Business & Finance
Monaco’s 2024 finances soar with €193 million surplus and record revenues
The big story this year? A major leap in corporate income tax, which shot up by nearly 44%, adding more than €100 million to the state’s coffers.
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Monaco’s biggest events centre looks ahead to 2023
In revealing the results of the past year still marked by Covid, the Grimaldi Forum’s General Director Sylvie Biancheri has presented an exciting schedule of events for Monaco’s largest culture...
France to raise retirement age to 64
Once-in-a-generation reforms to the pensions system have been announced and France has reacted as many could have predicted, with fierce opposition from unions and parties across the political...
Real estate, tech and equity markets: top investment opportunities in 2023
According to a Knight Frank report, wealthy individuals are remarkably optimistic about the year to come, with seven in 10 expecting their wealth to grow in these key areas.
British poll shows mass dissatisfaction with Brexit and support for new referendum
Two years after the UK’s official break-up with the EU, a 2023 poll says that many British people think it was a huge mistake and back the idea of a new referendum on EU membership.
IMF warns a third of world economy will be in recession in 2023
The International Monetary Fund has painted a bleak picture of the global economy for 2023, stating the big three economies - the USA, the EU and China - are all experiencing simultaneous slowdowns...
EU’s youngest member makes historic changes
Croatia rang in the new year by joining both the border-free Schengen zone and the common euro currency, fulfilling a longstanding goal of close integration with Europe.
