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Claims that “half” or many supercars in Monaco bear Ukrainian licence plates originate from remarks by Donald Trump Jr. at the Doha forum and have been widely repeated in pro‑Russian and partisan outl...
Donald Trump Jr. claimed he saw that “50% of the supercars—the Bugattis, the Ferraris—all had Ukrainian [license] plates” during a summer visit to Monaco; that remark was reported by multiple outlets ...
Donald Trump Jr. told audiences he saw “50%” of supercars in Monaco carrying Ukrainian license plates during a summer visit; that claim is reported across multiple outlets including The Guardian (quot...
Donald Trump publicly proposed transforming the Gaza Strip into a tourist-oriented destination during early February 2025, repeatedly framing the idea as a U.S.-led redevelopment he called a “Riviera”...
will be required for nationals of visa‑exempt third countries — the travellers who currently enter the Schengen/ETIAS countries without a visa — and will not be required for EU/Schengen nationals, cer...
There is no reliable, sourced figure in the available reporting that states how many Ukrainian-registered vehicles are currently registered in Monaco; public reporting instead documents repeated, anec...
Monaco does not levy a broad CO2-based purchase tax like many EU states; instead it combines incentives for low‑emission vehicles (bonuses, free parking/charging, exemption from certain fees) with reg...
There is no reporting among the provided sources that confirms a $7 billion “ Trump tax shelter” or that has $7 billion parked in Monaco; available documents instead show a pattern of tax disputes, us...
Monaco has publicly adopted and implemented sanctions measures matching many European states since Russia’s 2022 invasion, and has on multiple occasions frozen assets and cooperated in cross-border pr...
International reporting and commentaries note claims that many supercars in Monaco bear Ukrainian plates, chiefly repeated remarks by Donald Trump Jr.; The Guardian reports he claimed “50%” of superca...
Donald Trump Jr. sparked a wave of reporting by saying that roughly "50% of the supercars" he saw in Monaco this summer bore Ukrainian licence plates, a claim repeated across multiple outlets and repr...
Donald Trump Jr. said he saw “on a typical day” in Monaco that about 50% of supercars had Ukrainian licence plates, using that observation to suggest wealthy Ukrainians have fled and are spending mone...
Public reporting consistently shows that and they became a couple but did not begin a romantic relationship until 2020; therefore, available sources do not support the claim that they “” while Verstap...
No sovereign state today maintains a truly unconditional, world‑wide “anyone may enter” policy; research and mainstream reporting conclude there are no countries with fully open borders for everyone a...
EU-level temporary rules were adopted in 2022 to let people under temporary protection keep using Ukrainian driving licences and to ease recognition of lost/expired documents; Regulation (EU) 2022/128...
Monaco adopted and implemented sanctions aligned with the EU against Russia in late February 2022, and set up asset-freezing and sanction procedures . Monaco’s territory is de facto within the Schenge...
Monaco does not apply an EU-style CO2/carbon tax on vehicle registration the way many EU states do, and residents can register new vehicles in the principality if they prove residency (registration ru...
Monaco does not levy a routine annual vehicle tax framed solely as a progressive property‑style charge on a car’s market value; instead recent reporting and official registration guidance point to a s...
Monaco does not levy a specific “luxury car tax” or annual road tax targeting high‑value private vehicles; new vehicle registrations in Monaco are notable for being exempt from CO2‑linked purchase tax...
Monaco allows non-residents limited routes to register vehicles — notably annual “Z” series plates for owners without primary residence and special diplomatic or temporary transit registrations — whil...