Sources: BBC
The painting "Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat" by Vincent van Gogh is sold at auction for more than €4.5 million. 2024-03-10
A knifeman attacks a policeman in Cannes, France, shouting that it was "in the name of the Prophet". The officer is not seriously wounded; the perpetrator is shot by other officers and is in critical condition. 2021-11-8
The European Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for breaching EU antitrust regulations, claiming that Google abused the dominant position of Android to promote their search product. Google announces it will appeal the ruling. 2018-07-18
The European Commission proposes to double funding for the Erasmus Programme. If adopted, the 2021–2027 budget for the student exchange programme would be €30 billion. 2018-05-30
€103 million worth of diamonds and other jewels are stolen from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe's biggest jewelry heists in recent years. 2013-07-29
A million dollars worth of jewelry meant for use by celebrities at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival is stolen from a Novotel hotel room in Cannes. 2013-05-17
The 2013 Cannes Film Festival opens with a showing of "The Great Gatsby". 2013-05-15
The Cannes Film Festival board of directors announce that Steven Spielberg will head the 2013 Cannes Film Festival jury. 2013-02-28
The Greek parliament holds a vote of confidence in government cuts associated with a new €12 billion loan from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. 2011-06-21
Hundreds of people protest in Cannes over "Hors-la-loi", a Rachid Bouchareb directed film about Algeria's struggle for independence against France. 2010-05-21