The island of Corsica is the only area of France where clementines are grown, and growers are keen on stressing the product’s uniqueness. In 2007, the Corsica clementine was given the Protected Geographical Indication or PGI status, and in early 2012, the producers are going to apply for a "Label Rouge" certification.
The race is on in France as old rivals Martine Aubry and François Hollande take each other on in the Socialist primaries. Next, the first victim of the crisis, Franco-Belgian bank Dexia, gets bailed out. Finally, les Bleus get ready to take on Wales in next weekend's rugby World Cup semi-final in New Zealand.
Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna has been convicted for a third time of the 1998 murder of senior French official Claude Erignac and sentenced to life in prison.
High-profile Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna (pictured) will face a third trial for the 1998 murder of prefect Claude Erignac after France's highest court overturned his previous life sentence over a minor procedural error.
The separatist Corsican National Liberation Front claimed responsibility on Sunday for two dozen attacks in 2009, including multiple strikes on police stations as well as holiday homes in the island's south.
It was the biggest known mass-landing of immigrants in Corsica. Many of the 123 Syrian Kurds who arrived on the island on Friday have now filed for asylum, saying their lives will be at risk if they return home. French President Nicolas Sarkozy says genuine political refugees will be welcomed - but others will be deported.
More than 100 “boat people”, possibly Kurds, who were abandoned on a Corsican beach were transferred to the French mainland on Saturday. Authorities have launched a probe to find out where they came from to see if they could claim asylum.
