### JANUARY 2006
– [Celebrations not festive for the Nice hotel industry](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article.php3?id_article=320&var_mode=calcul): “The start of the year was quite mediocre overall, and 2005 ended with a lukewarm New Year’s Eve celebration highlighted by the notable absence of the traditional Italian clientele, likely informed about the recent door-to-door thefts that many Italians have fallen victim to in Nice.”
– [What if women took power](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article.php3?id_article=367&var_mode=calcul): The world has recently seen a boom in “female presidents.” Recent events prove this. Following Angela Merkel, elected Chancellor of Germany, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first woman elected president in Africa, it’s now Chile’s turn to choose a woman as head of state.
– [In Nice, the Victorine is dying!](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article.php3?id_article=376&var_mode=calcul): Just a few years ago, they were the meeting place for many directors, actresses, and actors who would set up part of their film production in the famous Victorine Studios located in Nice.
– [A top-quality Prom Classic](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article/une-prom-classic-grand-cru.340.html): David Ramard dominated the men’s category and Ibtissam Lakouad in the women’s. The Prom’Classic improves year after year. 3500 participants, including 1000 women, started at 9:55 AM for a Sunday morning jog on the Promenade des Anglais.
### FEBRUARY 2006
– [Agecotel Nice, the realm of hospitality and catering](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article.php3?id_article=406&var_mode=calcul): Nice-Premier went to meet some exhibitors. The feedback is consistent: for professionals in the hospitality and catering industry, the Agecotel show is a must.
– [Great success of the job forum in Nice](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article.php3?id_article=420&var_mode=calcul): Last Thursday, the Mediterranean hall of the Acropolis Palace was transformed into a temple of employment, hosting the first Job Forum and thus attracting more than 8000 visitors looking for employment contracts.
– [Bird flu: a virus in the communication](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article.php3?id_article=451&var_mode=calcul): There’s hardly a discussion around the office coffee machine or the counters of bars, and through the aisles of markets without the current medical topic being mentioned: a certain H5N1 virus also called Avian Flu or Chicken Flu.
– [The independent carnival per tougiou](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article/le-carnaval-independant-per-tougiou.469.html): The independent carnival of Nice took place Sunday afternoon. A very festive parade with flour and eggs as the main ingredients. Add a pinch of collective good mood, and you get a Carnival that has become traditional, an unmissable event for those nostalgic for the carnivals of yesteryear.
### MARCH 2006
– [Maurice Cohen tackles Nicolas Sarkozy](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article.php3?id_article=474&var_mode=calcul): Listening to comments made by Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy on Canal Plus’s “Le Grand Journal” on March 1st, criticizing the Nice supporters, Maurice Cohen, President of OGC Nice, was surprised and felt compelled to respond.
– [Nice Wars, the war of the Patricks](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article.php3?id_article=533&var_mode=calcul): The municipal deadline in Nice is getting closer, and candidates are starting to jostle at the electoral gate. In the camp of the plural left, two politicians seem to stand out for a single and same chair: Patrick Mottard and Patrick Allemand.
– [Associations have their relay in Nice](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article.php3?id_article=515&var_mode=calcul): It is at 12 Rue Delille that the Azurean associations can find everything necessary for their proper functioning and development in the associative domain. Meeting room, advice, domiciliation, legal and accounting assistance are the main services offered to the leaders and responsible individuals of associations in Nice and the region.
– [A supported anti-CPE demonstration in Nice](https://www.nicepremium.fr/article.php3?id_article=537&var_mode=calcul): Successful Anti-CPE demonstration Tuesday morning in Nice. About 20,000 people marched between the Acropolis Palace and the Promenade des Anglais. Young and old, employees, retirees, or unemployed, politicians, and trade unionists or even anarchists: Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has managed to unite but against him.
