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Diplomacy: accreditation of new ambassadors from Estonia – Cape Verde – Angola – Andorra

On Monday 9 March, at a lunch held at the Hotel Hermitage, Laurent Anselmi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, received H.E. Mr Clyde Kull, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia; H.E. Mr Hércules do Nascimento Cruz, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Repub...

Mgr Dominique-Marie David, new Archbishop of Monaco

The ordination of Mgr Dominique-Marie David, the new Archbishop for the Principality, was held on Sunday 8 March in Monaco Cathedral. It was performed by Mgr Bernard Barsi, Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese, surrounded by Mgr Jean-Paul James, Archbishop of Bordeaux and Bazas, and Mgr Yves Le Saux, Bishop of Man...

CORONAVIRUS: Weekend summary for Principality of Monaco

A situation meeting was held on Sunday morning with the Minister of State and the Prince’s Head of Cabinet to discuss continued health coordination and provide an update on developments in the COVID-19 epidemic. At this stage, just one test has come back positive (the patient was identified on Friday 28 February). A...

Ordination of new Archbishop of Monaco: press kit

In advance of the ordination of Mgr Dominique-Marie David, the new Archbishop of Monaco, at 3.30 p.m. on Sunday 8 March in Monaco Cathedral, please find below a link to the press kit prepared by the Monaco Diocese.https://bit.ly/2PRmyE0

COVID-19: Government and National Council hold information meeting

On the afternoon of Friday 6 March, the Prince’s Government held an information meeting and discussions on the COVID-19 epidemic with the President of the National Council, Stéphane Valeri, and the Chair of the Committee on Social Aims and Other Matters, Christophe Robino.The meeting, held at the Minister of State’s...

COVID-19 : “To date, Monaco has recorded just one positive case”

With the eight tests from yesterday (Thursday 5 March) having come back negative, the Minister of State has confirmed that “the Principality still has just one confirmed case of coronavirus.At the latest press briefing on the COVID-19 crisis, Serge Telle welcomed the “individual sense of responsibility shown by the...

Spotlight on equality at work to mark - International Women’s Day on 8 March 2020

To mark International Women’s Day, on Friday 6 March the Women’s Rights Committee unveiled a work of photography at the Ministry of State by artist Anthony Alberti, also known as Mr One Teas. The unveiling was part of the #8MarsMonaco (#8MarchMonaco) initiative, which is this year focusing on equality at work.The ca...

Monaco Celebrates World Wildlife Day at the UN

On the occasion of World Wildlife Day on Tuesday 3 March, H.E. Ms. Isabelle Picco, Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations, organised an event with the explorer Roie Galitz, a member of the New York Explorers Club.In her speech, the Ambassador stated that "By celebrating the planet's biodiversi...

CORONAVIRUS - Prince’s Government to expand COVID-19 telephone information service

On 30 January this year, the Prince’s Government set up a COVID-19 information centre for the general public.To enable the emergency services and Princess Grace Hospital to focus on their primary missions, circumstances mean that this information unit will need to continue operating over the longer term, while ensur...

Cancellation/postponement of the seminar on WIPO services and initiatives