No shuttle service this year

The long-awaited Nice to Cap d’Ail boat shuttle service that is set to provide crucial transport for cross-border workers has been delayed, again.
The Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis announced in April that the long-awaited shuttle boat service would begin this August.
The move was welcomed by the National Council of Monaco and the government, who see the service as a vital relief to a saturated train network and heavily congested roads due to thousands of French inhabitants crossing the border to work in Monaco each day.
But the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis recently announced that the shuttle service will not go ahead as planned this year due to an unsuccessful tender process.
The plan was for the environmentally-friendly boats to run every half hour during peak hours, making 34 rotations each day between the Port of Nice and Cap d’Ail, about 15 kilometres apart.
Once in Cap d’Ail, passengers would be able to make the short trip to the Principality using the CAM bus service.
The shuttle service, estimated at around €5 million, will be co-financed by the Monaco government.
A new tender is expected to be approved in early 2022.
 
 
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France reveals details of its ‘Traffic light’ travel rule system

The US and UK have been placed on France’s orange list, meaning only vaccinated travellers will be able to enter the country. The rest of Europe has been placed in the green zone, with only a negative test required by authorities.
The government revealed to French media RMC and BFMTV on Friday details of its ‘Traffic light’ based travel rule system, due to take effect from Wednesday 9th June.
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Secretary of State in charge of Tourism, confirmed that countries will be placed in three categories: green, orange and red.
All member states of the European Union as well as Australia, South Korea, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand and Singapore have been placed in the ‘green zone’. Travellers from these countries will be able to enter France freely if they are vaccinated. For others, a negative PCR or antigen test of less than 72 hours will be requested.
People will be considered vaccinated two weeks after they receive both doses, or four weeks for those vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine.
The United States and the United Kingdom have been placed in the ‘orange zone’, “where the circulation of the virus still exists but is under control and where there is no variant of concern,” said Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. Travellers from these countries must not only be vaccinated but also present a negative PCR test of less than 72 hours or an antigen test of less than 48 hours. Non-vaccinated people will not be able to set foot on French soil unless they have a compelling reason.
Finally, the countries falling into the ‘red zone’ include South Africa, Brazil and India. Travellers from these countries will not be able to come to France without a compelling reason, whether they are vaccinated or not.
 
 
 
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Unite Monaco to bridge gap to new UAE markets

Unite Monaco, a one-night only event, is bringing together serious heavy-hitters at the Yacht Club of Monaco to open up business leads between the Principality and the Middle East, give access to new markets and raise capital.
On Friday 2nd July, the Yacht Club of Monaco will be the special location for the upcoming conference, Unite Monaco.
UNITE, short for ‘Unlocking New Investment, Trade and Economies’, is being hosted by The Private Investment Group and is in partnership with the Private Office of H. H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Alnahyan. The Sheikh is looking to attract serious entrepreneurial opportunities for his home country, the United Arab Emirates.
The conference will feature leadership discussions and dinner with an ultra-exclusive guest list of family offices, funds, U/HNWI and multi-national companies who are looking to “bring together the pioneers and agents of change from the full global spectrum of business under one roof.”
The evening will focus on major global trends, particularly those that have come about since the pandemic, offering alternative perspectives and applying them to Monaco. The idea is to build a bridge between the Principality and the Middle East to generate trade and investment.
Some of the topics to be covered include a talk on the acceleration and concentration of the digital economy, growing income inequality, the growing role of government, deglobalisation, the future of remote work, and multilateral cooperation.
Organisers are expecting VIPs and big names with more than 60 businesses attending and over 100 delegates, 40 investors, 50 family office representatives and 50 CEOs in attendance from at least 10 nations.
 
 
 
 
 

AS Monaco jersey auction fetches nearly €20k

The AS Monaco charity auction selling jerseys worn by the players during their stellar 2020-21 season has raised nearly €20,000 for local amateur football clubs.
On 18th May, players for the Red and Whites offered up some 15 jerseys to go under the hammer for a good cause. The end result of the auction showed sales equalling €19,220, all destined for amateur football clubs in the region.
Organised in conjunction with the Mediterranean Football League, the sale included jerseys worn by the stars of AS Monaco, including Kevin Volland and Djibril Sidibé. Tunics donated by Aleksandr Golovin and Cesc Fabregas were the biggest hits, raising €2,800 each.
“We are very happy to have been able to organise this operation for the benefit of
amateur clubs in the region,” said Oleg Pertov, Vice-Chairman and CEO of the team. “The health crisis has impacted many of them. AS Monaco wanted to give them its support and all its commitment, and that is what we have done through this auction. I would like to thank all the participants for their valuable contribution, well done to all the winners!”
The jerseys were worn by the team members during the winning game against Stade Rennais and are now considered collector’s items as they introduced the team’s new brand, Rise. Risk. Repeat.
“On behalf of Mediterranean football, I would like to sincerely and from the bottom of my heart thank AS Monaco for this initiative of incredible symbolic strength, consisting of donating to the umbrella body of Mediterranean football the proceeds of the auction of the club’s collector jerseys which will be allocated to the full payment by the authority of the registration fees of the amateur clubs of the territory to the 2021/2022 edition of the Coupe de France, of the Gambardella Cup, of the Women’s French Cup, which are the FFF’s own competitions,” said Eric Borghini, President of the Mediterranean Football League. “AS Monaco, 2021 finalist in the Coupe de France, third in the last Championship and pride of French football, through this very fine action demonstrates its commitment to its regional League and to amateur clubs in our region.”