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On March 19, the Departmental Council launched the commemoration of 80 years of departmentalization in Reunion Island.. At the initiative of the Department, several events relating to this anniversary will follow one another during the year. The exhibition “80 years of departmentalization, 1946-1970, First Looks” is to be discovered at Sir Seewoosagur Rangoolam Square (in front of the State Garden). Likewise...

From March 30 to April 1, La Réunion a franchi un nouveau cap dans son ouverture à l'international. For the first time, four start-ups from Reunion Island participated in ChangeNOW, l'un des plus grands événements mondiaux consacrés aux transitions environnementales et sociales, organized in Paris at the Grand Palais. Every year, this meeting brings together more than 35,000 participants : entrepreneurs,...

March 12, the Regional Council of the Order of Chartered Accountants, the Chamber of Notaries, the Saint-Denis bar and the Saint-Pierre bar have signed an interprofessional collaboration charter. This is an important step in Reunion Island in cooperation between the regulated professions of accounting and law.. The approach is in line with national conventions..

In recent weeks, dissensions within the world of agricultural cooperation, appeared regarding the control of the capital of the Evollys poultry slaughterhouse in Étang-Salé (disputed between Urcoopa and the private company Duchemann and Grondin), have worsened. Terracoop (former Avirons cooperative, founding member of Urcoopa) has in fact presented a proposal for the takeover of Soficoop, holding...

The 9th edition of the Business and Territory Trophy, organized by CPME Réunion, will end on June 16 at the Moca de Montgaillard estate (St Denis) by a final during which 7 candidates will be decided by the jury. This year, more than 30 applications were submitted. A selection committee met in February to examine them. The...

Durieux establishments (clinic and hemodialysis center) obtained the High Quality of Care certification in February with distinction, as part of the national procedure for evaluating health establishments carried out every four years. The southern health establishment is thus redressing the bar after being refused certification by the High Authority of Health before having to suspend...

It is at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris that will take place, from June 17 to 20, the 10th edition of the international innovation exhibition VivaTech. Like previous years, the Region will have a stand there which will notably welcome Reunion companies selected by a jury from among those carrying “the most innovative projects and....

Since 2022, The Issuing Institute of Overseas Departments is carrying out a typological survey on over-indebted households in the French Overseas Territories. Same method as that used by the Banque de France : this involves studying the profile of over-indebted households in France. The 2025 survey reveals quite diverse typologies from one department to another. The share of single-parent families among over-indebted households is....

According to the Réunion Import and Trade Union (SURE), new vehicle sales fell by 2% during the first two months of 2026. Of 3,602 registrations recorded in January and February, 772 are Renault vehicles, 477 of Peugeot, 365 of Toyotas, 344 of Dacia, and 279 Citroëns. If sales....

February 27, the standing committee of the Regional Council responded favorably to the request for financing of a new submarine telecommunications cable linking Reunion Island to Durban (South Africa). To contribute to this project, 30 million euros from the European Feder fund will be mobilized by the community. The overall cost is estimated at 83 million and is also expected to benefit...