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02.09.2010
Sport: Formula 1 drivers exchange racing overalls for TriStar111 Monaco
Formula 1 drivers Jenson Button, Bruno Senna, Lucas Di Grassi, and Alexander Wurz will all compete this Sunday in the TriStar111 Monaco. The triathlon which consists of a 1km swim, 100km cycle and 10km run is a popular pastime for Formula 1 drivers on their free weekend. The racing superstars will mingle with the 660 individual competitors and the 40 relay teams in a fun filled day in the Principality.Read more … Jenson Button in Monaco triathlon this weekend
02.09.2010
Monaco: Heli Air pursues check-in strategy for Monaco-Nice airport shuttle
Heli Air Monaco is in the process of finalising a deal with the authorities, which will allow its customers to check-in to international flights at Nice Côte d’Azur airport from its base in Monaco.Read more … Stemming the downturn
02.09.2010
Event: Nice celebrates with a 150th birthday bash
The hugely popular “Lou Festin dou Pouort” is back in Nice for its seventh year this Saturday, 4th September, this time centered around celebrating the 150th anniversary of the city’s reunification with France.Read more … Party in the port
02.09.2010
Business: American phenomenon opened latest store in Cap 3000 at the weekend
American computer wizards Apple Stores opened its fourth chain store in France at the weekend. Located in the Cap 3000 shopping centre in St-Laurent-du-Var, the 500sqm premises is packed with Apple Macintosh products and services. Apple Stores strives to be more than just a hi-tech “mecca”. Under the slogan “Personal Shopping” the stores field teams of young sales assistants to advise customers, offer technical support at aptly-named “Genius Bars” and free trials of nearly all products. Some even hold their own workshops.Read more … Apple smack in the middle of the Côte
01.09.2010
Provence & Côte d'Azur: Firefighters struggle to keep blaze under control
Firefighters have been battling to control a spate of fierce fires that have been tracking their way across areas of the PACA (Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur) region since Monday evening.Read more … Wild fires spread across the region
01.09.2010
Business: Region sees rise in tourist numbers but Brits are staying away
Year after year, the charms of the Côte d’Azur attract swarms of tourists to its shores, who come to enjoy the Mediterranean weather, sea, food and culture.Read more … Destination Côte d'Azur
01.09.2010
Advertorial: This month: who has to pay it?
If your assets in France are valued over 790,000 euros you may have to pay wealth tax. The basis used for the computation varies depending on whether you are a French tax resident or not. If you are a nonresident, only real estate assets in France are taken into account. Other assets, here or abroad, are taxfree. If you are a new resident in France (from 6th of August 2008) you are taxed during the first five years of your residency only on those assets that you have here and not those that are based in another country. Read more … French wealth tax
31.08.2010
Provence and Cote d'Azur: Local politician criticises national and regional action to expel whole communities from France ($)
The vice-president of PACA's (Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur) regional council has spoken out against the recent action taken by the government and local authorities against France's Roma population; the state-organised dismantling of illegal camps and the deportation of Roma communities to Romania and Bulgaria.Read more … Sarkozy's action against the Roma: a violation of human rights?
31.08.2010
The Monaco Yacht Show celebrates 20 years this September and as the official press partner, the Riviera Times is there to celebrate with it. Read more … Monaco Yacht Show
