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A Study on Marine Protected Areas is Presented to the Permanent Mission of Monaco to the United Nations
On 4 December 2019, at a meeting of the Group of Friends of Oceans and Seas*, Dr. Ellen Pikitch, Professor at the University of Stony Brook, New York, and Chief Scientific Officer of the Ocean Sanctuary Alliance, presented a study entitled "Gaps in Protection of Important Ocean Areas**" to the Permanent Mi...
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A Study on Marine Protected Areas is Presented to the Permanent Mission of Monaco to the United Nations
The Permanent Mission of Monaco to the UN receives the President of the International Olympic Committee and the President of the Organising Committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic GamesOn Monday 9 December, prior to the adoption by the General Assembly of a resolution on the Olympic Truce, a meeting of th...
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The Charter on Wood rewards its 2019 prize-winners
On 5 December, the Prince Albert II Foundation, the Prince's Government, the MC2D association and IMEDD were host to the signatories of the Charter on Wood, which is part of the "Monaco Against Deforestation" initiative, at their annual meeting. The Charter on Wood invites Monegasque companies to promote t...
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Visit by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
On Friday 6 December 2019, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs received a visit from a representative of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), with a view to exploring opportunities for collaboration.This international body, which is linked to the World Health Organization (WHO), focuses its...
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H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince participates in 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva
Heading a Monegasque delegation comprising representatives from the Prince’s Government and the Monaco Red Cross, on Monday 9 December 2019 H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince attended the opening ceremony of the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which is underway in Geneva until 12 December 2...
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The National Committee for Monegasque Traditions Celebrates its Patron Saint
On Friday 6 December, the National Committee for Monegasque Traditions paid tribute to SaintNicolas, its patron saint.After a Mass in the Monegasque language, celebrated by Monsignor Fabrice Gallo, presided over by Monsignor Bernard Barsi, Archbishop of Monaco and featuring U Cantin d'a Roca, school children present...
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Preparations for the Vote on the Preliminary Budget - The Minister of State Addresses the Press “For the 9th consecutive year, our budget is in surplus, proof of our attractiveness and our development"
On Friday 6 December, a breakfast meeting was held at the residence of the Ministry of State with the Monegasque Press, H.E. Mr Serge Telle, Minister of State, and Jean Castellini, Minister of Finance and Economy. On the agenda was a presentation of the preliminary budget for 2020, in surplus for the 9th consecutive...
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Monaco Takes Part in the 26th OSCE Ministerial Council
Mr Laurent Anselmi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, took part in the 26th Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), held in Bratislava on 5 and 6 December 2019. The Minister was accompanied by Mr Lorenzo Ravano, First Counsellor at the Embassy of Monaco in B...
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Diplomacy: accreditation of new ambassadors from Belarus – Malaysia – Mali – European Union
On Friday 6 December 2019, at a lunch held at the Hotel Hermitage, Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, received H.E. Mr Igor Fissenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus, H.E. Dato' Dr. Azfar Mohamad Mustafar, Ambassador Ext...
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The Extended Monaco digital programme
Very high value created from very limited space: a common feature shared by Monaco and the digital world. Thus, for the Principality, digital technology is an unprecedented opportunity to enlarge its social model and ensure its longevity, to make it ever more attractive and further.
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Le Temps Presse Festival 2019 - More than 3,000 pupils and students help to choose winners
On Thursday 5 December, Le Temps Presse, the festival supported by the Prince’s Government, took over the Variety Theatre in Monaco. More than 400 school pupils in the Principality voted for their favourite films as members of the jury for the Children’s Prize.Now in its ninth consecutive year, Le Temps Presse is pa...
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44th International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo From the 16th to the 26th January 2020
Press Release n°2Acts that will take your breath away!
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Celebration of Saint Barbara
Monseigneur Bernard Barsi, Archbishop of Monaco, recently presided over the traditional mass of Saint Barbara, the patron saint of Monaco’s Fire and Emergency Service, in the presence of Colonel Luc Fringant, 1st Aide de Camp (representing H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince), Serge Telle, Minister of State, and a number of...
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Do you work in Monaco? Here’s how to avoid being inconvenienced by the French strikes on Thursday 5 December 2019
On Thursday 5 December, a general strike is set to affect a large part of France (transport, education, energy, waste, automotive sector, justice, police, refineries, teachers, students, police officers, lawyers, refuse collectors, etc.).It will cause difficulties for many employees who come to work in the Principal...
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8th Monegasque Meeting on Disability - Visual impairment: using touch and hearing to “see” your way
To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday 3 December, the 8th Monegasque Meeting on Disability provided an opportunity to publicise the latest efforts undertaken in the Principality to promote better mobility for people with disabilities, particularly those who are blind or visually impai...
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The First Annual Activity Report of the Women's Rights Committee Has Just Been Published
The Women's Rights Committee has just published its first annual activity report. This report was presented at the Committee's second plenary meeting, which took place on Tuesday3December 2019 at the Yacht Club de Monaco. At this meeting, the Minister of State announced the change of the title of delegate to intermi...
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MC SUMMER CONCERT – 1 July 2020 First Kungs, now Alan Walker!
Images from the concert given by Kungs last summer at the Sporting Monte-Carlo still fill the minds of the Principality’s young people. This was the first MC Summer Concert organised at the initiative of the National Council, and its success was unanimously hailed by the audience as well as the organisers: the Princ...
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New director for Monte-Carlo Opera appointed Cecilia Bartoli to take over from Jean-Louis Grinda on 1 January 2023
At a press conference in Salle Garnier on Tuesday 3 December, H.R.H. the Princess of Hanover, Chair of the Monte-Carlo Opera Board of Directors, made an important announcement: Cecilia Bartoli will take over from Jean-Louis Grinda as director of the Monegasque institution on 1 January 2023.“In March 2019, Jean-Louis...
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Monaco Fire and Emergency Service Provides Reinforcement in the Alpes-Maritimes
Following two episodes of heavy rain that affected the south-east of France, the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service of the Alpes-Maritimes requested pumping and dewatering resources from the Principality's Fire and Emergency Service, as reinforcement.With the approval of the Prince's Government, a detachment of fi...
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation teams up with French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs to support young people in Mediterranean region
Mr Laurent Anselmi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, and H.E. Mr Laurent Stefanini, the French Ambassador to Monaco, signed a partnership agreement supporting an initiative for young people in the Mediterranean region on Thursday 28 November.In the wake of the Summit of the Two Shores, Mediterranean Foru...
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