Friday from the rectorate, who will seize the prosecution . This “Nazi greeting gesture” occurred during an “academic day of the German and the visit of … Read more