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Riviera and Monaco News in Brief animal wellbeing despite recent revelations of malpractice in the industry by campaigner Viva!. Unfazed by the ban, the head of France's Interprofessional Committee of Foie Gras, Marie-Pierre Pé, told AFP, "Economically speaking it's a non-event. It's a bit like if Amazon France decided to stop selling rice or bread pudding online."
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MONACO COMMUTERS face six months of disruption as work on the Monte Carlo railway tunnel begins. With services being cut by a third, from 92 daily trains to just 62, the work is set to seriously disrupt travelling between Monaco, Menton and Ventimiglia on the Italian border. The work will continue until April 2014.
Naomi Campbell, pictured, attended the eminent MIPCOM global entertainment content market in Cannes where she promoted her new modelling show, The Face, in which she stars as a mentor to aspiring models
FOIE GRAS has fallen foul of Amazon UK's sales policies, with the French favourite dish joining the outlawed ranks of whale, dolphin and shark meat, and ivory. The withdrawal of an estimated 100 products from the online retailer's website prompted French Minister for Agriculture Guillaume Garot to criticise the decision, saying that foie gras combines quality with
CHRISTIAN ESTROSI, Nice's outspoken mayor has come first in a study from Augure that ranks French mayors in terms of their digital influence and following. The candid, right-wing politician was found to reach the largest audience, have the biggest interaction with his online followers, and the strongest ability to stimulate discourse, opinions and feedback.
REALITY TELEVISION has a new focus: the south of France. NERD TV is casting for a new reality show shot and set on the French Riviera. Whether you have a story to tell or an extrovert personality, the concept from the awardwinning London-based company will feature people living and working in Monaco and its surroundings areas, depicting the unique style of expat life on the Côte d'Azur. Get in contact with the company for your chance to star. MURDER RATES in the south of France are among the highest in France. While Marseille has long been considered as France's homicide capital, the figures from Le Monde have revealed that the Alpes Maritimes is just as murderous. Corsica came out on top of the scale in metropolitan France, while French Guiana and Guadeloupe reported the highest number of voluntary homicides per inhabitant. SEISMIC TREMORS rippled through the Principality of Monaco in early October as the French Navy discharged a WWII bomb in the waters off the Mediterranean coast, around a kilometre from Cap d’Ail. Ranked at an estimated 2.7 magnitude on the Richter scale, the sub-marine earthquake wasn't strong enough to pose a threat, but was nonetheless felt by people out in the street as well as in their homes. INTERNATIONAL MEDIA has promoted the Riviera as a
favourite destination, proving once again that it is at the top of its game for expats and tourists. The BBC and CNN championed the delights and effortlessly chic lifestyles of both Nice and the Principality of Monaco, complimenting the laid-back style of the Niçois capital of the Côte d'Azur and the heady, designer glamour of Monte Carlo. DRIVING TRAGEDY as the British racing driver and Monaco resident Sean Edwards dies in an accident during a private test session on the Queensland Raceway Willowbank track on 15th October. The son of former world-class driver Guy Edwards is believed to have died instantly when the car veered into the barriers of the racetrack before bursting into flames. The Automobile Club of Monaco, of which Edwards was a member, has paid tribute to the young sportsman. FROGS LEGS are indisputably French, right? Perhaps not, say scientists at an archaeological dig in Wiltshire, where they have unearthed evidence that the early Britons were eating the quintessentially French delicacy thousands of years before their Gallic counterparts. A team of archaeologists in south west England has found the remains of frogs, salmon, wild boar, deer and auroch that date back to 10 millennia ago, suggesting that the now French delicacy was on the menu in Britain long before it reached France. Can the same said for le rosbif?
President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach with Prince Albert II at Sportel’s Golden Podium awards ceremony
Sportel beats record A truly global turnout for the convention
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he international sports media industry players turned out in bigger numbers than ever before for the 2013 edition of Sportel in Monaco. Welcoming some 2,550 visitors and 994 companies from 65 countries around the world, this year's mega event smashed records put down by previous seasons.
"The figures are extremely positive," says Director of Sportel Amparo Di Fede, "notably in the increase in numbers of new exhibitors here." In total, there were 20.25 per cent more newcomers among the ranks of Sportel's attending companies and organisations than in 2012.
No Finish Line One week, 10,000 runners, 300,000 kilometres
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he concept is simple: participants run or walk a 1.3 kilometre course around Port Hercule and for each lap completed, the Children & Future association donates one euro to projects that support children in difficulty or who are suffering. This year, from 16th to 24th November, No Finish Line is returning to the walkways of Monaco's marina and the organisers are clearly hoping the event continues to grow as they have set an ambitious target. For 2013, No Finish Line's objective is to get 10,000
participants to run 300,000 laps. With the course being open to entrants round the clock for eight whole days, the event will have to attract an extra 1,300 runners if it is to beat the 2012 record. Launched in 1999, the event has grown steadily and become a ‘must-do’ event in the last 14 years. Joining the team in 2001, the Children & Future association has been a pillar of No Finish Line and has maintained its support of underprivileged and sick children around the world ever since. For more information: nofinishline.com.