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Prince Albert at Prince Philip service

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Prince Albert attends Prince Philip’s memorial service
HSH Prince Albert attended the memorial service for Britain’s Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey, London, on Tuesday…

Book-keeper sentenced for stealing 279k
A book-keeper who worked for several years at the IM2S medical clinic stole cheques valued at 279,237 and credited the amounts to her own account, Monaco Criminal Court heard this week…

AS Monaco first to embrace NFTs AS Monaco has become the...

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Prince inaugurates 100% green buses

Monaco
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Prince Albert inaugurates new 100-percent green buses
HSH Prince Albert saw for himself at very close quarters Monaco’s new all-electric buses at a presentation on the Place du Palais on Monday, March 28…

Hotel School charity dinner raises 3,900 euros
The charity dinner held on February 4 at the Lycée Technique et Hôtelier de Monaco’s own Cordon d’Or restaurant raised 3,900 euros for children’s charities…

Ukraine calls for boycott of Decathlon, others

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Market losses: BDI@2,484; more mess in Ukraine whilst Covid spreads…

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 60 points since last Friday the 25h of March as well as the 2,500 points threshold. Brace for Ukraine as the despicable mess continues. Covid’s spreading will cause more mess… John Faraclas brief daily recap:

The Capes’ BCI lost 153 and now stands at 1,734 losing also the 1,800 points threshold…

Minimal “gains” for the Panamaxes’ BPI now at 3,146 – up three points…

Supras’ BSI lost the 3,000 points threshold; down 29 at 2,991…

Handies the …quite winner...

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Shanghai shutdown dents the oil price, while investors take a wait and see approach over Ukraine

Susannah Streeter

28 March 2022

Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: 

”China’s zero tolerance covid strategy is causing fresh nervousness about supply chain issues and a slowdown for some sectors with the Shanghai shutdown prompting a fall in the oil price. A barrel of Brent crude dipped by around 3% after tough restrictions were put on the financial and manufacturing hub. 25 million people are facing lockdown in two stages, while mass testing is carried...

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GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Monday, March 28, 2022)

GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY

HIGHLIGHTS

March 28 2022

Global Markets

On geopolitics, a new round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia is set to take place this week in Turkey; worries on lower fuel demand due to lockdowns in Shanghai drive oil prices lower.

Greece

Reduced VAT for restaurant and transportation services likely to be extended until end-2022; travel receipts post robust increase in Jan-22; construction material costs hit record high in Feb-22.

CESEE

Governments in the region increase wages...

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MC’s World Plastics Summit makes its mark

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco
Good Morning Monaco

Monday, March 28, 2022

Monaco’s World Plastics Summit makes its mark first time out
It was only the first time the event had been held, but there was no doubt at all that Monaco’s World Plastics Summit was a blockbuster success in bringing together top minds from across the globe to address one of the world’s most pressing problems…

PwC Monaco gets full cybersecurity marks
Frédéric Fautrier, Director of the Monegasque...

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Experience & local knowledge ease refugee aid effort

Monaco
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Saturday, March 26, 2022

Experience and local knowledge ease refugee aid effort
Monaco resident Arthur Reynolds has had one foot in Hungary for 30 years, having bought tracts of farmland in the east of the country to plant apple trees. Usually, at this time of year…

Monaco performers come together in support of Ukraine
The Principality’s cultural icons are showing practical support for Ukraine with a series of events from which all proceeds will go to the Monaco Red Cross…

Ru...

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Saudi Arabia reopens visa on arrival for US, UK and Schengen visa holders

Tourists in AlUla Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia reopens visa on arrival for US, UK and Schengen visa holders

  • Returns Saudi to pre-pandemic levels of openness
  • Visa-on-arrival available for citizens of countries eligible for e-visa
  • No proof of vaccination or PCR test required for entry
  • Quarantine requirement eliminated

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Saudi Arabian government has reopened the visa-on-arrival program for holders of valid visas for the US, UK and Schengen area,...

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Links between Russian superyacht crews

Monaco
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Friday, March 25, 2022

Links between Russian superyacht crews
While scores of Russian-owned superyachts have been seized by European jurisdictions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the focus over the last few days has been on the Scheherazade…

Zelenskiy urges French firms to stop sponsoring Russian war machine
French companies including carmaker Renault and retailer Auchan must leave the Russian market, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told French lawmakers…

Gateway...

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Monaco company at centre of Putin yacht reports

Good Morning Monaco

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Monaco yachting company at centre of Putin yacht reports
A yacht management and brokerage company with headquarters in Monaco has been thrown into the spotlight as speculation grows over the ownership of the Scheherazade…

Biden to flag more Russia sanctions over Ukraine
President Joe Biden flew to Brussels on Wednesday for emergency talks with European leaders about the war in Ukraine…

CREM hosts leading Italian businessman Monaco’s Foreign Residents’ Club...

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