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Official opening of hospital crèche extension
T.S.H. Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene officially opened the Princess Grace Hospital crèche extension on Wednesday morning. The crèche is intended for the children of hospital staff.The Royal Couple, accompanied by Mr Stéphane Valeri, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister of...
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Principality of Monaco represented at Anna Lindh Foundation seminar
H.E. Mr Robert Fillon, Monaco’s Ambassador to Slovenia, resident in Rome, represented H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince at a conference on “Translation for Dialogue”, hosted on 23 and 24 June in Portorož by the Anna Lindh Foundation.Nearly 100 experts and cultural actors involved in the translation field came together to...
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Rising to the challenge: more than 800 votes cast in Monaco Government’s first Solidarity Challenge
Between 1 and 30 June, more than 800 Monaco Government staff cast their votes on the dedicated Solidarity Challenge platform to choose the micro-entrepreneurs who would receive funding from the Department of International Cooperation. Thanks to this fantastic response and the loans granted by the Prince’s Government...
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Closure of Monaco post offices on Thursday 14 July
Monaco Post Office would like to inform its customers that its offices will be closed on Thursday 14 July 2016 for the French national holiday. There will be no delivery of letters or packages, and no collections from public post boxes.The seven post offices will be open according to their usual hours on Friday 15 J...
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Teleworking: an opportunity for Monaco - Monaco Economic Board Conference
On Tuesday 5 July, nearly 130 people took up an invitation from the Monaco Economic Board (MEB) to attend a breakfast conference entitled: “Teleworking, an opportunity for Monaco”. Stéphane Valeri, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, spoke at the conference.In his opening remarks, Stéphane Valeri recalled that th...
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Monaco’s Embassy in China and Prince Albert II Foundation join forces to help endangered species
Monaco’s Embassy in China is working with the Prince Albert II Foundation to organise an exhibition in Beijing on the theme of endangered animal species from 12 to 29 July 2016The exhibition, which is being created in collaboration with WWF International, WWF China, the Game Rangers Association of Africa and thanks...
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Hurrah for the circus! Box office now open!
The 41st Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival will take place from 19 to 29 January 2017, and the 6th New Generation festival will be held on 4 and 5 February 2017.Following an unforgettable fortieth anniversary, which featured the “Best Of” previous festival award winners with no judging panel, the competition...
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Pasteur development : videos illustrate changes to traffic circulation
Following completion of the Jardins d’Apolline and Helios state-owned buildings on the Rainier III and Canton city blocks, the Government is pressing ahead with development of the land around the former railway line on the Ilot Pasteur plot.The project requires changes to traffic circulation, while ensuring that maj...
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Baccalaureate 2016: excellent results following main examination round
The absolutely outstanding results achieved once again in the 2016 baccalaureate examinations confirm the quality of education offered to pupils in the Principality.1. In the general baccalaureate, pupils from Lycée Albert I (98.3%) and Lycée François d’Assise – Nicolas Barré (FANB) (98.5 %) continued their traditio...
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Monegasque Cooperation for development - Programs
Priorities and actions of the Monegasque Cooperation.
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Vintage yachts on Venetian Lagoon for 4th Principality of Monaco in Venice Trophy Super Cup Banca Generali, 24–26 June 2016
The Monaco Tourist and Convention Authority’s representative office in Italy, in conjunction with the Honorary Consulate of Monaco in Venice, last weekend organised the fourth Principality of Monaco in Venice Trophy, dedicated to vintage yachts. Banca Generali was the official sponsor.The event took place from Frida...
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Change of telephone number for information about duty chemists and on-call doctors
The telephone number where you can obtain details of the duty chemist and on-call doctor during weekday evenings, weekends and public holidays in the Principality has changed.From landline or mobile telephones, users should now dial the standard European number:116117(calls are free)The Ministry of Health and Social...
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Cooperation mission in Burkina Faso
As part of efforts to strengthen the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the two countries, a Monegasque delegation travelled to Burkina Faso from 26 to 29 June 2016 for a working visit, which notably included an audience granted by the country’s President, H.E. Mr Roch Marc Christian KABORE.During their vis...
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Monaco takes part in 38th meeting of UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
Monaco took part in the 38th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) in Geneva from 28 to 30 June, three weeks after the UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, at which H.S.H. Princess Stéphanie represented the Principality. UNAIDS is the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.The Monegasque delegat...
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Board of Auditors submits annual public report
On 17 June 2016, the Chairman of the Board of Auditors submitted to H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince its annual public report for 2015. The report was approved by the Principality’s supreme public auditing institution on 25 April 2016.In accordance with the Sovereign Ordinance dated 2 July 2008, the report details the ac...
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New York: Monaco Government Tourist Office receives Platinum Partners Award for excellence
New York, 27 June 2016 – The Monaco Government Tourist Office (MGTO), the Tourist and Convention Authority’s outpost in New York, was this month recognised with a distinction. The readers of INCENTIVE magazine selected the MGTO as one of the winners of the prestigious Platinum Partners Award, via an online ballot wh...
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A Diplomat from the Mission of Monaco to the UN is Elected Vice-Chair of the 35th Meeting of States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The Second Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Monaco to the United Nations, Benjamin Valli, was elected Vice-Chair of the 35th Meeting of States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.This meeting was held on Thursday 23 June 2016 with the aim of electing nine new members of the Human...
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Two Weeks Devoted to the Oceans and the Law of the Sea at the UN Headquarters in New York
On the occasion of the twenty-sixth meeting of the States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Principality, in line with the provisions of the said Convention and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reaffirmed its firm and determined commitment to the protection, conservation an...
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Official opening of D’Amore Psy mutual aid group
With the assistance of the Prince’s Government, the Association MOnégasque pour le REgroupement des amis et familles de malades PSYchiatriques de Monaco (Monegasque Association for Friends and Family of Psychiatric Patients in Monaco) last month opened a non-medicalised space for stabilised psychiatric patients at 3...
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3 questions for Cristiano Raimondi, curator of the ‘Villa Marlene’ exhibition at the NMNM
How did the idea for this exhibition come about?When he visited Villa Sauber for the first time, Francesco Vezzoli was immediately taken with the difference between the outside and inside of this Belle Époque villa. For him it seemed obvious to recreate the Villa’s appearance as it would have been at the turn of the...
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