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Spotlight on sport in Monaco at the UN
To celebrate the third International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, the Monaco Crossroad for Sports photo exhibition was opened on Thursday 31 March by H.E. Ms Isabelle Picco, Monaco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and Mr Edmond Mulet, the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet.Representative...
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2016 photo competition – 40 years of RAMOGE: the Mediterranean in all its guises
As part of the celebrations of its fortieth anniversary, the RAMOGE Agreement is launching a photo competition open to everyone.Since 1976, the RAMOGE Agreement has been a tool for scientific, technical and administrative cooperation between the governments of Monaco, France and Italy to protect and preserve the mar...
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Children's Rights: Gilles Tonelli Takes Part in a Council of Europe Conference
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, accompanied by H.E. Mr. Rémi Mortier, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, is taking part in a high-level Conference of the Council of Europe entitled "Reaching the Heights for the Rights of the Child," which is taking place in Sofia on 5 and 6...
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Monaco takes part in Journées de la Francophonie in Italy
On 22 March, Monaco’s Embassy in Italy participated in the round table organised in Rome to mark the end of the Journées de la Francophonie celebration of French language on the theme “Franco + Sport for Peace”.To mark the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (5–21 August) and Paralympic Games (7–18 September), the Group of Franc...
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ALPARC Council Meeting
The ALPARC Council Meeting will be held on 7 and 8 April in Monaco. Established in 1995, ALPARC – the Alpine Network of Protected Areas – brings together 34 organisations which manage protected areas within the region covered by the Alpine Convention. It is the largest federation of protected areas in the Alps.
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Embassy of Monaco to the United States Reception in honour of new Secretary of Smithsonian Institution
On 29 March in Washington, D.C., Monaco’s Embassy organised a reception in honour of the new Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,* Dr David J. Skorton.** The reception, held at the Ambassador’s Residence, provided an opportunity to present the leader of the world’s largest museum and research centre complex to...
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La semaine en images du 26 mars au 1er avril 2016
Chaque vendredi, retrouvez un diaporama des évènements qui ont marqué la semaine.
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Telethon 2015: a success Monaco applies to be candidate city for Telethon 2016
During the Telethon Merci ceremony organised on Wednesday 30 March by members of the Office of the Association for the Promotion and Organisation of the Monaco Telethon (OTM), Minister of Health and Social Affairs Stéphane Valeri officially announced Monaco’s candidacy as an ambassador city for the thirtieth Teletho...
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Partnership with Italy's Official Development Assistance
Following the Agreement signed on 31 March 2015 between the Prince's Government and the Government of the Italian Republic in the field of development cooperation, the Department of International Cooperation travelled to Rome on 23 and 24 March 2016 for an update on this partnership and on co-financed projects.A del...
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Press release by the Department of Justice of the Principality of Monaco
Following an urgent request for international judicial assistance in a criminal case from the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and in accordance with the international agreements signed by the Principality of Monaco, searches were carried out at the residences of the managers of Monegasque company UNAOIL...
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