Corsica

CORSICA — About five years ago David Leadbetter, mayor of Corsica and owner of an auto body shop and a wrecker service, spotted a rusty old bicycle built for two at Sue Kennedy Parshall's home. Leadbetter, who says he “likes old things,” asked about the bicycle and Mrs. Parshall wound up giving it to ...

A laboratory in western France is said to be working hard to identify the particular strain. Xylella fastidiosa, spread by tiny sap-sucking insects known as leafhoppers, has also been found on Corsica's holm oaks. The news is devastating for the islands's olive oil industry which has an annual turnover of some ...

A strain known as “multiplex” — less virulent than the one that devastated olive groves in Italy in 2015 — has previously been detected in southern France as well as Corsica, but not on olive trees. However, since wild olive trees cover more than 300,000 hectares (750,000 acres) of the Mediterranean island ...

CORSICA — Clarence Clair Holbeck, 97, of Corsica, passed peacefully Friday, March 2, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Center in Corsica. A memorial service to celebrate his life and to honor his military service will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 9, at the United Church of Christ in Armour. Full military rites and ...

Jean-Michel Cabrera owns Le Hussard, Corsica's most exclusive catering company. For more than twenty-five years, Le Hussard has combined the finest of gourmet French cuisine with Corsica's gorgeous landscapes to produce thousands of exquisite personal and corporate events, many of them for ...

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, in a policy speech on Corsica, rejected demands for autonomy made by the island's resurgent nationalist leaders. [Reuters]. • A Dutch court asked the European Court of Justice to review complaints by a group of British citizens who are seeking to retain their E.U. ...

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Corsica on Tuesday against the backdrop of rising nationalist sentiment on the island. Thousands of nationalist supporters marched through the streets ahead of his visit calling for democracy. So, how will Paris deal with growing discontent in Corsica?

Emmanuel Macron is to make his first visit Corsica on Tuesday as French president amid demands for greater autonomy for the Mediterranean island by nationalists who are in an unprecedented position of political strength. Macron will set out his “vision of Corsica” in a speech, which comes after electoral ...

Talis Park announced that completed furnished models and unfurnished move-in ready residences are available for purchase in the North Naples community's Corsica neighborhood. The single-family homes and resort-style coach homes in Corsica combine to create one of Talis Park's most compelling “in ...

“Corsica is at the heart of the [French] Republic,” he said. Jean-Guy Talamoni, the president of the Corsican Assembly and leader of the pro-independence Corsica Libera movement, for his part, acknowledged the “timid” step forward but stressed that “more” needed to be done for Corsica. Mr Macron has ...

Talis Park announced that completed furnished models and unfurnished move-in ready residences are available for purchase in the North Naples community's Corsica neighborhood. The luxurious single-family homes and resort-style coach homes in Corsica combine to create one of Talis Park's most ...