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Spotlight on bats in the Principality
The Department of the Environment is organising “Night of the Bat”, an evening to raise awareness of these nocturnal creatures, at the Oceanographic Museum from 7 pm on Wednesday 17 July.The event, which is open to all, will provide an opportunity to learn more about how these small mammals live and what is being do...
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Monaco Telecom connects the Principality to 5G
Before an audience including Minister of State Serge Telle, government ministers Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Jean Castellini and Patrice Cellario, Country Chief Digital Officer Frédéric Genta, majority shareholder Xavier Niel, Deputy Chairman of Huawei Guo Ping, numerous Monegasque personalities and several of its priva...
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Principality of Monaco takes action : on noble pen shell mortality in Mediterranean
In 2016, a highly unusual mortality event affecting noble pen shells was observed on the Spanish coast. By the end of 2018, it had spread to French, Monegasque and Italian waters. With assistance from numerous local institutions and working together with a network of international stakeholders, the Prince’s Governme...
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Le Studio – an educational space at Villa Paloma (NMNM)
In the presence of Patrice Cellario, Minister of the Interior, and Marie-Claude Beaud, Director of the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (NMNM), the museum’s permanent new studio, Le Studio, was officially presented by the designers behind the project, Adrien Gadet and Benjamin Lina from Studio Quetzal.Aimed primaril...
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Presentation of Herculis EBS 2019 athletics meeting - Louis II Stadium – Friday 12 July 2019, from 7 pm
H.E. Mr Bernard Fautrier, Vice President of the Monegasque Athletics Federation, and Jean-Pierre Schoebel, Director of the Herculis EBS international athletics meeting, today presented details of the 2019 meeting.The event, which was voted best meeting of the Diamond League 2018, is now in its 33rd year and promises...
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On board Monaco’s first self-driving electric shuttle
The Principality of Monaco is taking another step towards implementation of its “Smart Principality” concept, developed by the #ExtendedMonaco programme: a self-driving electric shuttle is now operating on the Rocher, providing a service for residents and tourists.A press conference to present this experimental new...
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Extension of the Duration of Maternity Leave for Female Civil Servants and Government Officials
After introducing a Bill that has just resulted in the adoption of the legislative text on extending the duration of maternity leave in the private sector, the Prince's Government, as it had indicated, has taken steps to enable female civil servants and Government Officials to benefit from this progress.Thus, in con...
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2019 Main Baccalaureate Examination Round and BTS - The Principality Confirms the High Quality of its Education System
In the 2019 baccalaureate, the Principality's high school students obtained excellent results in the main round of this examination.For all the options (general, technological and professional), an overall success rate of 96.8% was recorded, with 321 candidates awarded honours among the 421 successful candidates, ou...
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Council of Europe Committee of Ministers – Monaco appointed Chair of Rapporteur Group on External Relations
On 3 July 2019, H.E. Mr Rémi Mortier, Ambassador and Monaco’s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, was appointed by the 47 member states of the Committee of Ministers to chair the Rapporteur Group on External Relations (GR-EXT).Rapporteur groups are subsidiary groups of the Ministers’ Deputies. They pr...
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The Logo of the Prince Albert I Commemoration Committee is Unveiled
H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince has just unveiled the logo of the Prince Albert I Commemoration Committee, at the Yacht Club of Monaco. This logo, which can be used for events initiated by the Committee or its partners, was designed to be simple and to cover all aspects of the pioneering work of Prince Albert I. In a co...
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