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Uber set to offer Monaco helicopter rides after Joby’s Blade acquisition
Joby plans to bring Blade’s air services to the Uber app in 2026, following its August takeover, potentially reshaping Monaco’s sky routes with an electric, on-demand future.
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Crime down, misdemeanours up in 2020
Monaco saw a clear decline in criminal offences in 2020 compared to the previous year, though fines and warnings for breaking Covid-related rules kept the force busy.
France allows day trips to the Var
Monaco residents can travel as far as the Var without a negative Covid test, under a new relaxation of the rules. But the government still wants the 24-hour deadline lifted altogether.
Monaco’s incidence rate halved within a week
The government is now revealing Monaco's weekly incidence rate as part of its regular communication about the coronavirus situation, a figure which has just halved within a week.
The story behind ‘Grace Forever’ at the CHPG
Local artist Marcos Marin talks to Monaco Life about his latest instalment of Princess Grace in the maternity ward of the CHPG and what it was like to watch Prince Albert unveil the portrait.
IMSEE: a decade of rising temps and extreme weather
The average temp over the past decade in Monaco was more than 1°C hotter than the norm. It was also a decade that saw extreme heat waves and months without a single drop of rain.
Hermitage Fine Art Auction adapts to Covid
A Winston Churchill manuscript, family photos of Tsar Alexander II, and a bespoke snow globe by Tiffany are among the lots to be auctioned at the end of February by Hermitage Fine Art.
