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UN Plastics Treaty talks in Geneva stall as countries reject draft
Hopes for a landmark UN treaty to end plastic pollution have stalled in Geneva, with negotiations extended by a day after delegates failed to agree on a draft text.
Read moreMigrant 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...
Intent to pay or not to pay? That is the court’s question
A citizen of the Netherlands with a fondness for the highlife in Monaco has appeared at the Monaco Criminal Court accused of not paying his restaurant bill. On November 15, the 33-year-old visitor...
Outward Bound Monaco hosts Prince at yacht club
Outward Bound Monaco had the honour of hosting Prince Albert on Monday, December 5 at the Yacht Club of Monaco, in a setting that was both intimate and prestigious, to recognise and reward the...