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THURSDAY APRIL 7, 2022

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Port Authority promises to go up-market as cruise ships return

Cruise ships have come back to Monaco after two years of absence due to the pandemic...

In love and disappointed, Spanish woman took to drugs

A 25 year-old Spanish national has appeared in Monaco Criminal Court charged with possession of a hallucinogenic drug in July last year...

Dutch government preventing 14 Russian yachts leaving

The Dutch government said on Wednesday it is currently preventing 14 yachts – including 12 that were under construction – from leaving the country due to sanctions on Russia...

Little comfort from latest coronavirus figures

Seventy-six residents tested positive for coronavirus and 27 were declared fully-recovered on Wednesday, April 6...

Eneti refinances with bigger loan

Monaco-based Eneti has signed a $175 million multi-currency credit facility and will participate in two investor events in April and May 2022...

DULY NOTED: In France in 2019, a total of 66,410 teenagers aged 15 or under appeared in court charged with crimes including robberies, muggings, assaults and sexual offences, acording to Le Figaro daily.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2022

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Tourism Office looks back at 2021, forward to 2022

Officials from Monaco’s Tourist and Convention Authority told a meeting of leading figures in the hospitality sector that, as expected, the 2021 results were better than those for 2020, as pandemic restrictions eased...

Prince Albert visits Barclays Monaco exhibition

His Serene Highness Prince Albert visited Barclays’ Monaco Office in early February to view a display of memorabilia from Barclays over the years. Barclays is marking a century of banking in Monaco this year...

Monaco Luxury Group raises funds for Thomas

Through its corporate foundation, the Monaco Luxury Group has raised 10,000 euros towards research targeted on helping local youngster Thomas Rodier (20), who has been diagnosed with degenerative eye disease...

Italian gourmets donate 5,400 euros for war victims

The Monaco branch of the Academia Italiana della Cucina (AIC) has raised 5,400 euros to help victims of the armed conflict in Ukraine...

Record cold night gives fruit and wine growers no respite

Record low temperatures in many parts of France in the night from Sunday to Monday are expected to have caused severe damage to some fruit and wine production in the country...

Coronavirus indicators continue to rise

Thirty-six patients are in Princess Grace Hospital being treated for coronavirus symptoms, including 26 residents. There are no patients in intensive care...

DULY NOTED: Public Health France said that a fifth wave of coronavirus is well under way. 140 hospital deaths related to coronavirus were reported in France on Tuesday.

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TUESDAY APRIL 5, 2022

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Ukrainian MPs witness Monaco's full support

The National Council and members of the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie (APF), meeting in Monaco on Monday, expressed their full solidarity with Ukrainian parliamentarians...

Oil jumps over 3% as deaths prompt talk of new sanctions

Oil prices jumped over 3% on Monday, with investors worried about tighter supply as mounting civilian deaths in Ukraine increased pressure on European countries to impose sanctions on Russia’s energy sector...

International Day of Forests workshops at FANB

As part of an educational project on the theme of the tree that is being carried out throughout the school year, a CM2 class at the Institution François d’Assise-Nicolas Barré...

More in hospital with coronavirus symptoms

Although some key indicators show improvement, the number of patients in Princess Grace Hospital with coronavirus symptoms has increased again, to 37...

DULY NOTED: The latest oligarch superyacht to be immobilised is the 78m Tango, belonging to Viktor Vekselberg, moored in Palma, Mallorca. Vekselberg is sanctioned in the US but not in Europe. The authorities are checking paperwork, they say.

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Oligarch chopper seized in Monaco

According to multiple press reports two helicopters whose beneficial owner was Alisher Usmanov, one of Russia’s largest oligarchs, have been seized by French customs officials, including one in Monaco...

Prince Albert visits historical site in Morocco

On Friday, April 1, HSH Prince Albert paid a visit to Bayt Dakira in Essaouira, a highly spiritual and patrimonial place for the preservation and promotion of the Jewish-Moroccan memory, the North African Post reported...

Electric cars overtake petrol models in France

Sales of new electrified vehicles in France overtook petrol-powered equivalents for the first time in the first quarter, a major milestone for lower-emission vehicles amid high prices..

F1 set to race under neon lights of Las Vegas

Fans of Formula 1 that find themselves based in the United States might be delighted to discover that there will be not one or two but three F1 races in the US in 2023...

Super sub Boadu sees off struggling Metz

Two weeks after their blockbuster victory over Paris Saint-Germain, AS Monaco have found success again, this time against Metz away at the Stade Saint-Symphorien on the afternoon of Sunday, April 3...

Just four new cases, but more in hospital

Only four Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, April 3. The figure on Saturday was 48. Sunday is usually a day when few tests are carried out...

DULY NOTED: The great Easter getaway from the UK has run into trouble with waits of up to nine hours at Dover and congestion at airports. A Heathrow spokesman blamed high passenger volumes and Covid documentation checks still needed at many destinations.

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FRIDAY APRIL 1, 2022

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Monaco's Orthodox worshippers venerate 13th Century Icon

One of the Orthodox Church’s most holy and ancient icons visited Monaco on Thursday, March 31, an occasion that had been planned for several weeks...

Europe's Russian gas in jeopardy as Ukraine braces

President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency, his strongest economic riposte...

Anti-ageing event suddenly 20 years older

One of the biggest annual conventions hosted by the Grimaldi Forum is the Aesthetic & Antiageing Medicine World Congress, known conveniently as AMWC, which has taken up its spring slot...

Monaco extends aid to hard-hit Madagascar

Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, has signed a Framework Agreement for cooperation between Monaco and Madagascar while on a visit to the island...

Monaco coronavirus update: no surprises

Thirty-seven Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, March 31, while 61 were reported fully-recovered...

DULY NOTED:  One person was gravely injured and a second seriously following a two-car accident on the Saint Roman to Roquebrune road just after 16:00 on Thursday.

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Eighty-three percent of Russians have said they approve of Putin's actions, up from a 69-percent approval rating in January, according to a poll by the Levada Center in Moscow, according to the New York Times.

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THURSDAY MARCH 31, 2022

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Monaco is 'moving on' with charging points

The 'Monaco On' network makes charging electric vehicles even more effective, accessible and available to the greatest number of users, the Government said on Wednesday...

ISM celebrates new sporting status

The International School of Monaco has received accreditation by the World Academy of Sport (WAoS) as an Athlete-Friendly Education Centre (AFEC)...

CMB showcases Monaco's history and assets

The World Expo in Dubaï is coming to an end, and more than one million visitors were present at the Monaco Pavilion, of which CMB Monaco was an official partner...

Russia's Transneft caps oil pipeline intake

Russia’s Transneft, operator of the world’s largest oil pipeline network, has set caps on oil received by it as storage filled up amid weak demand for Russian fuel...

Monaco's coronavirus situation largely unchanged

Monaco reported 51 new positive tests for coronavirus on Wednesday, March 30. Fifty-two residents were deemed to have recovered fully over the previous 24 hours...

DULY NOTED: Decathlon will now close its operations in Russia, due to being unable to source supplies. Sister companies Auchan and Leroy Merlin will continue to operate, as they source manily within Russia.

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British Airways suffered another IT failure for about an hour on Wednesday afternoon, delaying many flights from Heathrow.

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 30, 2022

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Prince Albert attends Prince Philip's memorial service

HSH Prince Albert attended the memorial service for Britain’s Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey, London, on Tuesday...

Book-keeper sentenced for stealing 279k

A book-keeper who worked for several years at the IM2S medical clinic stole cheques valued at 279,237 and credited the amounts to her own account, Monaco Criminal Court heard this week...

AS Monaco first to embrace NFTs

AS Monaco has become the first football club in France’s Ligue 1 – and one of the first in Europe – to collaborate with an NFT consulting agency ...

Le Corbusier pieces previewed

As part of its Art Deco/Design sale of May 24, Artcurial will exhibit a selection of pieces from Maisons Jaoul, Neuilly-sur-Seine, which Le Corbusier designed and constructed between 1951 and 1955....

New cases numbers jump, hospital figures fall

Eighty-eight Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, March 29, while 60 were declared fully-recovered...

DULY NOTED: Just a few days before the closure of the Universal Expo in Dubai on March 31, Monaco welcomed its millionth visitor to its Pavilion after it opened last October. An average of 5,650 people have visited the Monaco pavilion, accounting for more than 4% of total visits.

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TUESDAY MARCH 29, 2022

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Prince Albert inaugurates new 100-percent green buses

HSH Prince Albert saw for himself at very close quarters Monaco’s new all-electric buses at a presentation on the Place du Palais on Monday, March 28...

Hotel School charity dinner raises 3,900 euros

The charity dinner held on February 4 at the Lycée Technique et Hôtelier de Monaco’s own Cordon d’Or restaurant raised 3,900 euros for children’s charities...

Ukraine calls for boycott of Decathlon, others

The Mulliez family, owners of the Decathlon, Auchan, Leroy Merlin and Jules chains, are resisting calls from the President and the Foreign Minister of Ukraine to close its extensive operations in Russia...

Monaco reports 52 new cases, 34 recoveries

Once again, it was another increase in hospital numbers that stood out in Monaco’s daily coronavirus update...

DULY NOTED: Heineken has announced that it will cease operations in Russia due to sanctions, bringing to mind one of the brewer's slogans: 'You can live without Heineken but why'

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MONDAY MARCH 28, 2022

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Monaco's World Plastics Summit makes its mark first time out

It was only the first time the event had been held, but there was no doubt at all that Monaco’s World Plastics Summit was a blockbuster success in bringing together top minds from across the globe to address one of the world’s most pressing problems...

PwC Monaco gets full cybersecurity marks

Frédéric Fautrier, Director of the Monegasque Digital Security Agency (AMSN), has presented the new Systems Security Audit Service Provider Information Diploma (PASSI) to Frank Vanhal, Partner PwC Monaco and Stefan Thibault, Director of Cybersecurity at PwC...

Dubai becomes bolthole of choice for many oligarchs

According to multiple reports from Dubai, there has been an influx of very wealthy Russians in recent weeks as sanctions have started to bite in Europe and the US...

Another top green award for Monte-Carlo Beach

Monte-Carlo Beach has won 1st Special Prize in the Hotel & Lodge Awards 2022 Green Category, as awarded by Hotel & Lodge magazine, a top tourist magazine in France...

As Western brands exit, Russia looks east

Russia is looking to China, India, Iran and Turkey to plug the gap created by an exodus of western retail companies, an industry body said on Friday...

Verstappen edges out Leclerc for Saudi GP win

Charles Leclerc looked set to claim back-to-back wins as he put on another dominant display, this time at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but Max Verstappen...

More recoveries than new cases at weekend

No Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, March 27, while 76 were declared fully-recovered. The Saturday figures were 40 new cases and 68 recoveries.

DULY NOTED: Authorities in Moscow have seized a number of Audemars Piguet watches worth millions of euros in retaliation for Swiss sanctions, NZZ am Sonntag reported - customs offences were cited as the reason. Meanwhile, Nestlé continues to operate in Russia.

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*FRIDAY MARCH 25, 2022

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Links between Russian superyacht crews

While scores of Russian-owned superyachts have been seized by European jurisdictions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the focus over the last few days has been on the Scheherazade...

Zelenskiy urges French firms to stop sponsoring Russian war machine

French companies including carmaker Renault and retailer Auchan must leave the Russian market, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told French lawmakers...

Gateway to Beausoleil to get a facelift

Work is underway to beautify the lower entrance to Beausoleil where the French commune and the Principality lie on either side of the blvd. du Général Leclerc...

Minister of State speaks to Junior Economic Chamber

Minister of State Pierre Dartout was the guest of the Junior Economic Chamber of Monaco (JCEM) for the first Breakfast Conference of the year on Thursday, March 24...

Monaco coronavirus update: Thursday, March 24

Sixty-two Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, March 24. Fifty-one residents were reported to have recovered fully...

DULY NOTED: As Ukrainian forces encounter considerable success in pushing back Russian forces around Kyiv, NATO officials are becoming increasingly alarmed that the Russian military will use chemical weapons in addition to siege tactics, including the shelling of civilian areas.

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