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COP 25 - Monaco Takes Part in the "Blue Leaders" Round Table

On 11 December, as a side-event of the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UnitedNations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held from 2 to 15 December in Madrid, H.E. Mr Jean-Luc Van Klaveren, Ambassador of Monaco to Spain, represented the Principality at the "Blue Leaders" ministeria...

Marie-Pierre Gramaglia Takes Part in the Launch of the New SUD AZUR Transport Pass

On Monday 16 December, Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, the Principality's Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, alongside Christian Estrosi, President of the Côte d'Azur Metropolitan Area, Philippe Tabarot, Vice-President of the General Council and Vice-President of the Regional Council for Transp...

"Monaco Sunday Experience": Methods for Refunding Employers' Contributions for Sunday Work

The Prince's Government invites traders who have taken part in Sunday openings this year to take note of the terms and conditions for refunding employers' contributions for Sunday work, as set out in amended Act No. 822 of 23 June 1967.Jean Castellini, Minister of Finance and Economy, points out that, subject to com...

Fleet of Electric Taxis - Very Encouraging Results

The fleet of electric taxis, which was implemented last July and whose services ended in late October, was a great success.Thus, Jean Castellini, Minister of Finance and Economy, was able to announce the following statistics at a meeting held at the Ministry of State on 11 December in the presence of the project's t...

The Online Ticket Office for the 2020 Herculis EBS Meeting is Now Open

The 11th stage of the Diamond League, the 2020 Herculis EBS meeting, will take place on Friday 10 July 2020. Fans can purchase their precious entry tickets from now on, enabling them to watch the elite of world athletics at the Louis II Stadium.In 2019, the loyal Monegasque spectators at the Herculis EBS meeting wer...

How to request a refund of employers' contributions - Sunday openings

Monaco Acquires Two Connected Sports Facilities and a Parkour Play Area

The new connected MonaMove sports facility and the Parkour play area, situated on the Esplanade Stefano Casiraghi, on the new sea wall, were inaugurated today in the presence of Marie-PierreGramaglia, Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, FrédéricGenta, Country Chief Digital Officer, and t...

COP25 - Monaco Takes Part in the High-Level Segment of the 25th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

On 11 December, as part of the high-level segment of COP25, which is currently taking place in Madrid, H.E. Mr. Jean-Luc Van Klaveren, Ambassador of Monaco to Spain, delivered the Principality's national speech. In particular, the Ambassador gave details of the Prince'sGovernment's action plan to reduce greenhouse g...

A Delegation of Firefighters from Monaco Travels to Lugano

Fifteen years after the signing of a Twinning Agreement between the Monaco Fire and Emergency Service and the Lugano Fire Brigade*, a delegation visited Lugano in Ticino on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December.The delegation, led by Patrice Cellario, Minister of Interior, and Colonel Tony Varo, Supreme Commander of the...

Monaco Takes Part in International Mountain Day

11 December was declared International Mountain Day by the United Nations General Assembly. Monaco, which has acceded to the Convention on the Protection of the Alps, and which is located at the end of the Alpine arc, wished to mark this event with an exhibition on the subject of the mountains.From 11 December 2019...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.