Antibes
Fishermen keep up tradition amid French Riviera luxury
Aug 31, 2012 09:46 EDT
The fishing villages have become chic resorts and the yachts of the wealthy dominate the waters of the French Riviera, but the 300 odd fishermen who remain on this sunny coast are determined to keep up a tradition that is also their livelihood.
Cannes AIDS gala raises record nine million euros
May 25, 2012 14:49 EDT
A star-studded Cannes gala attended by the likes of Kylie Minogue and Janet Jackson has raised a record-breaking nine million euros ($11 million) for AIDS research, organisers said Friday.
Love and rain dominate as Cannes hits half-way mark
May 20, 2012 23:18 EDT
A Romanian nunnery tale, a killer whale of a drama and whimsical pre-teen love jostled for Cannes glory Monday as the world's top cinema showcase hit the half-way mark.
Cotillard packs Cannes punch in 'Rust and Bone'
May 17, 2012 17:29 EDT
Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" packed the first heavyweight punch of the Cannes race Thursday, starring Marion Cotillard as a killer-whale trainer who loses both legs in a tragic accident.
Cotillard in 'Rust and Bone' packs punch at Cannes
May 17, 2012 12:40 EDT
Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" packed the first heavyweight punch of the Cannes race Thursday, starring Marion Cotillard as a killer-whale trainer who loses both legs to a tragic accident.
Cotillard om 'Rust and Bone' packs punch at Cannes
May 17, 2012 10:57 EDT
Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" packed the first heavyweight punch of the Cannes race Thursday, starring Marion Cotillard as a killer-whale trainer who loses both legs to a tragic accident.
Cotillard in 'Rust and Bone' packs Cannes punch
May 17, 2012 09:22 EDT
Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" packed the first heavyweight punch of the Cannes race Thursday, starring Marion Cotillard as a killer-whale trainer who loses both legs in a tragic accident.
Baldwin, Minogue on deck for Cannes AIDS gala
May 16, 2012 13:03 EDT
Alec Baldwin, Kylie Minogue and Janet Jackson will be among the hosts of a star-studded AIDS fundraising gala on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival, organisers said Wednesday.
Meet Jean-Claude Ellena, 'scent writer' for Hermes
Oct 24, 2011 06:04 EDT
Jean-Claude Ellena is a perfumer who never wears perfume, whose tools are pen, paper and memory, and who sees his work as "nose" for the French luxury house Hermes as that of a "scent writer".
AmfAR gala raises $10 million, Cannes parties wind down
May 20, 2011 12:13 EDT
CANNES, France (Reuters) - A glitzy charity gala near Cannes, where the film festival was drawing to a close, raised over $10 million late on Thursday, well up on 2009 as conspicuous consumption returned to the French Riviera.
AmfAR gala raises $10 million, Cannes parties wind down
May 20, 2011 12:13 EDT
CANNES, France (Reuters) - A glitzy charity gala near Cannes, where the film festival was drawing to a close, raised over $10 million late on Thursday, well up on 2009 as conspicuous consumption returned to the French Riviera.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Cannes, France
May 20, 2011 05:04 EDT
CANNES, France (Reuters Life!) - For more than 60 years this French Riviera city has hosted the Cannes film festival and the movie market that takes place with it.
Factbox: The worth of a white-collar felon
May 12, 2011 18:17 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Raj Rajaratnam is sentenced on July 29, he could join a small club of fallen financiers and executives who've spent years behind bars.
Olympic champ Bernard fails to book world 100m ticket
Mar 25, 2011 17:06 EDT
Olympic champion Alain Bernard has failed to book his berth for the 100m freestyle at next July's world swimming championships after finishing just fourth at the French championships here on Friday.
Argentine police recover stolen French artwork
Feb 10, 2011 00:52 EST
Police said they recovered four paintings by 19th-century born French artists that had been stolen from an Argentine collector in 1999.
Staggering Picasso trove turns up in France
Nov 29, 2010 19:04 EST
Picasso heirs shocked after 271 undocumented works by artist turn up in southern France. Pablo Picasso almost never stopped creating, leaving thousands of drawings, paintings and sculptures that lure crowds to museums and mansions worldwide. Now, a retired electrician says that 271 of the master's creations have been sitting for decades in his garage.
Staggering Picasso trove turns up in France
Nov 29, 2010 11:05 EST
Picasso heirs shocked after 271 undocumented works by artist turn up in southern France. A retired French electrician and his wife have come forward with 271 undocumented, never-before-seen works by Pablo Picasso estimated to be worth at least ?60 million ($79.35 million), an administrator of the artist's estate said Monday.
Cannes stars turn out for glitzy AIDS charity bash
May 21, 2010 06:30 EDT
ANTIBES, France (Reuters) - Mick Jagger, Russell Crowe and Jennifer Lopez were among the guests at AIDS charity amfAR's annual party during the Cannes film festival, which raised $6.7 million from a celebrity auction and seat prices.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Cannes, France
May 21, 2010 06:07 EDT
CANNES, France (Reuters Life!) - For more than 60 years this French Riviera city has hosted the Cannes film festival and the movie market that takes place with it.
Another UBS client gets reduced tax fraud sentence
Nov 06, 2009 14:49 EST
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) - A British-born Florida yacht broker and former client of Swiss bank UBS AG received a reduced, two-month prison sentence for tax fraud on Friday because he cooperated with a U.S. investigation into the bank.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
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Commune of Antibes | |
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| Location | |
  Antibes
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| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Grasse |
| Intercommunality | Sophia Antipolis |
| Mayor | Jean Leonetti (Radical-UMP) (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0–163 m (0–530 ft) (avg. 9 m/30 ft) |
| Land area1 | 26.48 km2 (10.22 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 72,412 (1999) |
| - Density | 2,735 /km2 (7,080 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06004/ 06600 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
