Ajaccio

News around Ajaccio is dominated by a vandalism case in Corsica: a statue of the Virgin was damaged and two men will go on trial for 'degradations'. A coffin was reportedly placed outside the gendarmerie during their police custody, a gesture drawing local attention. Separately, Ajaccio's Mediterranean Hotel School is expanding in a tense area, and national strike protests planned for 29 September include locations in the region.