Thousands of protesters took to the streets Tuesday in this sleepy city on the French Riviera to send a message to the world's most powerful leaders.
It's not St. Tropez or Cannes, but little, rainy Guéthary on the French coast
A fuel tank exploded on a pier in Gibraltar injuring 12 passengers on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked nearby, according to the cruise line.
Rafael Nadal, who is bidding for a seventh successive Monte Carlo Masters title, is through to the last 16 of the tournament after a straight sets victory over Jarkko Nieminen.
The world always seems magical through a plane window, with the Earth looking peaceful and majestic from 35,000 feet in the air.
A French Catholic priest who prosecutors said embezzled 2 million euros and led a wild life including "cultural pilgrimages" to Las Vegas has had his jail term reduced by an appeals court.
Stretching along Croatia's south-westerly rim, the Dalmatian coast has established a reputation for being the French Riviera of the east.
Yasuní is both a place and a metaphor.
Prince Albert of Monaco will tie the knot to former South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock next July, the palace announced Thursday.
The death toll from flash flooding in southern France rose to 25 Thursday as rain continued to inundate the region, authorities said.
Flooding in southern France kills several people. CNN's Jim Bittermann reports.
Flash floods killed at least 20 people in the southern French region of Var, French authorities said Wednesday.
Cannes kicks off
updated: Fri May 14 2010 09:31:00
Stars descend on the French Riviera for the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival. CNN's Neil Curry reports.
The actor, who's debuting Robin Hood at the film festival, suffered a soggy fashion faux pas years ago
The 12-day event will bring top actors - and maybe some nicer weather - to the south of France
Their upcoming action-packed comedy offers car chases, romance and a shirtless Kutcher
For Greek cinema, the shadow of auteur Theo Angelopoulos has cast long over the blue sky of the Cote d'Azur in Cannes.
Most guys pull them on every morning when they step out of the shower. In fact, at this very moment, there's probably nothing closer to you than your underwear.
After a private Mediterranean cruise with 12 pals that sailed from August 12 through 16 along the French Riviera, Leonardo DiCaprio got an early jump on Labor Day by going back to work Monday in Paris for his latest movie, "Inception," directed by "Dark Knight's" Christopher Nolan and which started shooting in London last month.
The star is in Paris to shoot Inception for Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan
Is the supermodel, who broke up with Leonardo DiCaprio in June, on the rebound?
The singer and husband Nick Cannon hit the parties - and yachts - at French film festival
The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival opened in style on Wednesday as the film world descended on the French Riviera for the premiere of Pixar's new 3D animated film "Up" -- the first time an animated movie has ever opened the festival.
The Cannes Film Festival possesses a unique continental glamour of its own that has attracted the great and the good of film for decades. The sun-drenched beach setting is a perfect opportunity for stars to exhibit their style, be it on the sand or on the red carpet.
Dark glasses are de rigueur on the sun-kissed French Riviera, but this year glamorous cineastes attending the opening night of Cannes were matching another kind of face wear with their tuxedoes and designer dresses.
On this month's The Screening Room, host Myleene Klass heads to the Croisette for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. While the recession has taken some of the luster off of the famously extravagant festival, movies from a virtual "who's who" of A-list directors show the world that no other film festival compares with eleven days on the French Riviera.
Caisse d'Epargne rider Luis Leon Sanchez repelled a host of challenges to win Paris-Nice after a thrilling 119km eighth and final stage of the race, ending on the famous Promenade des Anglais on the French Riviera.
Drive south from Tangier along the Moroccan coast to the port town of Asilah and here's what you'll see on the 30-mile journey: fields of deep-purple and mustard-yellow wildflowers, wide stretches of pristine beach and cement trucks idling in front of the occasional makeshift construction site. It doesn't take a fortune teller to predict that, in a few years, this dramatic coastline will be the next French Riviera.
Pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn twins have been published for the first time after a magazine bidding war which news agencies claim topped $14 million.
It appears that People Magazine has won the bidding war for the first picture of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's twins.
How does a real life family of eight (with six kids 8 and younger) make it work?
The world's entertainment press tripped over themselves, making embarrassing errors along the way, as they fought to be first to report the biggest celebrity story of the year
Time.com: Jeeves 2.0updated: Wed Jun 11 2008 00:00:00
For the new wave of high-end, global concierge services like Quintessentially, no request is too small -- or too large
"She is fine, enjoying her home and her family in France," a rep for Jolie tells PEOPLE
The expectant parents reportedly sign a lease on a nearly 1000-acre estate
Brad and Angelina pick out all white outfits for their soon-to-be-born twins
The first Le Festival de Cannes opened September 1, 1939, an attempt to extend the tourist season and bring a little film flash to the little French Riviera town.
It's hard to say why one small town on the edge of the Côte d'Azur is the place to be during the month of July, but it is nevertheless a top draw for celebrities, models and moguls alike.
Patricia Pasechnick was sailing to some of the most romantic ports in Europe, but she'd left her husband home in New Jersey. Instead, she was sharing Rome, Tuscany and the French Riviera with her mother-in-law and 13-year-old daughter.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's unexpected midnight visit to flashbulb capital Saint-Tropez kicked off what one veteran paparazzo dubbed "a genuine photo-riot."
Croatia's Istrian Peninsula, in the northwest corner of the country, is an inviting mix of pungent truffles, Roman ruins, striking hill towns and pastel coastal villages, with a breezy Italian culture (left over from centuries of Venetian rule).
How does Tom Cruise feel about David and Victoria Beckham's upcoming move to Los Angeles?
For a festival celebrating its 60th year, the Cannes Film Festival proved mighty frisky. Sure, a handful of the 21 international titles in competition were dolorous arthouse tush-testers - but enough films pleased, entertained and touched a viewer that Cannes 2007 turned out to be memorable.
Start with the romance and allure of the French Riviera, the warm weather of an evening in late May infused with the smell of blooming jasmine, add a lineup of air-kissing international movie stars, directors, and film-makers, and voila! The 60th Cannes Film Festival gets under way.
A treehouse is a small hut, built or placed up in the branches of a tree for children to play in, right?
Champions Lyon extended their strong start to the Ligue 1 campaign by beating Lille for a change on Saturday, doing it in style with a crushing 4-1 win.
Fortune: Testing the windsupdated: Fri Aug 25 2006 13:59:00
Even if you can't afford to build your own superyacht - Bill Joy's boat could end up costing $50 million, depending on how many more man-hours he racks up at the Huisman yard in his quest for the best, plus $3 million a year to operate - there's a way to get onboard: Charter.
Spain's Joaquin Rodriguez made a brave late attack on the final climb to win the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice race on Friday.
American Floyd Landis took the Paris-Nice lead thanks to a breakaway on the final climb of the 168.5-km third stage with stage winner Patxi Vila Errandonea on Wednesday.
A Polish man living in Italy says he knows the identity of the so-called "Piano Man" who was found wandering the streets in southern England wearing a soaking wet suit.
Prince Rainier III of Monaco, who died on Wednesday aged 81, was one of the world's longest-serving monarchs and ruled one of the smallest countries in the world. He deserves most of the credit for putting and keeping his tiny principality on the international map.
Prince Rainier III remained in stable condition Monday as medical treatment, including dialysis, has halted the deterioration in his health, the palace said.
Prince Rainier, the ruler of Monaco, has regained consciousness and the functions of his vital organs has stabilized, according to the royal palace.
Prince Rainier III's health continues to worsen, according to a health bulletin issued by Monaco's palace on Saturday.
Prince Rainier III is clinging to life in an intensive care unit, with his doctors unable to say if the 81-year-old ruler of Monaco will survive heart, kidney and breathing problems.
The first major snowfall of winter hit Europe Wednesday, causing transport chaos as flights were grounded, traffic came to a standstill on main roads and train services were disrupted.
CNNMoney: Europe for rentupdated: Mon Oct 04 2004 12:43:00
More Americans are discovering that a better and cheaper way to savor Europe is to actually live it: shopping, eating and sleeping just like the natives, in a rented vacation home.
Among the palazzi, towers and churches that grace the postcard views of Siena is another less touristed treasure. It is a shop called Morbidi, purveyors of the staples of Italian cooking since 1925...
Russian Denis Menchov of the Baleares team won a sprint finish to win Friday's 173.5km sixth stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race from Rasteau to Gap.
Money Magazine: Strategies: Travelupdated: Mon Sep 01 2003 00:01:00
--These days, it's been easier than ever to find a great travel deal: SARS in Asia and Canada, a backlash against the French that sent tourism in France reeling, a tough economy that left many Amer...
Money Magazine: Tokyo Joe Goes Euroupdated: Mon Sep 01 2003 00:01:00
The Internet bubble is gone, and thankfully so are most of the tipsters who clogged online message boards. But Yun Soo Oh Park, known to fans and detractors alike as Tokyo Joe, is still at it.
"Elle est folle!" screamed the Lycra-wrapped cyclist as I popped Honda's hot little roadster, the S2000, into third and shot by him. Luckily, no one else was there to witness my folly as I corkscre...
Writing is a strange business, as any professional writer will tell you, often at excessive length. Its remoteness from mainstream economic activity is borne in on the present scrivener every year ...
Do you imagine the man in the corner office vacationing only in the Swiss Alps or swank resorts on the French Riviera? In many cases you'd be wrong. Many CEOs prefer to stay on the North American m...
The Arab oil embargo of 1973 began what has been dubbed the greatest intercontinental transfer of wealth since Spain sacked the New World. While Western motorists seethed in gas lines, greenbacks s...
Fortune: Upcomingupdated: Mon Jun 23 1986 00:01:00
June 10: The Comdex International computer trade show opens in Nice, on the French Riviera. June 19-22: Former President Gerald R. Ford presides over his fifth annual World Forum in Vail, Colorado....
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