The performing arts will take over Mons' halls, streets, gardens, public squares and emblematic landscapes from July 1 to 10 as part of the Festival au Carré, the event's organizers announced on Wednesday May 20.
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The Agence nationale de l'aquaculture (ANA) has trained around 50 women members of economic interest groups (EIGs) in the central Kaffrine region in fish farming.
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The Train de Charlevoix is internationally recognized as one of the most beautiful train journeys in Canada. The British company Journeyscape has compiled a ranking of the 10 most beautiful scenic rail routes.
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This year, as part of the twinning between Bénodet and Torpoint, an English delegation arrived on Friday May 15, 2026 to meet their Breton counterparts.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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%.
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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.
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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).
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The Municipality of Caplan plans to invest some $2 million to bring the John Lapointe Sports Center up to date.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Baara project has come to an end after several years of implementation devoted to professional integration and skills enhancement for young people.
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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.
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On May 2, to mark the first Saturday of the month, Juste Désiré Mondelé, Minister of Urban Sanitation, Local Development and Road Maintenance, presented garbage bins to a number of Brazzaville's Centres de Santé Intégré (CSI).
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Le Celtic cinema association has established a partnership with the local twinning committee. As part of its cultural exchanges and international outreach, a special evening of cinema-twinning is being organized this Wednesday," announces Sonia Tissier, the cinema's director.
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Citizens are mobilizing to protect Sherbrooke's Boisé-Fabi. They want the city to develop the area while protecting its biodiversity.
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In Sarh, a new human-powered pump improves access to drinking water for pupils at the girls' secondary school, transforming their learning conditions.
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On an oppressively hot Sunday in April, volunteers from the Association des repas solidaires in the Thiên Truong district of Ninh Binh province were busy providing hot meals to patients in the early hours of the morning.
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Teams from La Poste's sites in Gonesse, Eragny, Domont and Groslay rallied to collect food for the Restos du Cœur.
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Benin continues its dynamic transformation in the cultural sector. This was the conclusion of the inaugural conference held on Tuesday April 28, 2026 in Cotonou, as part of the first session of the National Commission for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (CNPPC). It was an opportunity for institutional executives, experts and academics involved in safeguarding and promoting cultural heritage to take stock of the progress made, and to look ahead to the challenges and prospects for the future.
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Anatole Mouandza, sub-prefect of the Kellé district in the Cuvette-Ouest department, has just handed over the ambulance for the local Centre de Santé Intégré (CSI) to its beneficiaries.
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Given the fossils already discovered in the cave, including a 120,000-year-old jawbone, there is little doubt that Neanderthal DNA is present at Scladina. Researchers from Leipzig's Max Planck Institute, the world's leading institute in this field, are in Andenne this week to go over the cave with a fine-tooth comb.
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Young people talking to other young people about the risks of partying - that's the idea behind "Safe Party". This summer, they will be setting up booths at several of the region's ducasses and festivals. The aim is to provide a non-judgmental approach to the dangers of alcohol consumption and sexual relations at parties.
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Teams from La Poste's sites in Gonesse, Eragny, Domont and Groslay rallied to collect food for the Restos du Cœur.
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