Monaco (10)
03.11.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: Monaco Prince and Princess talk about 'those rumours'
Four months after their royal wedding, Princess Charlene and Prince Albert II have appeared on US television, responding to rumours surrounding their July nuptials. Princess Charlene told the NBC that the media reports of her cold feet “just sounded hilarious.”Read more … Royal TV appearance
06.09.2011
Monaco: Monaco joins hands with 'autobleue' phenomenon
Less than two years after 'vélos bleus' were put into operation, Nice took the ecological urban world by storm, creating a self-serve electronic car program, ‘autobleue’, in April 2011. Now, further excitement has been added to this ambitious project with a new partnerhip between Monaco and Nice.Read more … Monaco gets behind the wheel of the 'autobleue'
19.07.2011
Provence & Côte d'Azur: Smartphone app, ‘Monument Tracker’, provides historical background on sites across the Côte d’Azur
Travelling around the Côte d’Azur just got a little bit less heavy. Whilst enjoying the beaches, food and architectural beauty of Nice and Monaco, tourists no longer need to lug around a guide book to answer their cultural questions.Read more … Say goodbye to your guidebook
13.06.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: In a special report The Riviera Times investigates how close the Var has come to having a monster living on the doorstep
Last month the French parliament passed a bill that banned the controversial hydraulic fracturing method of extracting shale gas. Read more … What’s fracking: Shale gas saga bubbles over the surface
19.05.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: former Monaco student, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is indicted and granted temporary bail untill his trail on the 6th of June
The former IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been granted bail at 9 pm today according to US press sources.Read more … DSK granted bail
29.04.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: Live action web broadcast means those abroad will have the chance to watch the British royal wedding unfold as it happens
For those keen to catch this month's nuptials between Prince William and his Kate, the official royal wedding website has decided to make a live broadcast of the royal shindig that people will be able to stream via the internet for free. Read more … Not missing out on the royal wedding on the Riviera
10.03.2011
Provence & Côte d'Azur: Former AS Monaco Vice-President charged with misappropriation of funds and money laundering
The former Vice-President of AS Monaco Football Club, Adnan Houdrouge, has been arrested in connection with an unsolved murder. Read more … Thirteen arrested over unsolved murder case
05.03.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: Discounted insurance policies for women at the wheel set to end next year
Women drivers will no longer enjoy lower premiums on insurance policies, as judges in the European Court of Justice decided on 1st of March that basing premiums on the sex of the applicant is against EU equality laws.Read more … Lady drivers up in arms on decision to scrap policy discounts
10.02.2011
Provence & Cote d’Azur: Six days after Menton registers a minor earthquake, three more termors are felt off the coast of Monaco
Just days after a minor earthquake was recorded off the coast of Menton, three further tremors have been registered in Monaco.Read more … Three 'mini-quakes' hit the the Cote d’Azur
13.05.2010
Provence Côte d’Azur: Security van driver who stole 11.6 million euro is jailed for three years
It was billed as the crime of the century in France when a security van driver drove off with 11.6 million euros from a bank in Lyon in November last year. For eleven days Tony Musulin was on the run before unexpectedly handing himself over to police in Monaco. Five months later and he has been jailed for three years and fined 45,000 euros for attempted car insurance fraud over a Ferrari. Read more … Toni Musulin gets three years
