Good Morning Monaco
Saturday, July 1, 2023
Government slated by National Council over Moneyval response Minister of Finance and Economy Jean Castellini found himself in the hot seat in front of the National Council on Thursday evening…
Monte-Carlo Diary: My Monaco bank missed out three zeroes While France burns under an onslaught of petrol bombs, political correctness and squeamishness about the summary execution of rioters, almost everything is rosy…
Nice and Cannes count the cost, Cannes’ Mayor calls for troops The violence that swept across many French cities in recent days could not come at a worse time for the government. School and college holidays…
S P O N S O R E D M E S S A G E
UK Foreign Office warns travellers to France The ongoing serious rioting and destruction of property in many French cities has prompted the UK Foreign Office to warn travellers to France to avoid certain hotspots…
A scientist and pacifist at the helm Part 13 in our History of Monaco series: Prince Albert 1
| DULY NOTED As NEWS.MC took a pause for a few hours late on Friday, the situation in Marseille was very disquieting for the authorities, with widespread looting and at least 63 arrests. SOURCE: Le Figaro * Five teenagers, aged between 15 and 17, were arrested in Grasse on Friday evening on ave. Georges Pompidou, together with jerrycans of petrol. SOURCE: BFMTV * France’s far-left politician Jean-Luc Melanchon has asked the rioters not to torch schools, libraries or gymnasiums as rioting and looting continues. 45,000 police and gendarmes were on duty across France on Friday evening. SOURCE: CNEWS * An opinion poll on CNEWS shows 70% of respondents in favour of bringing in the army to reassert control. SOURCE: CNEWS * Saturday July 1 marks the first summer getaway for millions of French motorists, riots or no riots. The Paris region early in the day and the A7 between Lyon and Orange later in the day will be heavily congested. SOURCE: FranceInfos Compiled by Jeff Daniels |
 Weather Forecast Mainly sunny, high 28. Sunday & Monday: Mainly sunny, high 29. Throughout the three days there is a likelihood of occasional thunderstorms. |
