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Opéra de Monte-Carlo celebrates double win at the 2026 Oper! Awards
The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has taken two of the top prizes at the 2026 Oper! Awards, with Cecilia Bartoli named Best Production and Gianluca Capuano recognised as Best Conductor.
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One man dead, four others injured on cruise ship in Marseille
One person has been killed and four others injured – two critically – after a lifeboat fell from the world’s biggest cruise liner, Harmony of the Seas, which was docked in the French port of...
Professionals decry “shipwreck” of yachting industry
The Committee of European Yachting Professionals (ECPY) and the organisation that manages the ports of Nice, Cannes, Villefranche and Golfe-Juan – CCI Nice Côte d’Azur – have joined in raising...
Mobility in Monaco next week
The Principality joins European Mobility Week from September 16 to 22 in partnership with the Electric Vehicle Club, Monaco Sustainable Development (MC2D) and the Monaco town council. The objective...
Tourism figures fall on Riviera but Monaco is “different”
Tourism figures for July and August for the PACA region show that the Bastille Day atrocity in Nice on July 14 has cost millions of euros in lost revenue. Following a spate of cancellations...
Prime Minister confirms France vulnerable
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday that France remains a top target for Islamist terrorists. “The threat is at its maximum, as we have seen in recent days, in recent times and even...
Former French Minister of Finance under fire
Christine Lagarde, the serving head of the IMF, is to face a special French court in December, accused of negligence in the Bernard Tapie affair. Mr Tapie, who has a major interest in local French...
