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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Sabino is an editor and author who writes about travel. The Seborga flag flying in the Piazza San Martino. (Photo by ...

Mutte vigorously denies the claims, telling AFP in an pre-virus interview in Seborga that the charges were "politically motivated". He said that he had begun getting his rival principality recognised ...

Atop an idyllic hill in the Italian Riviera sits a tiny village with a big dream: becoming an independent nation. The Principality of Seborga already has its own flag, national anthem, passports, ...