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The number of millionaires on the Côte d'Azur has increased by 25% over the past ten years. The area from Nice to Èze has the second-highest concentration of millionaires in France, with 26,300 individuals, trailing only the Paris region. Monaco holds the highest density of millionaires worldwide, with nearly half of its residents being millionaires.
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American singer Taylor Swift has taken Paris by storm thrilling crowds with songs from her newest album. In the first of her European dates, at La Défense arena on Thursday night Swift added seven songs from her new 31-track album, including the single Fortnight and I Can Do It with a Broken Heart, which charts the difficulties she experienced touring after a relationship breakdown. Swift took to the stage shortly after 8pm playing Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince, before greeting the sold-out crowd.
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Monaco Historic Grand Prix: Travel Disruptions and Information
The Monaco Historic Grand Prix 2024 will take place from Friday, May 10 to Sunday, May 12, causing several disruptions to road traffic and public transportation. Here's a brief overview of the key impacts:
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Following in the footsteps of Prince Albert I, a group of friends from Monaco are climbing 15 peaks on skis in this Norwegian archipelago, the Svalbard. United under the banner of the Monegasque Wolfpack Sports Team, they have set their sights on climbing two of the seven highest peaks on each continent of the globe.
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Russia has warned France that if President Emmanuel Macron sent troops to Ukraine, then they would be seen as legitimate targets by the Russian military.
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The port of Saint-Laurent remains closed, surrounded by anti-pollution buoys, following a fire that sank five boats around 11pm on Wednesday, 1 May. The wreckage of one of the sunken boats has been removed, but the port's closure continues.
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Festivities have begun in the harbour of Marseille as more than 1,000 boats are expected to accompany the Olympic flame.
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The city of Nice has appealed a decision by the court on the one-way system in place on the port of the city.
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Police have opened an investigation after an 18-year-old man was the victim of a kidnapping, on the night of Tuesday May 7th to Wednesday May 8th, in a shisha bar in the 16th arrondissement in Paris.
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In an interview with Elle magazine the French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed plans to consider “a duty to visit” for fathers who are absent.
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Next week’s Cannes Film Festival is facing the threat of a strike as workers mobilize for better conditions. Cinema workers, including projectionists, programmers, ticket office managers and others are asking ... ....
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French President Emmanuel Macron will today take the Chinese president to the Pyrenees for a "personal" getaway. The two leaders are expected at the Col du Tourmalet, the legendary climb of the Tour de France.
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The French government has announced that the CEO of the SNCF, France’s rail network, Jean-Pierre Farandou will be replaced after the Paris Olympics. Farandou has been at the head of the railway company since the end of 2019.
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Paris’s public transport authority has been heavily criticized and accused of initiating ‘a bit of a racket’ after increasing the price of Métro tickets by more than 85% and doubling the cost of bus tickets during the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.
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The Ministry of Agriculture has announced the Ecophyto 2030 plan, France's new pesticide reduction strategy, is under discussion at the national assembly today, the development of which was put on hold at the height of the agricultural crisis.
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A young man has been shot dead in Marseille. The shooting took place on Sunday evening in the north of the city
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China’s President Xi Jinping is on his first visit to Europe since 2019 meeting with French President Emmanual Macron today before heading to Serbia and Hungary.
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