Good Morning Monaco
Monday, June 26, 2023
Long wait for more trains will be over in 18 months The head of the Southern Region of SNCF has promised a train very 15 minutes from Nice to Monaco, but not immediately…
Drunken Italian waiter made run for the border An Italian waiter who lives in neighbouring Roquebrune-Cap-Martin decided to make a run for the border when he saw Monaco police officers…
Monaco backs levy on shipping emissions More than 20 countries and regional organisations have backed proposals for a levy on shipping industry emissions…
Flurry of stabbings in Nice at night Nice’s night-time reputation has taken another drubbing after six knife attacks within four days…
Monaco Yacht Show unveils Carbon Neutrality Plan The Monaco Yacht Show recently unveiled its Carbon Neutrality Transition Plan in an exclusive webinar with exhibitors and suppliers…
| DULY NOTED The French government has said it will subsidise train travel this summer but has yet to announce the details. “Everyone has the right to a holiday,” said Clément Beaune, Minister of Transport. SOURCE: Le Figaro * Actress Marion Cotillard, a strong supporter of environmental protection, has used Instagram to declare her support for the radical Soulèvements de la terre movement, which has been banned by the French government. SOURCE: BFMTV * President Macron has lamented the low rate of payment of fines for drug possession and has announced that penalties will soon need to be paid ‘on the spot’ using card payment terminals. On a three-day visit to Marseille, which has a huge drug problem, he said the city scored well below the national recovery rate of 35%. SOURCE: FranceInfo * Closer to home, on Sunday, June 25, Police discovered “a wild slaughterhouse” in the east of Nice. Forty sheep were piled up in a single room of an apartment at 8 rue de l’Impasse. One of the beasts had had its throat cut. The building belongs to the social landlord Côte d’Azur Habitat (CAH) and the room was barely 12 or 13 m2. The police operation was carried out in a tense climate in the neighbourhood, according to a police source. SOURCE: Monaco Matin Compiled by Jeff Daniels |
 Weather Forecast Mainly sunny, high 30. Tuesday: Mainly sunny, high 29. Wednesday: Chance of rain, high 29. Night-time 22/23 |
