The move sparked a political crisis, bringing long-simmering tension into open confrontation between the two men who have spent recent months waging political guerrilla warfare.

But it was the wording of an advertisement for traffic police officers in the principality that brought open confrontation.

Continued political intrigue, however, eventually led to open confrontation.

These would become pressure groups that would eventually come into open confrontation with the government.

Local businesses fear that the open confrontations in front of tour groups will give the city a bad name.