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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 5 FEBRUARY 2023 INFORMATION FOR FUTURE CANDIDATES
Given the importance and complexity of the role that financial agents are asked to play under amended Act No. 1.389 of 2 July 2012, it would seem useful, at this point, to issue some recommendations aimed at future candidates standing at the next National Council election on the appointment of agents and the initial...
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Whether travelling by bus or car, enjoy easier access to the Rocher this summer
To make it easier to access the Monaco-Ville district in the evenings, the Prince’s Government is opening up La Visitation car park to the public and is introducing a shuttle service in partnership with the Monegasque Bus Company (CAM).This summer, if you’re planning to discover or rediscover some excellent culinary...
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SICCFIN receives honour from Egmont Group
The Service d’Information et de Contrôle des Circuits Financiers (SICCFIN), the Principality’s financial intelligence unit (FIU), took part in the 28th Plenary of the Egmont Group, held from 10 to 14 July this year in Riga (Latvia).The Egmont Group is an international organisation whose role is to combat money laund...
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Nominees for the International Contemporary Art Prize of the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation
The Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation presents the two works selected by the Arts Council for the International Contemporary Art Prize (PIAC) 2022. Awarded for the first time in 1965, every three years the PIAC rewards a recent work put forward by the Arts Council, which is chaired by H.R.H. the Princess of Hanover...
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Monaco Cloud services accredited, a major step forward for the Sovereign Cloud
Just a few months after H.S.H. Prince Albert II launched the first State Sovereign Cloud in Europe, Monaco Cloud services have recently been accredited in accordance with the methodology recommended by the Monaco Cyber Security Agency, the national authority responsible for the security of information systems.Establ...
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Monaco Statistics delivers tool for measuring gender pay gap in Principality
Monaco Statistics (IMSEE) recently published an initial study on the gender pay gap in Monaco. The study, a first for the Principality, was requested when the Women’s Rights Committee was set up “to determine the actual situation in Monaco.” It provides an overview of the situation in the public and private sectors...
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COVID-19 : weekly health update for the Principality
As of Monday 18 July, a total of 13,845 people have been infected with coronavirus in the Principality since the beginning of the health crisis, and 13,567 people have recovered.Last week (from 11 to 17 July), 287 new positive cases of COVID-19 were recorded.This evening, 49 people, including 36 residents, are recei...
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Diplôme National du Brevet examinations 2022 - Outstanding achievement
Pupils at Collège Charles III and Collège François d’Assise – Nicolas Barré have achieved an absolutely remarkable feat, scoring a pass rate of 99.75% in the Diplôme National du Brevet (DNB) examinations.These fantastic results included the award of 354 honours (i.e. 87.41% of students earned honours), and can be br...
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12th meeting of the Committee for Graduate Employment (CID)
Chaired by the Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Christophe Robino, the Committee for Graduate Employment met on Tuesday 12 July 2022 to review its activities and present its annual report for 2021 to its members.The Committee for Graduate Employment’s objectives are: To develop links between higher education...
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Louis Chiron public car park opens on Port Hercule
The new car park on Route de la Piscine, on the northern dock of Port Hercule, opened for the first time on Friday 8 July.Named the “Louis Chiron car cark” in honour of the Monegasque racing driver, just like the famous Swimming Pool Corner that adjoins it, this facility was built by the Department of Public Works a...
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2022 baccalaureate: a confirmed success
The excellent results achieved during the main round of 2022 baccalaureate examinations were confirmed by the fantastic success of pupils enrolled for the oral examinations.Following the oral examinations, 100% of candidates taking the general option (Lycée Albert I and Lycée François d’Assise-Nicolas Barré) have pa...
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Summer sales and Sunday opening hours
The summer sales officially began on Friday 1 July and will continue until Monday 15 August throughout the Principality.During this time, you can take advantage of the Monaco Sunday Experience, with around a hundred shops open every Sunday all summer long. Once again this summer, all traders in the Métropole Shoppin...
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“Christian Bérard, Excentrique Bébé”: new exhibition at Villa Paloma - 9 July–16 October 2022, 56 Boulevard du Jardin Exotique
The exhibition “Christian Bérard, Excentrique Bébé”, presented at Villa Paloma by the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, brings together more than 300 paintings, drawings, photographs and interior designs, exploring the life of Christian Bérard.The painter, illustrator, set designer, interior decorator, designer of c...
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The financial sector in the digital era
This Thursday, the Monaco Association for Financial Activities (AMAF), in partnership with the Digital Transition Office, organised a breakfast at the Novotel on the theme of Digital technology: helping to grow private wealth management in Monaco. The event was attended by H.E. Mr Pierre Dartout, Minister of State,...
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Monaco participates in 2nd United Nations Ocean Conference
From 27 June to 1 July, H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince led a delegation from the Principality to the 2nd United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon.The Prince was welcomed by H.E. Mr Henrique de Polignac de Barros, Monaco’s Ambassador to Portugal.The United Nations Ocean Conference or “High-level United Nations Conferen...
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Public Services for Businesses
What is a Sole Trader?
This legal form concerns natural persons wishing to carry out commercial, professional or craft-based activities.The advantages of being a sole traderAs a sole trader, you can start your business quickly and easily, without the constraints of forming a company (drafting Articles of Association, publication formaliti...
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Yann Beunard Class of 2021/2022 graduates from police academy
The new trainee police lieutenants and cadets (Yann Beunard Class of 2021/2022, named after an officer who tragically passed away in 2021) were awarded their epaulettes by H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince and their professional identity cards by Minister of the Interior Patrice Cellario at the Rainier III Auditorium on T...
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Minister of Health and Social Affairs meets medical and pharmacy students
Christophe Robino, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, met medical and pharmacy students in their third to sixth years of study on Wednesday 6 July. He talked to them about the medical and pharmaceutical specialties which are or will be expanding in the Principality over the coming years, in both private practice...
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“Le Chat Déambule”: a new travelling exhibition comes to Monaco From 6 July to 2 October 2022 – Promenade du Larvotto
A travelling exhibition, “Le Chat Déambule” (“The Meandering Cat”), devoted to Belgian artist Philippe Geluck’s famous “Cat”, is being presented in Monaco by the Department of Cultural Affairs. Over the course of a fun, poetic and surreal trail, visitors can discover 20 monumental sculptures, each 2.7 metres tall an...
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Handiplage site to reopen at Larvotto beach - Until 4 September 2022
In partnership with the Prince’s Government, the Soroptimist Club has been offering a Handiplage service on Larvotto beach for 17 years. Until 4 September, people with reduced mobility and disabilities can once again enjoy the delights of the beach, free of charge, from 10 am to 5 pm seven days a week.A team of Hand...
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