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MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar visits Monaco

The Prince’s Government today welcomed European MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar* for a two-day study trip to the Principality.Mr López Aguilar was appointed rapporteur for the association agreement between Monaco and the European Union by the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs on 3 September 2018. In t...

43rd International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo From the 17th to the 27th January 2019

Press Release n°4Monaco, the Circus capital!

Tourist and Convention Authority partners with Monegasque cultural events

As 2018 drew to a close, the Tourist and Convention Authority undertook initiatives to promote Monaco in conjunction with tour performances by Cécilia Bartoli and the Musiciens du Prince and by the Ballets de Monte-Carlo.Around 10 journalists attended Cecilia Bartoli’s concerts in Amsterdam on 23 November, Paris on...

From 1 January 2019: Ban on plastic drinking straws and stirrers

As part of its policy to cut plastic pollution, the Prince’s Government has decided to introduce a ban on plastic drinking straws and drinks stirrers with effect from 1 January 2019. Consumers are invited to use bamboo or metal substitutes instead.Efforts to reduce the use of plastic began in 2016 with a ban on sing...

Monaco Red Cross launches crowdfunding project

As the year draws to a close, the Monaco Red Cross is launching its first crowdfunding project via the online Monaco Crowdfunding platform: a great idea for a charitable gift.Since 2011, the Burkina Faso and Monaco Red Cross organisations have been jointly running a project to help child labourers and children at ri...

Monaco Bus Company: Signing of an Agreement between the Management and the Union

Today, Friday 21 December 2018, an agreement was signed at the Ministry of State by representatives of the Management and Trade Union of the Monaco Bus Company.This text brings to an end a period of conflict that began on 23 July 2018 with a three-week strike by some of the CAM staff, followed, on the initiative of...

How to make a declaration under the automatic exchange of information (for Reporting Monegasque Financial Institutions only)

The festival of animals is back in Monaco!

43rd International Circus Festival of Monte-CarloFrom the 17th to the 27th January 2019Press Release n°3

Monaco against deforestation: Charter on the Use and Virtuous Management of Wood

The Charter on the Use and Virtuous Management of Wood is part of the "Monaco Against Deforestation" campaign, initiated in 2011 as the result of a partnership between the Prince's Government, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the MC2D association and IMEDD. This Charter is subject to an annual as...

Vanuatu

Representation of the Principality ofMonacoin theRepublic ofVanuatu Representation ofthe RepublicofVanuatuinthe Principality ofMonaco Consulat de Monaco at Port VilaConsul:Mr. Martin SAINT-HILAIREAJC OfficeKumul Hwy, Govant Building, 1st floor BP 1276 Port VilaVanuatuPhone: (+678) 77 44500Email:monacoconsu...

Baroque concert at Monaco’s Embassy in Italy

A baroque concert at Monaco’s Embassy in Rome shone a spotlight on composer Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (1684–1762), precentor for Prince Antoine I.Furiosi Affetti, a musical ensemble from Rome, gave a performance dedicated entirely to the Italian musician, who was born and died in Pistoia. Manfredini was appointed...

Director of Prince’s Palace Archives and Library gives lecture at Monaco’s Embassy in Italy

On Tuesday 11 December 2018, the Residence of Monaco’s Ambassador in Italy hosted a lecture on the Grimaldi dynasty by Thomas Fouilleron, Director of the Prince’s Palace Archives and Library. In his presentation, Mr Fouilleron highlighted the changing status of the royal family, its actions from the thirteenth to th...

Monaco supplies IT equipment for Lebanese Ministry of Public Health

On Monday 10 December, an official handover of IT equipment for the Primary Health Care Department and the 185 primary health care centres around the country was organised at the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. The aim of this initiative is to help improve universal health coverage.The Principality was represent...

3rd Meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks draws to a close

The 3rd Meeting of the Signatories (MoS3) to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, was closed today by the meeting’s chair Robert Calcagno, CEO of the Oceanographic Institute, Albert I, Prince of Monaco Foundation. Isabe...

Monaco Ambassador pays courtesy call on Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

H.E. Ms Carole Lanteri, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Principality to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva, today paid a courtesy call on Ms Michelle Bachelet, the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.During their meeting, the Ambassador and the High Commissioner discussed the...

73rd UN General Assembly Annual session on oceans and the law of the seas

On Tuesday 11 December, the UN adopted its annual resolution on the oceans and the law of the seas, which includes a reference to the 2017 meeting on the socio-economic impact of ocean acidification organised by the Monaco Scientific Centre and the International Atomic Energy Agency in the Principality.The text also...

New pedestrian underpass opened at Monaco Station

The new pedestrian underpass at Monaco Station was officially opened today by H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince, in the presence of H.E. the Minister of State Serge Telle, Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, President of the National Council Stéphane Valéri, Mayor George...

Principality of Monaco and Barbados establish diplomatic relations

On Wednesday 5 December, Barbados became the 141st state to establish diplomatic relations with the Principality of Monaco.Permanent Representatives to the United Nations H.E. Ms Elizabeth Thompson and H.E. Ms Isabelle Picco signed joint communiqués in which the two nations committed to further developing the ties o...

Monaco participates in COP 24 in Poland - Turning the Paris Agreement commitments into reality

From 10 to 12 December, Gilles Tonelli, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, accompanied by a delegation,* took part in the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 24), which is being held in Katowice until 14 December.Coming three years after the Pari...

MonacoTech Celebrates its First Year of Existence

MonacoTech, a start-up programme created by the Monegasque State in partnership with Monaco Telecom and Xavier Niel and officially inaugurated by H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince, is now an integral part of the local economic landscape.MonacoTech supports innovative companies or projects by companies with high growth pot...