Martinique News

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A French judge has filed preliminary corruption charges against former Tourism Minister Leon Bertrand and placed him in custody on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the prosecutor's office in Fort-de-France said.

A deal to end Europe's long-running trade war over taxes on banana imports will not come before World Trade Organization talks next week in Switzerland, an informed source said Wednesday.

Martinique, the Caribbean tropical paradise with that special French flare, showed off its best tourist attractions to New York's Asian community last Tuesday night.

Martinique continues to expand and enhance its tourism product for 2010, welcoming two new boutique "hotels de charme," as well as a new hotel renovation and enhancements to an ecotourism attraction to entice visitors like never before.

Melodious musique de jazz will fill the air once more this fall as the Caribbean`s longest running jazz festival, the Martinique Jazz Festival, will be held November 26 to December 6. The festival, which dates back to 1983, has long provided a showcase for local and international artists to share their talents with a lively and appreciative crowd ...

Martinique received the most votes in an online survey conducted by Caribbean Travel + Life Magazine asking readers to name their favorite Caribbean destination for delectable dining.

There has certainly been a flood of excellent African and Latin compilations released over the last few years, but Soundway seems to have outdone themselves with this one.

MSC Cruises is offering a complimentary balcony stateroom upgrade from an interior stateroom on select Caribbean cruises for bookings made by October 16, 2009, providing savings up to 60 percent on a Caribbean cruise vacation.

COLOURFUL: Dancers at a function in the city of Trinite, Martinique, dressed in traditional wear.

Associated Press Writer= FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique A A A' French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that Martinique is free to hold a referendum on greater political autonomy but made clear the island would always belong to France.

Four troupes from Turkey's Anadolu AteA Yi dance company will stage the company's critically acclaimed shows in four locations on three continents over the next week, as the company continues to grow, with new dance schools opening in various Turkish cities and auditions for new dancers running almost nonstop year-round. The Fire of Anatolia ...

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a law that could legalize landholdings by some 1 million squatters occupying a Texas-sized chunk of the Amazon rain forest, despite environmentalists' fears it will accelerate deforestation.

Martinique's croissant culture adds a little Carib spice to the mix June 18, 2009 GEORGE MEDOVOY They're popping corks of French Bordeaux for a romantic dinner at Plein Soleil in the hills above Baie du Robert.

A A A magical place Opened in 1955, Disneyland has offered countless smiles and thrills, undergone a number of changes to keep up with the times, and its success has spawned other theme parks across the country and globe.

A few days ago, the mobile phone boarding pass service was introduced on all flights to the French Overseas Departments .

Martinique has announced its first confirmed case of swine flu after an islander tested positive upon returning from the United States.