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Monaco warns residents of scam targeting Espace Lamartine membership

Fraudsters are posing as municipal social service staff offering home visits to complete membership applications, the town hall has warned.

Winter sales 2026: when the bargains begin in Monaco and France

Every year after the Christmas holidays end, people start to look forward to the winter sales: four weeks of shopping therapy with official discounts starting in early January. 

Louis Sarkozy proposes removing road signs to improve driver safety

The Menton-based politician advocates for "naked roads" following a VINCI Autoroutes study revealing widespread non-compliance with traffic regulations across Europe.

International school expansion drives private education boom as Monaco public enrolment drops

Two international schools account for most recent growth, with the British School and International School of Monaco adding 102 students between 2022-23 and 2023-24 alone.

Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91

The actor who became an international sex symbol in the 1950s and 60s before dedicating her life to animal rights activism has died, her foundation announced on Sunday.

Sixty residents spend Christmas in hotels after Monaco evacuations

Residents spent the festive period in emergency accommodation after authorities ordered immediate evacuation on Christmas Eve, with a retaining wall above the former Collège Charles III showing...