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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

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Graff heist exposes top client details

A team of hackers based in Russia has published details of a number of high-rolling clients of the UK-based jewellery company, with a threat of much more damage to come if a ransom isn’t paid.

Short life expectancy for Ni-box

The eye catching Ni-box building may not be standing long as plans to demolish it are being thought through by the architect Emmanuel Deverini and the developer Patrice Pastor.

Hindu activist urgest OMC to drop Lakmé

A Hindu activist is urging Opera Monte-Carlo (OMC) to withdraw the Lakmé opera, scheduled for December 09 and 11, 2022, which he says seriously trivialises Hindu religious and other traditions.

No new cases on November 1

No new cases of coronavirus were reported among Monaco residents on Monday, November 1...

ASM put on lacklustre performance in Brittany

After a winning home performance against Montpellier last weekend (2-0), the Monaco team put on a poor show against Brest on the last day of October.

Walter's Sparky no longer 'with us'

Sparky the Wonder Dog has gone to that great dog park in the sky, a reader tells us...

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Friday, October 29, 2021

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Prince's twins to go to Glasgow

Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella will accompany HSH Prince Albert to the Cop26 environmental summit in Glasgow next week.

Monegasque Red Cross says 'thank you'

The Grande Braderie of the Monegasque Red Cross opened its doors at the Chapiteau de Fontvieille on October 22 and 23 after a year of enforced absence due to the coronavirus health crisis and raised a record amount...

Commander Cousteau's right-hand man honoured

The diver Albert Falco has been recognised in a very practical way with the installation of an artificial reef off Larvotto Beach...

SNCF loses Marseille link to private group

In a first for France, the state’s SNCF rail operator will lose the right to run the regional train service between Nice and Marseille.

Three new coronavirus cases on Thursday

Three Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, October 28. One person was declared fully-recovered.

DULY NOTED: The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident that took the lives of two Monaco firemen on August 31 has been sent to jail for five years. Alexis Lababsa, 24, tested positive for cannabis following the collision. The drug is responsible for 20 percent of all road fatalities in France.

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

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Professor addresses the unthinkable - terror in Monaco

Gilles Kepel, a political scientist who specialises in terrorism, spoke in Monaco on Monday night about terror threats on the Riviera.

Princess Charlene set to return within weeks

After many months away from her husband and children, Princess Charlene could return to the Principality soon.

Larvotto's beach new restaurants named

New businesses are set to open in Larvotto by the spring and summer of next year, mainly restaurants.

Five new cases - only two patients in hospital

Five Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, October 27. Six residents were reported to have recovered fully.

AS Monaco fixture will not go ahead

AS Monaco told NEWS.MC on Wednesday, October 27 that the Monaco-Lyon match, set to be played in Shanghai in February, 2022, will not go ahead.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

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Monaco's coronavirus figures more encouraging

While five Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, October 26, ten residents were declared fully-recovered.

Monaco agents in anti-terror training

Two agents of the GPSI (Protection, Surveillance and Intervention Group) of Monaco’s Public Security have just completed an internship at the RAID (Search, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence) unit in Rennes...

Wait for car park spaces extends to five years

The Principality’s lack of parking spaces is the subject of considerable frustration. Each year impatience rises as the waiting lists become longer.

Two-month truce in Champagne wars

France has obtained a two-month moratorium on the implementation of the recent Russian law preventing champagne from using its own name in the Cyrillic alphabet...

AS Monaco agrees to play Ligue 1 fixture in China

AS Monaco have reportedly agreed to move a home Ligue 1 match against Lyon to China in February next year...

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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Coronavirus infection rate now surpasses neighbours

The benchmark infection rate in Monaco on Sunday, October 24, rose to 80.83 from 59.97 one week earlier. Meanwhile, the latest figure of infections per 100,000 population in the Alpes-Maritimes had fallen to 60.2 on Monday, October 25.

Monaco loses good friend with death of Mayor of Menton

Jean-Claude Guibal, the Mayor of Menton, died suddenly at home on the morning of October 25. The 80 year-old had suffered a heart attack, his family said.

Monaco celebrates success of digital transition

In the space of three years, the Principality has acquired digital technologies serving residents’ quality of life and the attractiveness of its economy, with the ambition of making Monaco a benchmark city-state in the digital world...

CMB Monaco puts spotlight on Alternative Investments

In an environment of low interest rates and high uncertainty, investors are seeking ways to gain greater exposure to alternative investments and to private markets in particular. This is the reason why CMB Monaco...

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Monday, October 25, 2021

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One more Monaco death from coronavirus

A 76 year-old patient suffering from coronavirus who had been in intensive care at Princess Grace Hospital for several weeks died on Sunday.

Verstappen holds off Hamilton in classy display

The championship title rivalry between defending world champion Lewis Hamilton and title hopeful Max Verstappen was the talk of the day at the 2021 United States Grand Prix...

Tourism Office launches dedicated website

The Monaco Government Tourist and Convention Authority has launched a new website dedicated to travel trade professionals in the leisure and MICE markets...

Foundation awards this coming Friday

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation will host its annual Awards Ceremony on Friday, October 29, rewarding personalities and organisations for their strong commitment to preserving planetary health.

AS Monaco victorious against Montpelier

Took the 100 bus to Cap d’Ail. The Beaverbrook stop. I tend to look down on bus-takers who queue in a huddled and disorderly way outside the Park Palace building for the long yellow bus back to the seething suburbs of Nice...

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Friday, October 22, 2021

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Latest coronavirus situation report, MC, UK, and France

Deaths were down in the UK on Thursday, while the number of hospital deaths increased in France...

Monaco recognises sustainability efforts

A presentation took place at the Oceanographic Museum on Wednesday morning during which certificates were awarded to businesses and individuals who were part of the sustainability scheme in the Principality during the previous year.

Monaco audience would not let Lang Lang leave

Celebrated pianist Lang Lang had to return to the stage four times at the Grimaldi Forum on Thursday evening as the enraptured audience applauded his stunning performance of the Goldberg Variations by Bach.

AS Monaco beat Eindhoven with last-minute winner

AS Monaco beat PSV Eindhoven for their 200th European match victory on the evening of Thursday, October 21.

E-Rallye Monte-Carlo gets underway

The fifth edition of the E-Rallye Monte-Carlo got off to a solid start at the Chateau du Mollard in the town of Chateauneuf on Wednesday, October 21.

DULY NOTED: Most French households are to receive a cost-of-living bonus of 100 euros, with most payments due to arrive on bank accounts during December, just weeks or days before Christmas and less than four months ahead of the presidential election next year.

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

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Monaco magistrate latest road crash victim

The driver who appeared to lose control of his car before hitting a rock face just east of Eze on the Moyenne Corniche on Tuesday was a senior magistrate in Monaco and a law professor at the University of Nice.

First signs of new lockdowns, travel curbs, in Europe

There are early signs of European nations moving towards lockdown and travel restrictions as winter starts to bite. On Tuesday, Latvia ordered a one-month lockdown of both vaccinated and non-vaccinated persons.

Four new coronavirus cases on Wednesday

Four Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, October 20. Four residents were declared fully-recovered.

Minister makes international debut

Mrs Céline Caron-Dagioni, the recently-appointed Minister of Infrastructure, the Environment and Urban Development, has taken part in a video conference as part of the COP 15 conference on biological diversity.

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

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Startling reminder of coronavirus threat

In a startling reminder that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over in the Principality, the Monaco Government reported on Tuesday evening, October 19, that fifteen residents had tested positive in the previous 24 hours.

Pastor siblings riven by mother's killing

The assassination seven years ago of Monaco property billionaire Hélène Pastor continues to send shockwaves through the Principality and along the entire Riviera.

UK's spiralling death rate rings alarm bells

For several weeks the UK has been experiencing much higher coronavirus death rates than the rest of western Europe, but the divergence is becoming very wide...

Minister of State lunches at Technical and Hotel high school

Minister of State Pierre Dartout, accompanied by Isabelle Bonnal, Commissioner General in charge of the Department of National Education, Youth and Sports, lunched on Tuesday, October 19, at the Technical and Hotel Lycée de Monaco (LTHM).

CMB Monaco's shareholder included in MIB ESG index

Mediobanca has been included in the first MIB ESG index launched by Euronext and Borsa Italiana, for Italian blue chip companies that demonstrate ESG best practices.

DULY NOTED: From October 24, an antigen test will be regarded as sufficient for the Day 2 test for fully-vaccinated travellers returning to the UK, rather than the previously-stipulated and more expensive PCR test.

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

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Monaco's positivity rate almost neck and neck with neighbours

Monaco’s coronavirus positivity rate, based on 3,028 PCR and antigen tests carried out in the seven days to Sunday, October 17, has risen to 59.97 from 52.15 a week earlier.

Scooter thieves sent to jail

Two men with very extensive criminal records have been sent to jail in Monaco following the theft of two electric scooters...

Government content with budget vote

Pierre Dartout, Minister of State, has expressed his satisfaction with the overwhelming vote by the National Council in favour of the adjusted budget for 2021.

Large and enthusiastic turnout for Italian glass artist

His Excellency Giulio Alaimo, Ambassador of Italy to Monaco, welcomed Italian artist Benedetta Brachetti Peretti to Monaco on Monday evening, for an exposition of her artistic glassware...

Five residents test positive for coronavirus

Five Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, October 18. Four residents were declared fully-recovered.

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