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Nice City Council votes for huge tax increase for second homes

Nice City Council voted to increase the rate of housing tax for second homes at a public meeting on Friday, February 2, local French daily Monaco-Matin reports. Until now, second home owners were...

Prince Albert gets on track in Newquay as he celebrates friend’s birthday

Prince Albert visited Newquay Wednesday where he “swapped the Monaco Grand Prix for St Eval Kart Circuit”, reports CornwallLive.com. The soon to be 60-year-old Sovereign flew by private jet into...

Monaco Open for Business: Laurence Garino of Monaco Welcome Office

Laurence Garino, Director of Monaco Welcome & Business Office ML: Mme Garino, could you share a little of your professional background? LG: After finishing Business School I worked for a few...

Monaco Economic Board members hear risk forecasts from top economist

The Monaco Economic Board (MEB), the Banque Populaire Méditerranée and Gramaglia Assurances, held a well-attended conference “Country Risk: Analysis and Business Opportunities” at the...

New Monegasques honoured at reception

The Mayor and members of the Communal Council held a reception on Wednesday, January 31, at the Town Hall for people who acquired Monegasque nationality during the past year. Twenty-eight new...

Minister thanks cancer volunteers in Monaco for their valuable work

Didier Gamerdinger, Minister of Social Affairs and Health, attended the traditional Galette des rois (Kings cake) ceremony of the Association Écoute Cancer Réconfort Monaco on Wednesday, January...