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Monaco’s Mairie has just put out its annual report for 2018 on births and marriages and sad events, including death and divorce, too. It’s an important document. But, of course, there are limits to what it can tell us. Obviously, it can’t give us any clues about mega-events like global warming! But there are small clues that might give glimpses into …

Princess Gabriella and Crown Prince Jacques met with Santa Princess Charlene of Monaco shared a new photo of Princess Gabriella and Crown Prince Jacques with the subtitle “Happy New Year from Lapland! met up with Santa just to make sure he delivered all the presents to everyone” on her Instagram account. (Source: www.newmyroyals.com) Princess Gabriella and Crown Prince Jacques go back …

Black is white. The World is Square. Arrest the victim? A young Moroccan man living on the edge in Spain, on 650 euros a month, decided to try his hand in Monaco at rapidly reversing his fortunes. His target, an elegant British couple enjoying a glass of wine at the bar of a luxury hotel in Monaco. The prize – …

The fifteenth century saw many of the foundations put in place that would ensure Monaco’s survival over the next 500 years — not only survival, but most importantly, recognition as an independent country. Monaco has always been surrounded by large powerful states. In the fifteenth century Savoy, Anjou, Spain, France and regional centres of Italian power like Milan and Genoa …

Danger: Deviant Pornography Over 400 photos, including young girls in puberty, alarmed the Court. A civil marine officer just short of retirement, caught with pornographic photos of underage girls on his computers. This addiction, untreated, scared the Court, thinking first and foremost of the safety of minors.  There was no evidence though of direct involvement with underage adolescents, nor attempts to …