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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Inauguration of the S.A.F.F.I.RE

On Wednesday 22 June, Serge Telle, Minister of State, Patrice Cellario, Minister of Interior, Michel Boeri, President of the Automobile Club of Monaco and numerous dignitaries, including the Mayor of d’Eze, Stéphane Cherki, attended the inauguration of the S.A.F.F.I.RE., a simulator for combating fires, smoke from f...

World Food Programme (WFP) - Annual Session of the Executive Board

From 13 to 18 June 2016, the Principality of Monaco took part in the work of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP). This United Nations agency has provided financial aid to nearly 80 million people in 80 countries, and 80% of contributions have been allocated to emergency relief efforts.The highlight...

Discover the new www.infochantiers.mc website

Visit www.infochantiers.mc to learn more about the projects in Monaco

Presentation of website www.infochantiers.mc

Ms Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, today presented the www.infochantiers.mc website to the media. Ms Gramaglia was accompanied by Mr Olivier Lavagna, Director of Public Works, Mr Jean-Luc Puyo, Director of Urban Amenities, Mr Christophe Pierre, Director of Ele...

Studying and working in Monaco through Youth Mobility Scheme

159th Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) General Assembly

On 15 June 2016, H.E. Mr Claude Cottalorda, Monaco’s Ambassador to France, took part in the 159th Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) General Assembly. He was accompanied by Mr Julien Cellario, Executive Director of Monaco Inter Expo, and Mr Frédéric Labarrere, First Counsellor at the Embassy.In his capacity...

20 June - The Prince's Government Associates Itself with World Refugee Day

The Department of International Cooperation, which is involved in implementing the cooperation policy of the Prince's Government, is supporting numerous projects throughout the world to benefit refugees.Over the past ten years, the global situation has worsened considerably, from 20 million refugees in 2005 to an es...

APIdays 2016 : national awareness days for bees, environmental sentinels

The 2016 APIdays event, organised by beekeepers from the Union Nationale de l’Apiculture Française (UNAF, French National Union of Beekeeping) in more than 80 towns and cities, was celebrated on Friday 17 June in Monaco. The event gave everyone an opportunity to come and find out about the critical role bees play in...

Publication of the 1st Annual Report by the Monegasque Anti-Doping Committee

Philippe Orengo, President of the Monegasque Anti-Doping Committee, has just submitted the first annual report by the Monegasque Anti-Doping Committee to Patrice Cellario, Minister of Interior, who was representing the Minister of State, in the presence of members of the Monegasque Anti-Doping Committee, doctors inv...

Monaco Continues its Policy of Welcoming Refugees

Today, in connection with the action that the Principality of Monaco is taking in association with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Principality welcomed a family of Syrian refugees.These people are Christians, and from the populations most under threat in their country. First of all, t...