For the city of Cannes, it is more important than ever that the new year brings with it the hope of a return to joy and culture. To symbolise this passage, David Lisnard, mayor of Cannes, chose to display the mischievous and seductive face of the great Sean Connery on the symbolic cap of the Palais des Festivals et Congrès.
Bring on 2021! Riviera Insider and Riviera Press by MediaCorp wish you happy holidays and safe News year’s! We are finally coming to the end of this year and 2020 has really been a doozy! Even though it has been astonishing, often difficult and sometimes trying, it has also brought about rethinking, transformation, a lot of resilience and some nice moments of solidarity, mutual aid and cohesion.
Our holiday celebrations are quite restricted this year, but there are still some villages, markets and festivities to enjoy! We have rounded up several local spots to get into the holiday spirit and let some Christmas cheer wash over you.
La Ligue Contre le Cancer is appealing for donations after a year of Covid-dominated health care. The local organisation that supplies hospitals and supports families with cancer is struggling after an alarming drop in donations this year. 2020 has been a trying year for everyone, but especially sick people, experiencing delays in treatments, lack of funding and increased risk due to immune compromisation.
While the news of France's President Macron being positive for Coronavirus was released, Prime Minister and Health Minister presented the government's planned vaccination strategy to the National Assembly this week. From the last week of December, a vaccination campaign of historic proportions is to begin, provided that all approvals have been granted by then.
This year has completely disrupted normal business and working situations. Although telecommuting has now become the norm, this new way of working still has its limitations... Indeed, it is hard to imagine receiving a customer in your living room or signing contracts in your kitchen. Renting office space for the day can solve this dilemma!
OVNi, or Objective Video Nice, is an experimental video art festival that explores multiple forms of video art. Each year, it takes place in multiple venues across Nice with a general mood that questions concepts of the self, in unusual and unexpected places such as hotel rooms, private properties and libraries. But 2020 looked like it would cancel it completely until artists used their creativity to innovate a solution. Head to Nice this weekend to see "OVNi: Open the Window".
This weekend in Cannes there is plenty to keep you shopping till you drop! In their own version of 'Black Friday', Cannes City Hall proposes activities, entertainment and attractive services to "boost" Christmas shopping.
