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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31, 2022

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France treats energy squeeze as major crisis

As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues into its seventh month, French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne has urged businesses to cut back on energy use in the autumn. She also hinted...



Monaco's coronavirus figures continue to plunge

There are currently nine patients receiving treatment for coronavirus symptoms at Princess Grace Hospital, including eight residents. There is no-one in intensive care...



Germany and France oppose EU visa ban

The European Union must not stop Russian tourists from visiting the bloc, Germany and France said ahead of a foreign ministers’ meeting in Prague that will discuss demands by the Baltic states...



Gazprom cuts supplies to France's Engie

The French energy company Engie announced on Tuesday that Gazprom, the Russian oil and gas giant, had informed it of additional and immediate reductions in its deliveries...



DULY NOTED: This year's Louboutin summer exhibition at the Grimaldi Forum that closed on Sunday attracted a total of 37,000 visitors, up from 30,000 for last year’s Giocometti expo. On the last weekend alone 3,300 visitors attended.

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TUESDAY AUGUST 30, 2022

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EU prepares rescue from rocketing energy prices

The EU is preparing a structural reform of the electricity market, Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, August 29...



Tourists flock back to France after pandemic

Despite cost-of-living fears, heatwaves and wildfires, France’s tourism industry rebounded in a big way this summer as local and foreign holidaymakers poured in after a two-year slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic...



Artcurial appoints Olga de Marzio as director

Olga de Marzio, said: “I am delighted and honoured to join Artcurial in this year which coincides with its twentieth anniversary. In a short time she became one of the largest auction houses in auctions in Europe and a benchmark on the Monaco market...



DULY NOTED: Major sea-level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice cap is now inevitable, scientists have said, even if the fossil fuel burning that is driving the climate crisis were to end overnight.



The research shows the global heating to date will cause an absolute minimum sea-level rise of 27cm (10.6in) from Greenland alone as 110tn tonnes of ice melt. (SOURCE: Guardian)

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The future of the popular 110 Airport Express coach service is in doubt, according to unconfirmed reports suggesting that the ending of the service has been lobbied for by taxi operators.

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MONDAY AUGUST 29, 2022

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Russia's war stymies Monte-Carlo Gala

Monaco’s premier fund-raising event for environmental causes will not take place as planned at the end of September due to the international situation...



New blow to energy supplies as winter beckons

The shutdown of four French nuclear reactors has been extended for several more weeks this coming autumn, as EDF continues to deal with long-term corrosion problems...



Audi set to enter Formula 1 in 2026

Audi is set to join the Formula 1 World Championship from the 2026 season, when the next set of power unit regulations will take hold...



Hamilton crashes out of Belgian Grand Prix on first lap

Formula 1 action has fully resumed after a long summer break with an eventful 2022 Belgian Grand Prix at the scintillating Spa-Francorchamps circuit under the hot summer sun....



AS Monaco battle out draw against PSG

For their toughest Ligue 1 fixture so far this season, AS Monaco travelled to Paris to face off against Paris Saint-Germain in the Parc des Princes on Sunday, August 28...



DULY NOTED: A volunteer fireman - a nineteen year-old student - in the Gironde region has been arrested on suspicion of starting up to 30 fires, the Bordeaux prosecutor announced on Sunday.

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French energy firm TotalEnergies says it is divesting its stake in a Russian gas field that was reported last week to be providing fuel that ends up in Russian fighter jets. The company said it had signed a deal on Friday with its local Russian partner, Novatek, to sell its 49% in the Termokarstovoye gas field “on economic terms enabling TotalEnergies to recover the outstanding amounts invested in the field”.

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The large naval ship that visited Port Hercule over the weekend was the Tonnerre helicopter carrier of the French Navy. The ship can carry 450 troops in addition to its crew.

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FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 2022

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Cypriot fan tried to force way into F1 paddock

A violent and extremely brutal attack on three police officers sent them all to hospital during this year’s Grand Prix, Monaco’s Criminal Court was told...



Hot, dry summer forces early start to champagne harvest

Champagne grape pickers have had to start the harvest earlier this year, as climate change forces the makers of the French sparkling wine to rethink how they make the coveted bubbly...



Lando Norris enjoying new life in Monaco

Having made a name for himself at the pinnacle of motorsport, Lando Norris landed a three year contract with McLaren back in May, 2021 with a salary of six million...



Just three more days for Louboutin expo

The spectacular Christian Louboutin exhibition at the Grimaldi Forum has just three days to run from Friday, August 26...



DULY NOTED: Britain is threatening human health, marine life and fishing by releasing raw sewage into the Channel and the North Sea, three French Euro MPs have said. They have asked the European Commission to seek “political and legal” measures to stop the pollution, as reported by The Guardian.

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Jeff Daniels is on a short holiday and Monte-Carlo Diary is not published this week. As previously anounced, there will be no Saturday edition of Good Morning Monaco. Normal service will resume from September 1.



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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 2022

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Huge interest in seized yacht auction

More than 60 bids were received for the seized superyacht Axioma during the auction in Gibraltar on Tuesday, August 23...



Carrefour to freeze prices on 100 products

French supermarket retailer Carrefour is freezing prices on 100 everyday products from tinned sardines to rice and washing up liquid, joining other companies...



Fined 500 euros for insulting policeman

A man who was stopped by police for not wearing a mask on July 28 last year, when wearing a face mask was still compulsory, remonstrated with an officer and called him names...



Basketball team meets the press

Ahead of what is looking to be a busy pre-season campaign, the AS Monaco Basketball team took to the Monaco Casino on Tuesday to meet the media and to answer some pressing questions...



DULY NOTED: Near Marseille late on Monday, a car that refused to stop when ordered to by police was found to contain a tank of 1,000 litres of stolen diesel fuel. The driver took off and tried to force his way through a police roadblock, injuring four policemen.

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