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Are Saint-Tropez restaurants really blacklisting customers because they don’t spend enough?

A curious story of “wealth screening” by restaurants in the town of Saint-Tropez has caught global attention. Here’s everything you need to know about the scandal.

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How to keep your home cool without harming the environment

Everyone in this part of the world is feeling the heat at the moment. But amid warnings that powering up the air con is only adding to the problem, what else can be done to keep homes and workplaces...

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Air pollution alerts activated across Monaco and the Riviera

Higher-than-usual levels of tropospheric or ground-level ozone have been recorded in a large swathe of southern France, leading authorities to activate a Level 1 warning for the region.  

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All about the fairy tale Grand Ball of Monte-Carlo in Venice

The Grand Ball of Monte-Carlo, taking place this month in Venice on the opening night of the International Film Festival, promises to be an event “bursting with glamour”.

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France to send bullies to a different school in new strategy to strengthen protections for victims

This year’s La Rentrée will mark not only the start of a new school year, but also a new era of proactive measures combatting in-school bullying and cyberbullying, as well as better protections...

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Monaco’s top young chefs and waiters strive for chance at world title 

In six weeks' time, the finest young chefs and waiters working in Monaco will go head-to-head for a chance to represent the Principality on the world stage at the Young Chef Young Waiter Awards.