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First meeting of e-ealth strategic committee
The Strategic Committee on E-Health met for the first time this week, chaired by Mr Didier Gamerdinger, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, and Mr Frédéric Genta, Monaco’s Country Chief Digital Officer.The purpose of the Committee, which has been established as part of the Government’s digital transition policy,...
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MONEYVAL Committee of the Council of Europe – An Enlarged Monegasque Delegation
The 57th Plenary Meeting of the MONEYVAL Committee, the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT), took place from 3 to 7 December in Strasbourg.The Principality was represented at this meeting by an enlarged delegation comprised of Philippe Boi...
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IMSEE Publishes the 2017 GDP Results
Today, the Monegasque Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (IMSEE) published the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) results. For the year 2017, this amounted to EUR5.68billion compared to 5.85 billion in 2016. Monaco's GDP declined by -3.5% (in volume terms, adjusted for inflation - see Table 1), mainly due to two...
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Herculis EBS Celebrates its Title of World's Best Meeting of the Year 2018
Yesterday, in the presence of H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince, the organisers of the Herculis EBS Meeting celebrated the title of "The World's Best Meeting of the Year" (awarded for the 6th time in the Meeting's history), and its best rating ever, thanks to the outstanding results of the 2018 event.In his spee...
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Monaco and Luxembourg enter into digital innovation partnership
Monaco Minister of State Serge Telle and Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel signed a declaration of intent launching constructive dialogue between the two governments on digital issues. The declaration is the culmination of discussions between teams from Luxembourg’s Government IT Centre (CTIE) and the Office o...
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2nd meeting of ad hoc open-ended expert group on marine litter and microplastics
Monaco is taking part in the second meeting of the ad hoc open-ended expert group on marine litter and microplastics from 3 to 7 December 2018 in Geneva.The mandate of the expert group is to explore all of the barriers to combatting marine litter and microplastics. It was established by resolution 3/7 of the United...
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Visitors can now enjoy visa-free travel to Hainan, China
The State Council of the People’s Republic of China has given permission for the island of Hainan to introduce visa waivers for visitors from 59 countries. This new programme, which since 1 May 2018 has allowed nationals of the 59 countries concerned to enter Hainan Province without a visa for a maximum stay of 30 d...
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43rd International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo - From the 17th to the 27th January 2019 - Press Release n° 2
The Festival of innovation and tradition!
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Conference and Debate Police Department / Monaco Association for Financial Activities
On Wednesday 5 December 2018, the Police Department, in partnership with the Monaco Association for Financial Activities (AMAF), held a conference and debate at the Auditorium of Monaco's Vocational and Catering School (Lycée Technique et Hôtelier) on issues related to security in the Principality of Monaco.This mee...
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Exchanges between the Marine Police of Monaco and the Bandol SNSM
An exchange project, initiated in 2016 at the request of the Principality, between Monaco's Marine Police and the Bandol National Sea Rescue Society (SNSM), has just been implemented.At a three-day session in Bandol on 23, 24 and 25 November 2018, rescue techniques were described in detail at theoretical sessions le...
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