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Working visit to Monaco by the EU's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator
Gilles de Kerchove, the European Union's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, paid a working visit to the Principality on 14 and 15 June 2018.This visit was an opportunity for the highest Monegasque authorities to present the Principality's commitment to combating terrorism and the various actions undertaken at both the n...
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UN - Monaco Takes Part in the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
For the first time, Monaco took part in the meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This 11th session was held in NewYork from 12 to 14 June 2018.At this meeting, the UN Secretary-General, H.E. Mr. António Guterres, recalled that the Convention on the Rights of Persons...
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H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince Visits the 14th Monacology Event
Monacology, the Monegasque environmental awareness week (from 11 to 15 June), is celebrating its 14th year. The fair is taking place on the Quai Antoine 1er, which has been transformed into a real Eco Village. It was visited yesterday by H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince and Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister of Public Work...
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Lecture Art and Human Rights European Court of Human Rights - Strasbourg
As part of the Prince Pierre Foundation's "Outside the Walls" lectures, Guido Raimondi, President of the European Court of Human Rights (since 2015) and Dean Spielmann, former President (2012 - 2015), spoke at this institution in Strasbourg on the subject of "Art and Human Rights."The last lectur...
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Monaco Attends the 28th Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
The annual meeting of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was held in New York from 11 to 12 June 2018.UNCLOS, which to date is comprised of 168 Parties, including the European Union, establishes the legal framework within which all activities relating to the seas and oceans m...
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United Nations General Assembly - Monaco is Vice-President of the Economic and Financial Committee
On Tuesday 5 June 2018, the United Nations General Assembly elected its President for the 73rd session, which will open next September. H.E. Ms. Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, will be the fourth woman to hold this post since the United Nations was first founded.A...
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François-Joseph Bosio exhibition at Prince’s Palace 14 June to 14 October 2018
Celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the birth of internationally renowned Monegasque sculptor François-Joseph Bosio are continuing in the Principality. From today, an exceptional exhibition dedicated to the artist will be open to the public in the State Apartments of the Prince’s Palace.Organised around four th...
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Issue of four-stamp block to mark 1st Meeting of Historical Sites of the Grimaldis of Monaco
On 23 and 24 June 2018, Place du Palais is hosting a meeting of the “historical sites of the Grimaldis of Monaco”. This first event will showcase the Marquisate of Baux and the Earldom of Carladès, places whose titles are associated with Hereditary Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, the Marquis of Baux and Count...
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The Economic and Social Council Makes a Commitment to Energy Transition
A ceremony was held today at the Economic and Social Council (CES) for the signature of the National Pact on Energy Transition by the President of the Assembly, André Garino, in the presence of the Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, Marie-Pierre Gramaglia. The aim for the Institution is...
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Monaco Artists’ Forum Public Prize
The Rainier III Auditorium is hosting the 4th Monaco Artists’ Forum until Sunday 17 June. It features 74 artists, both amateur and professional, who express their creativity through painting, photography and sculpture.This year, the Public Prize rewarded Ludovic Cesari for his traditional photograph titled DIVE I. T...
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