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Behind the curtain: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory debuts in Monaco
Cascades of chocolate, Oompa Loompas, and the marvellous Willy Wonka himself are about to take over the Grimaldi Forum as Monaco becomes the first to host a magical new production of Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
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Becoming Clean #10: Ben Cotton
Six months ago, I happened upon CleanEquity Monaco (CEM), the emerging cleantech conference held annually in the Principality, co-founded by H.S.H. Prince Albert and Mungo Park, Chairman of Innovator...
Government weighs in on Jardins d’Apolline affair
Minister of State Serge Telle paid a courtesy call Wednesday morning to the new President of the National Council, Stéphane Valerie, whose party “Primo” enjoyed a landslide election...
Extreme cold weather, snow, set to move north
As the Beast from the East continues to grip Europe, the death toll from the extreme cold has reached 46 since last Friday, with 18 deaths in Poland alone. On Wednesday, February 28, a total of 26...
Monaco history website offers new possibilities … and at a discount
The website of the Annales Monegasques, the historical publication of the Archives of the Prince’s Palace, brings together all the issues published since the creation of the magazine in 1977....
Nice revs up for F1 teaser event with 4-time champion driver
The second weekend of March will see a preview in Nice of the F1 French Grand Prix, due to be held on June 24. Nice is very much involved in the French Grand Prix, as it is one of the organisers...
March 1 brings cold comfort to smokers
The first day of March sees a number of price changes in France. Predictably, the cost of a packet of cigarettes will jump again, by around 10 percent, as the French government looks for ways to...
