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Carabinieri orchestra

Prince’s Orchestra prepares for Moscow performances

The Carabinieri Orchestra of HSH the Sovereign Prince has been invited to the Spasskaya Bashnya Festival in Moscow.

Football

Beckham to receive UEFA award in Monaco

David Beckham will receive the UEFA President’s Award for 2018 in Monaco next week in recognition of his soccer achievements and humanitarian work.

Yacht club Monaco

Prince Albert witnesses start of Palermo-Monte-Carlo Regatta

HSH Prince Albert was present at the start of the Palermo-Monte-Carlo regatta, now in its fourteenth year, on Tuesday, August 21.

Traffic

End of holiday traffic blues expected around Monaco

The last weekend of August will see major congestion on French motorways, particularly along the Riviera. Delays and jams can be expected from Thursday.

Cigarettes

French tobacconists decry declining business

Tobacco shop owners in Menton told Monaco Matin that the only way to survive is to diversify into other products, after tobacco prices rose 30 cents.

Traffic cones

Furious French drivers destroy more speed cameras

The introduction of lower speed limits on French roads has caused an upsurge in vandalism, the French press reports.