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Drama students at Lycée Albert I celebrate spirit of resistance at Théâtre des Muses
On 27 May 2015, four major figures who embody the spirit of the French resistance were interred in the Panthéon mausoleum, in Paris. The four were Pierre Brossolette, Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, Germaine Tillion and Jean Zay.To commemorate this event, on 23 May (at 5.30 p.m.) and 24 May (at 5.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m...
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Official visit by Monegasque delegation to European Court of Human Rights
A delegation led by the Secretary of Justice, H.E. Mr Philippe Narmino, paid an official visit to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg on 20 May 2016. Mr Narmino was accompanied by the Principality’s most senior judges, Mr Didier Linotte, President of the Supreme Court, Mr Jean-Pierre Dumas, First...
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Policy & Practice
3rd Monaco Week in China Chengdu, 28 May to 4 June 2016
Under the aegis of the Embassy of Monaco in China, the third Monaco Week in China will be held in Chengdu (capital of Sichuan Province) from 28 May to 3 June 2016.Since 2014, Monaco Week has offered an opportunity to promote the advantages of the Principality in China. As part of the event, Monegasque organisations...
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The Prince's Government Allocates 50,000 € to Malian Refugees in Mauritania
The Prince's Government has responded to an urgent appeal launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide food and nutritional assistance to 50,000 Malian refugees in the Mberra camp in south-eastern Mauritania.The refugees have been accommodated in the Mberra camp since 2012, having fled the co...
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Monaco Takes Part in the 1st World Humanitarian Summit
Monaco has taken part in the first Summit for Heads of State and Governments on humanitarian issues, held on the initiative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Istanbul on 23 and 24 May.The Monegasque delegation was headed by H.E. Mr. Serge Telle, Minister of State, and comprised of Ms. Bénédicte Schut...
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Monaco attends the 126th Ministerial Session of the Council of Europe
Mr. Gilles Tonelli, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, accompanied by H.E. Mr. Rémi Mortier, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Monaco to the Council of Europe and Mr.Gabriel Revel, Deputy Permanent Representative, took part in the 126th Ministerial Session of the Council of Europe.The meeting was hel...
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Novelist Carole Martinez, winner of 2011 Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, talks to Monegasque pupils
After receiving the Prince Pierre Foundation Discovery Grant in Monaco in 2001 for her first novel, Le Coeur cousu (published in English as The Threads of the Heart), and five years after being awarded the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for Du domaine des murmures (published in English as The Castle of Whispers), Carole...
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Policy & Practice
NMNM: Closure for Monaco Grand Prix
Due to the Monaco Grand Prix, Villa Paloma and Villa Sauber will be closed from Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 May 2016.Please also note that from Wednesday 1 June, the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco will operate according to its summer schedule, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (until 30 September).
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Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix : early postal collections
Monaco Post Office informs its customers that the collection times for letters and parcels will be modified on Wednesday 25, Friday 27 and Saturday 28 May 2016. On these dates, the latest posting times will be brought forward by one hour.On Wednesday 25 and Friday 27 May, collections from post boxes situated on the...
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Monaco presents the Princess Grace Rose Garden in Beijing
A delegation from the Principality of Monaco, headed by Ms. Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, gave a presentation in Beijing of the Princess Grace Rose Garden, as part of the Regional Rose Convention, which was held the aegis of the World Federation of Rose Soci...
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Government & Institutions
EU Coordination Unit
RoleNegotiations opened with the European Union in March 2015 on an Association Agreement.The EU Coordination Unit is responsible for organising, coordinating and developing the preparatory work for these negotiations.The EU Coordination Unit operates under the aegis of the General Secretariat of the Government.It r...
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Policy & Practice
Introduction of a New Lift Linking the Lower and Upper Sections of the Avenue Pasteur via the Hospital
From now on, Wednesday 11th of May until the end of 2018, pedestrian traffic in the Avenue Pasteur (between the Tamaris and Caroubis buildings – upper entrance) will be suspended, in connection with construction work on the new hospital....
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The Monegasque Administration's Solidarity Challenge
The Prince's Government, with the support of its partner Babyloan, the leading solidarity loan web site, has launched a challenge to all members of the administration who have a "@gouv.mc" e-mail address, to raise their awareness of its efforts to help the most vulnerable populations.An information meeting...
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NMNM: Free entry on 13, 14, 15 and 16 May 2016
To celebrate the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, entry to Villa Paloma and Villa Sauber will be free from 13 to 16 May inclusive.Current exhibitions:Villa Paloma, 56, boulevard du Jardin ExotiqueDuane HansonAn exhibition first presented by the Serpentine GalleriesUntil 28 August 2016Video Room:Oscar Murillo, Meet me!...
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Operational exercise by the Police Department
Yesterday morning, at 9 a.m., the Police Department held an operational exercise to test the Principality’s “tightened cordon” plan.The scenario for the exercise began simply, with the setting off of an alarm at a jeweller’s shop in the Port sector. As the first police officers arrived, and in light of the observati...
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Presentation of the "Ilôt Pasteur" Development
The Pasteur project is part of the global urban development programme for land made available by placing the former railway, situated at the west of the Sainte Dévote valley, underground.Following the construction by the State of the Ilot Rainier III and Ilot Canton, with the Jardins d’Apolline and Hélios (consistin...
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Monaco Méditerranée Foundation conference series “The major challenges facing today’s world”
On Thursday 12 May, the final conference of the 2015–2016 academic year, devoted to the major challenges facing today’s world, was held in the Main Amphitheatre of Monaco’s Vocational and Catering School before a large and attentive audience. The conference was the final event in a series of discussions focused on s...
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Removal of vehicles causing an obstruction
The Police Department, which is responsible for managing the impounding of vehicles, would like to inform road users that during the 10th Monaco Historic Grand Prix, a specialist service will be in operation from midnight on Friday 13 May until 8 a.m. on Monday 16 May 2016.In order to ensure that the event is able t...
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Minister of State appoints H.E. Mr Henri FISSORE to lead work on attractiveness
At the request of H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince, H.E. Mr Serge Telle, the Minister of State, has sought to give a new impetus to the efforts which have been undertaken to improve the Principality’s attractiveness. He has entrusted H.E. Mr Henri Fissore, his Ambassador-at-Large, with the task of ensuring coherence betw...
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Arrival in Loumbila, Burkina Faso of first Monaco Pavilion containers
Four of the containers which made up the Monaco Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015 were recently delivered to Loumbila, where they are to become a first-aid training centre for the entire West Africa region.After four months of dismantling work in Milan, shipment by sea from Genoa to Abidjan and the remainder of the journ...
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