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Sickle Cell Network meets in Principality

The associations and referring doctors of the Sickle Cell Network (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mauritania, Senegal and Madagascar) met in the Principality for working sessions coordinated by the Department of International Cooperation, as part of its flagship programme to combat sickle-cell disease.Founded in 2013 by...

Screening of the Documentary "A Monaco" ("In Monaco") at the Embassy of Monaco in Italy

On 21 April, the Embassy of Monaco in Italy organised a screening of a previously unseen documentary entitled "A Monaco" ("In Monaco") by François Reichenbach (France 1974, 70 mins.). The screening was held in the Auditorium of the French Institute, Centre Saint-Louis (the French cultural centre...

11ème Semaine européenne de la vaccination

To mark the 11th European Immunisation Week, organised by the World Health Organisation from 24 to 30 April 2016, the Prince’s Government’s Ministry of Health and Social Affairs would like to issue a reminder about the importance of vaccination against seasonal flu.Flu is dangerous primarily for certain vulnerable g...

Diplomacy – Accreditation of Ambassadors - Djibouti - Ecuador

On Thursday 21 April 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation received H.E. Mr. Ayeid Mousseid Yahya,* Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Djibouti, and H.E. Ms. Maria de la Paz Donoso,** Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ecuador, who presented their Letters of...

9th Young People’s Economic and Social Council

The Economic and Social Council recently hosted the ninth Assembly of the Young People’s Economic and Social Council, during which 36 pupils from the Principality’s public and private secondary schools, divided into four working groups, presented their proposals.In partnership with the Department of Education, Youth...

Monaco and Europe: Prince’s Government holds meetings with regulated professions

As part of the preparatory work for the negotiations being led by the Prince’s Government with the European Commission and the European External Action Service, a series of meetings has been organised with the Monegasque Committee for Regulated Professions on 21 and 22 April.Since negotiations with the European Unio...

The International Health Regulations

The International Health Regulations (IHR) are an international legal tool. They are legally binding on 196 countries, which are working together on global health security.The aim of the IHR is to help the international community avoid serious risks to public health that are likely to spread beyond borders and pose...

Diplomatic relations established between Principality of Monaco and Republic of Belarus

The Principality of Monaco and the Republic of Belarus signed a joint communiqué on 15 April 2016, establishing diplomatic relations between the countries.The document was signed by H.E. Mr Claude Cottalorda, Monaco’s Ambassador to France, and H.E. Mr Pavel Latushka, the Belarusian Ambassador to France, having both...

Inventory of groupers and brown meagres in Monegasque waters: report

As part of the Prince’s Government’s policy on protecting biodiversity, the Department of the Environment led its sixth campaign to take an inventory of dusky groupers (Epinephelus marginatus) in the Principality’s waters during October 2015.

Department of Urban Amenities: pest control campaign

Part of the role of the Department of Urban Amenities involves controlling pests (mosquitoes, rats, pigeons, etc.) in publicly owned areas including green spaces, valleys, service tunnels and sewage networks.

AMADE Monaco presents cheque to Monaco Humanitarian Collective

To mark its fiftieth anniversary, AMADE Monaco presented a cheque for €150,000 to the Monaco Humanitarian Collective on Friday 15 April. Thanks to this donation, it will be possible to provide surgeries for 15 children in the Principality.

The IPCC Decides to Produce a Special Report on the Ocean

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), whose 43rd working session came to a close on13April 2016 in Nairobi, has approved the drafting of three special reports (1), including a report on interaction between the climate, the ocean and the cryosphere.On the initiative of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monac...

World Theatre Day Thursday 21 April 2016 – 8 p.m. – Théâtre Princesse Grace

The Monegasque National Commission for UNESCO and the Théâtre Princesse Grace are joining celebrations of World Theatre Day.For the occasion, seven of the Principality’s theatre companies will get together at the Théâtre Princesse Grace on Thursday 21 April 2016 for an evening devoted to the performing arts and the...

NMNM: Last chance to discover Roland Flexner’s work at Villa Paloma’s Project Space

This is the last week that visitors will be able to see the work of Roland Flexner (born in Nice in 1944), which is being exhibited at Villa Paloma’s Project Space in parallel with the Duane Hanson exhibition.For this exhibition, Roland Flexner is presenting almost 80 drawings from various series (Figures and Vanita...

London’s Royal College of Music plays concert in Fire Station courtyard

Students from the senior classes at the Royal College of Music in London, currently on a placement at the Prince Rainier III Academy of Music, gave a concert in the courtyard of La Condamine Fire Station on Friday evening, alongside their counterparts from the Monegasque Academy. The concert was staged with the supp...

EVER: H.E. the Minister of State Takes the Wheel of an Electric Vehicle

Spotlight on sport in Monaco at the UN

To celebrate the third International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, the Monaco Crossroad for Sports photo exhibition was opened on Thursday 31 March by H.E. Ms Isabelle Picco, Monaco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and Mr Edmond Mulet, the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet.Representative...

2016 photo competition – 40 years of RAMOGE: the Mediterranean in all its guises

As part of the celebrations of its fortieth anniversary, the RAMOGE Agreement is launching a photo competition open to everyone.Since 1976, the RAMOGE Agreement has been a tool for scientific, technical and administrative cooperation between the governments of Monaco, France and Italy to protect and preserve the mar...

Children's Rights: Gilles Tonelli Takes Part in a Council of Europe Conference

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, accompanied by H.E. Mr. Rémi Mortier, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, is taking part in a high-level Conference of the Council of Europe entitled "Reaching the Heights for the Rights of the Child," which is taking place in Sofia on 5 and 6...

Monaco takes part in Journées de la Francophonie in Italy

On 22 March, Monaco’s Embassy in Italy participated in the round table organised in Rome to mark the end of the Journées de la Francophonie celebration of French language on the theme “Franco + Sport for Peace”.To mark the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (5–21 August) and Paralympic Games (7–18 September), the Group of Franc...