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Roland-Garros airport welcomed 1,180,260 passengers in 2021, half as much as in 2019 but 13,5% more than in 2020. The recovery trend was only confirmed on services to mainland France and Mayotte, from July. Regional traffic in Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros and South Africa, restarting...

The regional joint commission of liberal professions (CPR-PL) was installed on November 17, 2021 by representatives of employee unions (CGT, FO, CFDT and CFTC) and the National Union of Liberal Professions (UNAPL). The latter, established in Reunion in February 2021 under the leadership of chartered accountant Abdoullah Lala, a porté ce projet permettant aux professions libérales des secteurs...

Jacques Billant, prefect, Huguette Bello, president of the Region and Cyrille Melchior, president of the Department, signed a declaration of intent at the beginning of December aimed at achieving the objective of “zero net artificialization” by 2050, set by the Climate and Resilience law of August 22, 2021. La préservation des sols naturels représente un enjeu important pour la lutte contre le...

On January 2, the government presented the new aid formulas to which companies in Reunion Island placed in a state of health emergency and under curfew will be eligible.. A new device, known as “fixed costs” is put in place and replaces the solidarity fund. Il concerne les entreprises des secteurs protégés dès lors qu’elles perdent plus...

In 2019, 37% of the Reunion population lived below the metropolitan poverty line, underlines a recent publication from INSEE. Despite a clear decrease since 2007, the poverty rate is 2,5 times higher on the island than in mainland France. Minor children are more exposed : 46% of them live in a poor household. This part ...

The 2020 agricultural census has just produced its first results. It shows in particular that Reunion Island has lost 4,000 hectares of cultivated areas (-10%) in ten years. In 2020, the agricultural area used (OR) of the island extended over 38,650 hectares, or 15% of the territory. The decline is especially noted in sugar cane, qui a perdu 3...

Despite the deterioration of the health situation and the new constraints that accompany it (partial confinement and curfew put in place at the end of July), the Reunion economy once again demonstrated resilience in the 3rd quarter of 2021, according to the INSEE economic note. Salaried employment continued to grow, avec 3 300 emplois supplémentaires par rapport au 2ème trimestre...

The redemption of antenna meeting in Océinde by the Cirano group received the green light from the Superior Council of the Audiovisual Council on November 24, which however asks the buyer to comply with certain conditions. Nassir Goulamaly, President of Océinde, remains chairman of the board of directors of antenna meeting, which he had acquired in 2016. « Des engagements forts ont été pris avec...

In 2021, calls for projects have been launched throughout France as part of the government policy of “the first 1,000 days”, this period going from the parental project of conception of a child to the latter’s entry into school. « La politique publique des 1000 premiers jours vise à agir dès la petite enfance contre...

Published at the end of 2021, the annual energy assessment carried out by the Observatoire Energie Réunion reveals that energy consumption has fallen by 8,3% in 2020. The slowdown in economic activity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has notably reduced fuel consumption by 14%., those of airplanes and land vehicles. The share of fossil fuels (coal, fioul...