A power substation and an electricity pylon were vandalised overnight in the region around France's Cannes, which has been hit by a major blackout on the final day of its film festival, officials ...

According to France 3, one of the two malicious acts that led to the blackout was arson committed at the high-voltage substation in the Tanneron commune PARIS, May 24. /TASS/. The French National ...

French authorities on Sunday blamed sabotage and ordered heightened security after a fire at an electricity sub-station in Nice caused the second major power blackout in two days along the Riviera.

The Nice blackout started around 2 a.m. and left some 45,000 households without electricity. The city’s trams stopped and power was briefly cut to the Nice Côte d’Azur airport during its ...

A day after an outage disrupted the nearby Cannes Film Festival, the power cut was reported in the neighboring southern French city of Nice. A second major power outage in two days hit ...

It Was Just An Accident directed by Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or tonight during the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival. The co-production between Iran and France premiered May 20th ...