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French unemployment falls, but not locally

Unemployment has fallen again in France, for the third month in a row, but not in the Alpes-Maritimes. In the Var, the jobless rate increased slightly in November. In France as a whole, the quarter...

Monaco’s GasLog takes important new direction

A wholly-owned subsidiary of GasLog has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire a twenty percent shareholding in Gastrade S.A., which is licensed to develop an independent natural gas...

Migrant hit by train on Italian border

The fact that the international migrant crisis is still with us at the end of 2016 was tragically underlined on Friday when a refugee in his twenties was killed by a TER train as he walked along the...

Monaco Foodie: Whisky and The Art of Blending Liquid Sunshine

“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.” It’s a rare thing that draws Mark Twain and Ava Gardner into alignment, but a love of whisky does just that. From tax...

Prince promotes electric bikes at Palace Square

On Saturday, November 5, HSH Prince Albert II attended the presentation of the new electric-bike station installed at the Palace Square. Monaco’s environmentally friendly bike scheme, a joint...

CMB voted Best Private Bank in Monaco 2016

For eight years the magazines Private “Wealth Management” and “The Banker” in collaboration with Financial Times organise “The global Private Banking Awards”. The awards recognise the...