By AFP and published by CNA Lyon – A mayor in the French Alps famous for fighting mass tourism on the Mont Blanc has come under fire for filing a legal complaint against two people camping on the mountain’s peak. Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, has for years sounded the alarm against overcrowding on
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Body of French tourist lost in jungle for 5 days found
A BIG search in a Surat Thani jungle for a Frenchman missing for five days ended this afternoon (Nov. 17) after his body was found down a steep cliff by a large party of rescuers, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Gollino Cyrit Tizzlano, around 30 years of age, had been staying at Khao Sok Holiday
Read moreFrench tourist cleared of monkeypox in one test
TRAT provincial authorities revealed this evening (August 7) that the French tourist suspected of having caught monkeypox has been cleared of the disease in one test with confirmation of the second test expected tomorrow, Naewna newspaper Mr. Surachai Jeamkul, deputy public health doctor at this province, said blood tests were conducted by the Public
Read moreFrench tourist likely infected with monkeypox
A FRENCHMAN who developed blisters on his hands while holidaying in Trat province has likely been infected with monkeypox and if so he would become the country’s fifth case of this infectious viral disease, TV Channel 7 said today (August 6). The unnamed 32-year-old tourist rode a motorcycle to a private hospital in this
Read moreFrench woman biking in Ayutthaya dies after being hit by sedan
TWO women tourists, one French and the other American, were hit by a sedan while riding their bicycles across an intersection in Ayutthaya city last night (May 25) with the former dying in the hospital while the latter survived her injuries and the accident blamed on a confusion over the traffic light signals, Matichon
Read moreFrench chef kills foreigner, Asian woman in fight at sausage shop
A FRENCH chef got injured while shooting to death a foreign man, believed to be his business partner, and an Asian woman at his sausage and ham production shop in Sukhumvit soi 49 this afternoon (May 4), INN News said. Thonglor police rushed to the shop in sub-soi six and saw the two persons
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