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Friday, August 20, 2021

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Monaco relaxes important Health Pass rules

From Monday, August 23, a Health Pass will be needed to access cafes, bars and restaurants in the Principality...

National Council welcomes Health Pass decision

The elected National Council issued a press statement on Thursday, August 19, following the decision by the Government to water down some provisions of the Health Pass that comes into effect on August 23.

Six new cases, 20 recoveries

Six Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, August 19. Twenty were declared fully-recovered.

Art3f Art Fair returns for second year

After a successful first edition in 2020, the Art3f International Contemporary Art Fair returns to the Principality this year, starting on August 27 and running until August 29.

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Thursday, August 19, 2021

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Var fire claims two lives

The huge fire west of Saint Tropez has claimed two victims, a man and a woman in their fifties. There is also concern that a 32 year-old woman living in a small hamlet at the centre of the conflagration has also perished...

Narrow miss for boaters in Bay of Saint-Tropez

Holidaymakers off the coast of Saint-Tropez had a narrow escape when a Canadair firefighting plane grazed their unlicensed vessel...

Nineteen new cases in Monaco

Nineteen Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, August 18. Fifteen residents were declared fully-recovered.

Costly Maybourne Riviera project finally complete

After six years of construction the Maybourne Riviera hotel in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin is complete.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

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Macron visits site of disastrous fire

President Emanuel Macron visited the scene of the fire in the Var that caused the evacuation of 7,000 people on Tuesday...

Wildfires close to Saint-Tropez destroy large area

Fierce fires that broke out overnight from Monday to Tuesday have destroyed large areas of brush and woodland west of Saint-Tropez, forcing the evacuation of thousands of holidaymakers.

Infection rates fall in Monaco and Alpes-Maritimes

A total of 6,084 PCR and antigen tests were carried out on residents and non-residents in the Principality between August 9 and August 15.

Six Monaco residents test positive

Full recoveries numbered 13 on Tuesday, August 17, while six Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus.

AS Monaco defeated in Champions League play-offs

AS Monaco continue to avoid winning a match, as they lost by 0-1 to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk at the Stade Louis II on Tuesday, August 17.

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

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Free coronavirus tests continue

Despite an announcement in mid-July that PCR coronavirus tests will no longer be offered free of charge from August 15, Monegasques and residents can continue to avail themselves of this service...

After Afghan rout, Macron makes noises

In an appeal that seems as certain to fall on deaf ears as a US appeal for the Taliban to be tolerant, French President Emanuel Macron on Monday said that France will do all it can to ensure that Russia, the US and Europe will respond with a common purpose.

Fifteen new cases on Monday, August 16

Fifteen Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, August 16, while 11 were declared fully-recovered.

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Le Fisc will use spy-in-the-sky Google

Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement that Apple will take on the role of policeman in finding child abuse images comes a report that Google has been enlisted by France’s notorious tax authorities to identify swimming pools...

Another English rule change on vaccines

The English health authorities decided on August 12 to change the rules on vaccine eligibility for arrivals from amber list countries. Travellers who have been inoculated with two different vaccines will have to quarantine on arrival.

Weekend finishes on better note

Only one resident tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, August 15. Ten residents were declared fully-recovered.

First dose vaccine coverage reaches 72 percent

The number of people vaccinated in Monaco has reached 24,913 individuals.

Monaco fall short against Lorient

AS Monaco seem to have gotten off to a slow start this Ligue 1 season, having drawn with FC Nantes before their 1-0 defeat against FC Lorient on Friday, August 13.

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Friday, August 13, 2021

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Unvaccinated account for almost all cases

Only one patient hospitalised at Princess Grace Hospital since the start of July had been fully vaccinated, Director of CHPG Benoîte de Sevelinges said on Wednesday.

Watch out in Saint Tropez - muggings galore

A British millionaire who spends half his time in Monaco has been mugged in Saint Tropez by two men who took his Richard Millie watch valued at more than 400,000 euros.

James Bond to revisit Casino

Agent 007 is set to return to the Principality once again. The new James Bond film, entitled ‘No Time to Die’ will be premiered to a very select audience at the Casino on September 29...

Five residents test positive

Five Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, August 12, while 19 were declared fully-recovered.

DULY NOTED: Firefighters in Italy were called to more than 500 blazes on Wednesday, as scorching temperatures hit the south of the country. Sicily recorded a high of 48.8 C and four deaths were reported.

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

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One more coronavirus-related death

A 75 year-old Monaco resident who had tested positive for coronavirus has died, the Government announced on Wednesday.

Death of Gianluigi Gelmetti of OPMC

There has been an outpouring of affection for Italian and Monegasque conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti whose death was reported on Wednesday, August 11.

Monaco-flagged yacht wins Fastnet race

The daunting Fastnet Race off the UK and Irish coasts has been won by Monaco-flagged Skorpios with Dmitri Rybolovlev at the helm.

Charter yacht destroyed in fiery blaze

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, August 11, an alert was issued that a motor yacht called Reine d’Azur had become engulfed in flames.

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

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Twenty-nine positive tests for coronavirus

Twenty-nine Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, August 10. Eighteen residents were declared fully-recovered.

MonacoUSA looks for members to join NY team

MonacoUSA board member Merrily Lustig-Tornatore and her husband Rémy have already signed up for the annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk Series in New York, an event that commemorates the 20th anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers...

Lamborghini Countach set for comeback

A new Lamborghini Countach has been announced by the iconic Italian marque, 50 years on from the birth of the original as a prototype at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show.

AS Monaco victorious over Sparta Prague yet again

Having beaten Sparta Prague 0-2 in the Czech capital in the previous week, AS Monaco finished the job with a big 3-1 win over Prague at home on the pitch of the Stade Louis II...

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

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Monaco mobilises for Moneyval inspection

The Principality could find itself on the so-called grey list of countries that do not fully cooperate with other states in the fight against money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Co-founding Netflix exec invests into UseCrypt

Co-founding senior executive of Netflix and president of MoviePass and Redbox, Mitch Lowe has joined UseCrypt, investing 3.5 million USD into the telecommunications platform.

Recoveries outpace new positive tests

Six Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, August 9, while 12 residents were declared fully-recovered.

UK's ethnic minorities lag behind

Distrust of vaccines and religious reservations mean that a much lower percentage of ethnic minorities in the UK have been inoculated against coronavirus, resulting in higher numbers of hospitalisation and deaths and the persistence of coronavirus hotspots.

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Monday, August 9, 2021

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Important Health Pass restriction eased

Health Minister Olivier Véran has loosened one of the most important restrictions that come into effect on Monday, August 9, as the Health Pass enters almost areas of French life.

Long-serving minister steps down

Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister of Infrastructure, the Environment and Public Works, is one of the longest-serving member of Government, having first taken up her position in January, 2011.

Just one new case on Sunday

Only one Monaco resident tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, August 8. Twenty-one new cases had been reported on Friday and 12 on Saturday, taking the three-day total to 34.

Lucky draw for Nantes

AS Monaco hosted FC Nantes at the Stade Louis II for their opening match of the 2021/22 Ligue 1 season on Friday, August 6. The occasion was made all the more special...

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