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Despite the strong increase in the number of bank cards on the island over the past twenty years, more than half of the payments made in stores by Reunion Islanders are now paid in cash, like in France, according to the Issuing Institute of Overseas Departments based on a survey carried out at the end of 2022. Payments by credit card represent 43% of the number of....

From the next academic year, next August, Réunion will offer the entire health study course and will be able to issue the in-depth training diploma in medical sciences at the end of the 2025-2026 academic year.. So far, the University of Reunion only offered the first cycle and the third cycle of internship at the CHU. Medical students....

The news was announced by Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak on May 19 during the Cannes Film Festival. : the project to create a Rubika campus, offering bac+5 level training in video games and 2D and 3D animation, will be supported as part of the France 2030 reindustrialization plan. Ce projet est porté...

C’est le pourcentage de progression de la valeur des exportations réunionnaises en 2022, selon le rapport annuel de l’Iédom. Ce bond est surtout dû à celui des exportations des produits de la pêche (+39 %), notamment la légine. Les importations affichent quant à elles une hausse de 20 % en valeur en 2022, liée en partie à la progression...

The University of Reunion officially launched on April 27 in Vellore (Tamil Nadu, south of India) its “Iliade” project for a Franco-Indian campus in the field of life sciences and health, with seven French and Indian partners. Iliade a été retenu suite à un appel à projets lancé par le gouvernement français dans le but...

Laurent Lescuyer will succeed Edwin Botterman as general manager of Brasseries de Bourbon on June 21. This last, in office since September 2019, is called upon to exercise new functions for the Heineken group from Reunion. Laurent Lescuyer prend la direction des Brasseries de Bourbon après plus de vingt-cinq années d’expérience dans le management et la...

The City of Saint-Benoît and the CDC Habitat group concluded a memorandum of understanding on April 11 for the sale of the municipality's shares in Semac (Mixed economy development and construction company), on the occasion of the trip of Anne-Sophie Grave, president of the board of directors of CDC Habitat, in the meeting. « Cette opération permettra d’engager une nouvelle dynamique...

The launch of the 2021-2027 programming of European funds was recorded on April 7 in the presence of the prefect, representatives of the Department, of the Region, of the European funds monitoring committee and the Agency for the management of local initiatives in European matters. Besides the ERDF, Europe finances the ESF in Reunion (European Social Fund), whose ...

The first 150 winners of the Green Fund were designated on April 3. Eighteen of them are overseas, including seven from Reunion. They will benefit in total from an envelope of 1,4 million d’euros. Two of them concern the city of Saint-Denis : the creation of a mini coastal urban forest along Lancastel Boulevard, sur le site de l’ancienne bibliothèque et l’aménagement...

The Qualitropic competitiveness cluster obtained the renewal of its approval by the government at the end of March. A discussion must begin in the coming weeks with the State and the Region to assign objectives to the center in line with the Regional Economic Development Plan, d’innovation et d’internationalisation, la stratégie régionale de spécialisation intelligente et le plan de réindustrialisation...