….. still no more than a twinkle some in management eye!! Following an agreement signed on 1st July 2011 in Banyuls dels Aspres between Autoroutes Sud de France (ASF) and its equivalent in South…
DROUGHT IN THE P-O Water supplies in reservoirs around the region are becoming dangerously low. The prefet for the Pyrenees 0rientales, René Bidal, warns that the region is now ‘en situation de vigilance.’…
…….beachcomber, sculptor, and very nearly renaissance man by Simon Newman If you live on Rue des Escaliers in Maureillas then by definition your life functions on several levels. It’s just the way houses turn out when…
Languedoc-Roussillon Cinema is pleased to announce the filming of: ‘Il est parti dimanche’ Feature film directed by Nicole Garcia, produced by Les Films Pelleas, with financial support from the Region Languedoc-Roussillon. Shooting will take place…
Festival Pablo Casals by Jane Mann Thursday 26 July was the opening concert of this year’s Festival Pablo Casals, sixty years since Pablo Casals himself performed in the first festival. Then the…
Press release from the Casa de la Generalitat CLICK TO ENLARGE Fire at the bottom of Le Perthus(Photo credit: Paul Francis) After the fatal fire that burned fourteen thousand acres of Alt Empordà,…
FIRE IN LE PERTHUS CLICK TO ENLARGEFort Bellegarde taken from Maureillas Fire is raging at the moment around Le Perthus and La Jonquera. Le Perthus has been evacuated and both Nationale and…
UK BANKER BECOMES NEW LOCAL CHURCH LEADER Hello, Let me introduce myself; I am David Archer and together with my wife, Gwen, we are new to the area. We have recently taken…
L’Homme de Tautavel JULY 2012 A new human ‘mandible’ (lower jaw bone) from 450,000 years ago has been discovered at the Arago Cave, in Tautavel. This is the 131st discovered human remain…
Perpignan – Barcelona in 50 minutes? Too Good to be Vrai? If you were hoping to pop into Barcelona for tapas, then home for Coronation Street this year, you might be disappointed. Whilst…