State of emergency now extended until May 26th 2016, despite street protests claiming that it is an infringement on civil liberties.
Biggest fraud of the summer – Argelès flats
More than 100 tourists have been the victims of fraud and seen their holidays turn into nightmares.
A mild winter, a cold and wet spring, and a cold June have lead to a poor, lower standard fruit harvest. Don’t be surprised if prices are high and quality is low this year as…
Saint Cyprien’s Tourist Information is looking for two models, one male, one female, to be the new faces of the town’s communications systems.
New family for Pimpon
Pimpon, the parrot that was left in Perpignan airport has found a new home.
29,347 more flashes in the P-O
The number of people caught by a speed camera doubled in the year from May 2015 even though the number of cameras did not change.
by Elaine Koerner Ceret Tourist Office Opens Its Doors at New Location The newly-relocated Ceret Tourist Office sports everything a traditional tourist office offers plus some impressive new high-tech bells and whistles. Opening day was…
Woman saved by cat
Somebody set fire to a mobile home in the garden of a house in the hamlet of Palol near Céret where the 21 year old daughter of the owner was asleep. The mother, asleep in the main house woke to the sound of shouting, helped her daughter douse the flames and then rang the police, who found an empty petrol can nearby and the traces of a 4×4 on the ground adjacent. The daughter had been woken by her cat who had jumped on her. She could not explain who might have wanted her dead.
The highly-anticipated Nuits d’Août (August Nights) will see two evenings of top-quality, free, musical entertainment in Place de la République, Thuir.
False Black Widow spider found in Ria Sirach
A pest control company from Rivesaltes was in Ria Sirach to get rid of insects when the director, Patrick Salvat noticed an unusual spider’s web and went to investigate. Mr. Salvat is an arachnophile, but he’d never seen a spider like it. He took some photos and went home to look it up on the internet.