Tagged With "Ajaccio"
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Another secession move: Corsican nationalists win regional election
France's island region of Corsica is seeing new stirrings of nationalism, as pro-independence parties won power in the regional elections earlier this month. The new leaders have promised to move toward independence, but cautiously. The caution is based on a few points, among them polls that make clear that most Corsicans want a vote on independence, but that many are not sure it's a realistic goal economically. Unlike Spain's Catalonia or the U.K.'s Scotland, Corsica does not have a strong...
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August in France: Not so dead after all!
With August and the traditional French exodus to the beach just ahead, visitors might wonder just what there is to do in Paris, or in France generally.