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Committee of Ministers’ meeting on human rights cooperation between Council of Europe and United Nations
On 7 February 2019, a delegation from Monaco* took part in the annual Committee of Ministers’ meeting on human rights cooperation between the Council of Europe and the United Nations at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.Participants in the exchange of views included H.E. Mr Coly Seck, President of the UN Human Rig...
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Minister of State hosts A.S. Monaco Basket
The A.S. Monaco Basket management team and players were today invited by H.E. the Minister of State to his Residence for a lunch attended by members of the Government and investors. It was an agreeable occasion, following on from the signature of a partnership agreement between the Prince’s Government and the Monaco...
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Monaco’s Permanent Representation to the European Union - Director of the Prince’s Palace Archives and Library gives presentation to European Parliament
On Wednesday 6 February 2019, at the joint invitation of MEP Juan Ferrando Lopez-Aguilar and H.E. Ms Sophie Thevenoux, Ambassador and Head of Monaco’s Permanent Representation to the European Union, representatives from European institutions and the diplomatic corps in Brussels attended a presentation delivered by M...
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Prince’s Government receives representatives from Order of Malta Lebanon
On Tuesday 5 February 2019, a delegation* led by Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, received Marwan Sehnaoui, President of the Lebanese Association of the Knights of the Order of Malta (ALCM), at the Ministry of State, in the presence of H.E. Mr Umberto Di Cap...
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20th Jeun’Elec event
As part of the 20th Jeun’Elec event, Monaco’s Club des Véhicules Électriques (Electric Vehicles Club), working closely with the Department of Education, Youth and Sport and the Department of the Environment, offered willing Year 9 (4ème) pupils from Collège Charles III and Collège Saint-François d’Assise Nicolas Bar...
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MonacoTech launches 4th call for applications!
Since it was first set up in 2017, MonacoTech, the start-up programme created by the Monegasque Government in partnership with Monaco Telecom, has supported 24 start-ups, of which 14 are still with the programme.To continue to identify new, innovative start-ups, another call for applications has been launched on www...
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EGMONT Group Working Groups in Jakarta - The Principality Signs Four Cooperation Agreements
SICCFIN, the Principality's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), represented by PhilippeBoisbouvier, Karine Imbert and Jenny Perrot, took part in an inter-sessional meeting of the EGMONT Group, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 29 to 31 January 2019.The EGMONT Group is an international organisation that now includes 15...
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Marine educational area to be created in Monaco
The Principality of Monaco has embarked on the creation of a marine educational area.The project, put forward by the Monegasque Association for the Protection of Nature (AMPN), is part of a partnership with the Prince’s Government and is supported by the Prince Albert II Foundation.The concept was born in the Marque...
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Lionel Galfré joins the DITN; Sophie Vincent Succeeds him as Head of IMSEE
Lionel Galfré, who has been Director of the Monegasque Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (IMSEE) since it was founded in 2011, joined the Digital Transition Office (DITN) on 28 January, where he will be become Chief Data Officer."It will be a matter of organising the management and processing of data...
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The Alcatel Lucent Enterprise in Monaco Celebrates its 100th anniversary
Jean Castellini, Minister of Finance and Economy, gave a welcoming address to the 1,000 or so employees and guests who had gathered at the Grimaldi Forum for two days to celebrate the centenary of the Alcatel Lucent Enterprise (ALE). This anniversary was an opportunity for the Group's management to present a vision...
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8th Le Temps Presse Festival: Monaco pupils head to Paris for award ceremony
The award ceremony for the short film festival LE TEMPS PRESSE was held on Friday 1 February in Paris, and attended by representatives from the Prince’s Government, pupils from École de Fontvieille and students from the Sciences Po campus in Menton, who were there to present the Children’s Prize and the Students’ Pr...
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The Welcome Office Meets New and Future Residents
The Welcome Office, headed by Laurence Garino, held an information meeting at the Foreign Residents' Club of Monaco (Club des Résidents Étrangers de Monaco) (CREM) for new and future residents.This meeting was an opportunity to present various practical aspects of life in the Principality, from healthcare to the dif...
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The Ambassador of Monaco to the United Nations is Appointed Co-Chair of the "Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea"
The President of the UN General Assembly has appointed H.E. Ms Isabelle Picco and her counterpart from Trinidad and Tobago, H.E. Ms. Pennelope Beckles, to lead the next meeting of the Process, which will take place from 10 to 14 June 2019, on the theme "Ocean Science and the United Nations Decade of Ocean Scien...
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Energy transition is a key concern for the Prince’s Government
At a press breakfast this morning, the Minister of State, flanked by Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, and Annabelle Jaeger-Seydoux, Director of the Mission for Energy Transition, discussed the Prince’s Government’s policy on energy transition.Addressing the pro...
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Prince Albert I commemoration committees established
The Prince Albert I Commemoration Committee and the Albert I – 2022 Executive Committee were established by H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince today, at a ceremony in the Oceanographic Museum attended by the Minister of State and a number of other personalities.Created by Sovereign Ordinance No. 7.253 of 14 December 2018,...
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Théâtre Princesse Grace signs up to join Monaco’s energy transition
On Tuesday 29 January, Françoise Gamerdinger, Deputy Director for Cultural Affairs with responsibility for programming at the Théâtre Princesse Grace, signed the National Energy Transition Pact Commitment Charter. By taking this powerful step, the theatre is pledging to support efforts to achieve a carbon-free Monac...
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A Picina Bibliuteca - A Self-Service Participatory Library
A participatory library - a project led by the Department of Urban Amenities (DAU) - has recently been set up in the Jardin de l'Âne, near the Ecole de Fontvieille school.The aim of A Picina Bibliuteca is to give a new life to books (and DVDs); users can leave some there and borrow others. The content of the library...
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Tourist and Convention Authority launches second digital "Green is the new glam" campaign
With support from the Côte d’Azur Regional Tourism Committee, the Tourist and Convention Authority recently launched the 2019 edition of its digital “Green is the new glam” campaign. In essence, the campaign slogan promotes an idea of “glammy-yet-eco-friendly” luxury.A “digital afterwork” evening organised on the Ra...
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SMIC 2019
18/01/2019 - (JO 8.417) - Circular no. 2018-16 of 27 December 2018 on the Statutory Minimum Wage (Salaire Minimum Interprofessionnel de Croissance, SMIC) which came into force on 1st January 2019 18/01/2019 - (JO 8.417) - Circular no. 2018-17 of 27 December 2018 on the Statutory Minimum Wage (Salaire Minimum Interp...
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