| Mountain Tax Haven And A Record Property Price Rise by Roger Munns |
| Andorra, a small European tax haven set between France and Spain has recorded an annual rise in property values of close to 20 per cent, with higher prices possible. |
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| Party Island Ibiza Outspends Neighbours by Roger Munns |
Ibiza is renowned as a party island, with some nightclubs rivalling London's reputation for clubbing.
Official Statistics now show that Ibiza doesn't just out-party competitor islands, tourists spend more money than them too. |
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| Top Tax Haven Releases First Ever GDP Figures by Roger Munns |
In a surprise move for a tax haven, Monaco has compiled and released her first ever GDP figures.
It's part of a move to play a bigger role in world politics. |
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| Monte Carlo Yacht Show 2007 To Be Carbon Neutral by Roger Munns |
While millionaires and billionaires sip champagne and ponder buying a yacht at this year's Monte Carlo Yacht Show that would be beyond the reach of mere lottery winners, the organisers have successfully made past events carbon neutral.
This year will be no exception as Monte Carlo shows the rich they can be environmentally friendly too. |
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| Ski Resorts Fight Poor 2007 Season With New Facilities by Roger Munns |
| Andorra is responding to a bad 2006/7 ski season by investing in new infrastructure, to try and tempt skiiers back to her ski resorts. |
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| New German Tourists Fly Into Malta by Roger Munns |
As Malta recovers from a holiday recession, British holidaymakers have been re-discovering the delights of the Mediterranean island.
Good news for Malta comes too from Germany, where low cost airlines have reduced the cost of visiting Malta. |
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| Andorra Tax Haven Introduces Capital Gains Tax by Roger Munns |
In a surprise move, European tax haven Andorra has introduced Capital Gains Tax.
An Andorra travel guide suggests that the move will hardly affect new residents, and that Andorra remains the best value for money tax haven in Europe both for property and residency. |
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| Malta Looks For New 2007 Holiday Markets by Roger Munns |
| Encouraged by higher holiday arrival numbers after new low cost flights from the UK started to arrive, Malta is now welcoming new flights from Spain. |
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| Tax Haven Pledges Aid For Africa by Roger Munns |
Once one of Europe's poorest countries, Andorra's ski industry and tax haven status has transformed it into a wealthy one.
For the first time Andorra is beginning to take assistance for Africa seriously. |
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| Grand Prix Changes Will Test To Limit At Monaco 2007 by Roger Munns |
The F1 season has just started with a win for Ferrari in Melbourne and McLaren in Malaysia.
But changes to the sport's regulations will face their ultimate test at the Monaco Grand Prix. |
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| Brits Have A Monaco Grand Prix Fantasy by Roger Munns |
In a recent poll Brits named the Monaco Grand Prix as their ultimate sporting event destination.
The glamour of Formula 1 and Monte Carlo make the Monaco Grand Prix a perfect combination of the two. |
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| Andorra Property Prices Hit 2007 Ice by Roger Munns |
Andorra property has been good to investors with prices rising by an average of ten per cent a year in the last ten years.
But fewer visitos has meant a recent freeze in the European mountain tax haven. |
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| Airline Says No To 2007 Malta Flights by Roger Munns |
Tourism in Malta have been boosted this year by the arrival of low cost flights from the UK and Ireland.
Hopes that a second airline would start offering flights from London seem to be over for this year. |
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| Monaco Real Estate 2007 Gets New Land by Roger Munns |
| Prices of properties in Monaco have reached new heights, but a long term answer could be a new development proposed off the shores of Monte Carlo. |
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| Andorra Ski Holidays Family Friendly For 2007/8 Season by Roger Munns |
| Andorra has opened a new snow park designed for families, improving the country's facilities for holiday visitors with children. |
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| Alonso Wins The Monaco Grand Prix - Again by Roger Munns |
Fernando Alonso in a McLaren won the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix, for the second successive year.
Team mate Lewis Hamilton came second, with Felipe Massa in a Ferrari finishing third. |
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| Idling Hot in Barcelona by Roger Munns |
| The Barcelona F1 Grand Prix threw the drivers' championship wide open. And the city provided a perfect base for a weekend of sport and sightseeing. |
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| Andorra Tax Haven Invites More Residency Applications by Roger Munns |
Andorra has seen a sharp rise in residency applications over the last two years as rival tax haven Monaco's property prices have become among the most expensive in Europe.
The Andorra authorities have responded by more than doubling the residency application quotas allowed in any one year. |
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| Spanish Holidays Off To Flying Start For 2007 by Roger Munns |
Spain has been the favourite holiday destination for the British, Germans and other Europeans for nearly fifty years.
Cheap destinations in the former Eastern Bloc and cheaper air travel to other destinations have provided a challenge to Spain, but 2007 has started well. |
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| Need for Speed at the Malaysian 2007 Grand Prix by Roger Munns |
| Success for McLaren as they come first and second in the Malaysia Grand Prix, and beat Ferrari into also-rans. |
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| Malta Holiday Island Again Praised For Safety by Roger Munns |
Last year Malta secured a place as one of the five safest places to visit in the world.
A new report confirms that the holiday island deserves her reputation for safety. |
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| Cosmopolitan Mix For Malta Tourism A Step Closer by Roger Munns |
| With holiday arrival numbers up after new low cost flights from the UK started to arrive, Malta is now set to welcome new flights from Spain. |
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| Menorca Holiday Island Has Colourful Past by Roger Munns |
| Popular with European families for their holidays, the quiet Spanish island of Menorca belies a turbulent past. |
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| Get Set for a Maltese Vacation by Roger Munns |
| If you've never taken an exotic vacation, it might be time to take advantage of great airfare rates and visit the island of Malta, a land filled with history and mystery. |
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| Andorra Property Beats 2007 Price Freeze by Roger Munns |
For the first time in a decade property prices in Andorra looked like they might not rise in 2007.
But spring buyers have revised predictions of stagnant growth to double digit property inflation - again. |
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