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France: Rules relaxed for 27-year mortgage scheme

Previously, prospective homeowners had to promise to spend 25% of a 27-year loan on home improvements and repairs, but that has been downgraded to just 10% of the total.

Pierre Dartout discusses ambitious plans for urban and environmental transformation

Dartout's insights to Monaco Matin offer a glimpse into Monaco's commitment to progress while maintaining its unique character and fiscal health.

The Pôle Emploi is to be rebranded as France Travail

From the start of the new year, France’s Pôle Emploi will be known as France Travail, and there are other changes coming to the way the job centres work too.

Prince Albert’s foundation receives €200,000 donation from Edmond de Rothschild bank

The Monaco branch of the leading private bank was able to make the massive donation to the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco following an innovative fundraising campaign that was launched earlier...

Minimum wage in France to increase from start of 2024 

As of January, France’s lowest paid full-time workers will see their monthly pay rise by €20 a month. 

What the Monaco Economic Board got up to in Malaysia

Back in November, Prince Albert II of Monaco made headlines by travelling to Malaysia to meet with King Abdullah of Pahang, but his wasn’t the only delegation heading for Kuala Lumpur.