Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Monaco businessman sentenced to prison after dramatic Canton tunnel crash
A Monegasque businessman has been handed a six-month prison sentence, with five months suspended, following a dramatic car crash in the early hours of Saturday morning that left a Porsche in flames and two passengers injured.
Read moreWill 2022 be the year of Covid reinfections?
Prince Albert is among 5.3% of Monaco’s population to contract Covid twice, according to a new report by IMSEE that also shows 26.6% of residents have tested positive since the pandemic began.
Monaco funding effective HIV treatments for children
The government of Monaco has thrown its support behind the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, a programme that makes available proper treatment to children living with HIV.
Kinder withdraws chocolates due to salmonella risk
Some Kinder chocolate eggs have been recalled over links to Salmonella, just two weeks out from Easter, with up to 15 cases already identified in France and 63 in the UK.
2021 in numbers: births, deaths and marriages
In a year significantly marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, Monaco saw its lowest birth rate among nationals since 1985, while the number of Monegasques who died reached an all-time high.
Omicron BA.2 variant behind Covid resurgence
The highly transmissible subvariant of Omicron, known as BA.2, is now the dominant Covid strain, sending the number of cases surging once again in Monaco and the world.
€3,000 raised for civilian victims of Ukraine conflict
An event that looked at the geopolitical and economic consequences of the Ukrainian war was also able to raise a total of €3,000 in donations to help those in need from the war-torn nation.