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Cruise ship arrivals and passenger numbers surged in Monaco in 2025
Cruise ship activity in Monaco increased markedly in 2025, with 99 vessels calling at the principality in Q3 – up 17.9% year-on-year – whilst passenger numbers surged 29.1% to 70,292 despite efforts to control cruise tourism.
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French mountain restaurant fined €8,000 for refusing to serve free tap water
Les Aiguilles de Péclet in Val Thorens only offered bottled water for sale despite legal obligation to provide free drinking water, fraud inspectors found during control visit.
As France freezes at -22°C, the story of 1709’s Great Frost that devastated Europe
As France freezes in -22°C lows, the cold snap arrives nearly 317 years to the day after Europe’s Great Frost of 1709 — the deadliest winter in recorded history. Here's how that brutal freeze...
Swiss bar managers under investigation as first victims identified in fire that killed 40
Swiss authorities have placed two managers of Le Constellation bar under criminal investigation as the first victims of the New Year's Eve fire that killed 40 people were formally identified and...
Grimaldi Forum unveils ‘Shrek’ the musical for 2026
Lovers of Shrek the animation will have the chance to see the award-winning Broadway adaption when it arrives at the Grimaldi Forum next December.
Five artists set to explore the power of silence in Monaco exhibition
'Shared Silences', running from January 8th to 31st at Espace 22, brings together five international artists whose work explores themes of intimacy, emotion and "invisible resonances".
Monaco finds classrooms for displaced students across three sites
High school students forced out of the former Collège Charles III will return to in-person teaching at locations around Promenade Honoré II, with 22 temporary classrooms being built at Îlot...
