The Carentan/Waldfischbach-Burgalben twinning committee welcomes a delegation from the twin town to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the friendship between the two towns.

Eight months later, Ville de Gatineau is still waiting for Québec to act on its request to submit the hydrogen pipeline project in the Buckingham sector to the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE).

Vietnam will expand the scope of health insurance to include more preventive services and regular check-ups, in line with a recently approved action plan to introduce universal health insurance by 2030.

The Casablanca-Settat Regional Academy for Education and Training (AREF) organized its first regional forum on the education and training system in Casablanca on Wednesday, under the theme "Casablanca-Settat Region: locomotive of the new Moroccan school, assessment of results and prospective post-2026 challenges". This regional forum is part of the ongoing implementation of the education system reform projects and the provisions of framework law 51.17 on the education, training and scientific research system.

On May 7, 2026 in Orléans, the Loiret Departmental Gendarmerie Group (GGD) and the Association des maires et présidents d'intercommunalités du Loiret (AML45) renewed their partnership agreement to strengthen cooperation between local councillors and the Gendarmerie nationale in the service of local communities and the general public.

On May 9 in Brazzaville, young mothers and women received certificates of completion for their entrepreneurship training, at the end of the first edition of the seminar initiated by the non-governmental organization Consortium panafricain pour la paix, headed by Dr. Ernest Nounga Djomo, and the Centre missionnaire Elim, headed by Bishop Norbert Okana.

Although exchanges between young people from Donville-les-Bains (Manche) and Fellering (Haut-Rhin) have ceased, the ties that bind the inhabitants of the two towns 800 km apart remain strong. As proof of this, around fifty Donvillais will be heading for Alsace on Wednesday May 13, 2026.

On Friday May 8, 2026, the headquarters of the Société de Mécanisation Agricole (SoNaMa) in Ouidah hosted the official ceremony for the presentation of agricultural equipment to five students in the Agrostudies program. Presided over by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mr Gaston Cossi DOSSOUHOUI, this initiative is part of the government's drive to modernize the agricultural sector and promote youth entrepreneurship. It is supported by the Fonds National de Développement Agricole (FNDA), SoNaMa and Swiss Cooperation.

Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska wants to avoid having its growth curbed. The municipality is preparing to facilitate its long-term real estate development. According to demographic projections, 197 additional housing units will be needed by 2040 to accommodate 361 new residents, representing a population increase of 15.8%.

The Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) presented the results of a project to support intelligent, inclusive and sustainable agriculture, financed to the tune of around 440 million CFA francs, at the Niaguis educational farm (Ziguinchor, south) on Thursday.

In the context of a fundamental and comprehensive reform of education and training, digital transformation is becoming a strategic pillar of Ho Chi Minh City's education sector.

On Friday May 1, 2026, Mayor Emmanuel Porcq of Cabourg (Calvados) and Mayor Nicolas Tefnin of the Belgian town of Spa once again signed the twinning charter.

The Municipality of Caplan plans to invest some $2 million to bring the John Lapointe Sports Center up to date.

In Togo, the project entitled "Reinforcement des capacités des groupements des femmes productrices d'huile de coco des préfectures des Lacs, Vo, Bas-Mono et Golfe" was officially launched on Tuesday May 5, 2026 in Aného. The initiative is funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), through the Togo Coastal Communities Climate Resilience Project (R4C-Togo).

The Association pour la Promotion de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche en Aménagement et Urbanisme (APERAU), a member network of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), is organizing the 27th Rencontres Internationales d'Urbanisme (RIU), from June 9 to 11, 2026, in France.

Between sporting challenges, outings for carers and new partnerships: France Alzheimer Manche has an explosive program for some fifty people who attended the general meeting of the France Alzheimer Manche association, founded in 1999 by Renée Meiss, a Coutançaise who died recently, at Coutances town hall on Tuesday.

The Baara project has come to an end after several years of implementation devoted to professional integration and skills enhancement for young people.

This year, 2026, Angers (Maine-et-Loire) celebrates the creation of Europe on May 9, 1950, with a series of events to mark ten years of twinning with Poland.

The Bikes in Brussels Fund has granted further support of almost 1.5 million euros to 13 projects for cycling facilities, including schools, associations and public authorities, the King Baudouin Foundation announced on Tuesday.

Citizens are mobilizing to protect Sherbrooke's Boisé-Fabi. They want the city to develop the area while protecting its biodiversity.