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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...

Survey of recipients of Industrial Subsidies

In a global context in which the industrial sector is faced with changes in work and models of production, the Government of the Principality remains attentive to developments in the activities of this sector. In this regard, the Government wished to assess the "Industrial Subsidies" in order to have a co...

ALPARC Council Meeting

The ALPARC Council Meeting will be held on 7 and 8 April in Monaco. Established in 1995, ALPARC – the Alpine Network of Protected Areas – brings together 34 organisations which manage protected areas within the region covered by the Alpine Convention. It is the largest federation of protected areas in the Alps.

Embassy of Monaco to the United States Reception in honour of new Secretary of Smithsonian Institution

On 29 March in Washington, D.C., Monaco’s Embassy organised a reception in honour of the new Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,* Dr David J. Skorton.** The reception, held at the Ambassador’s Residence, provided an opportunity to present the leader of the world’s largest museum and research centre complex to...

Telethon 2015: a success Monaco applies to be candidate city for Telethon 2016

During the Telethon Merci ceremony organised on Wednesday 30 March by members of the Office of the Association for the Promotion and Organisation of the Monaco Telethon (OTM), Minister of Health and Social Affairs Stéphane Valeri officially announced Monaco’s candidacy as an ambassador city for the thirtieth Teletho...

Partnership with Italy's Official Development Assistance

Following the Agreement signed on 31 March 2015 between the Prince's Government and the Government of the Italian Republic in the field of development cooperation, the Department of International Cooperation travelled to Rome on 23 and 24 March 2016 for an update on this partnership and on co-financed projects.A del...

Monaco attends meeting of UN Refugee Agency

Faced with the unprecedented migration crisis caused by the conflict in Syria, the UN Secretary General, who called for the meeting, expressed his hope that all legal solutions would be considered in order to improve the reception and settlement of Syrian refugees.In his introductory remarks, Mr Ban Ki-moon recalled...

Creation of a Concrete Base for the Engelin Project

As part of the start of structural work by the State on the Engelin project, the base of the building is about to be created.

Monaco ratifies its eighth Hague Convention on Private International Law

The Principality of Monaco recently deposited its instrument of ratification to the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 on International Protection of Adults, becoming the ninth Contracting State to do so. The Convention will come into force for Monaco on 1 July 2016.The Convention covers a range of private internat...

Bilateral agreement on land mobile networks

The Department of Electronic Communications and the Agence Nationale des Fréquences, representing the Monegasque and French Governments respectively, this morning signed an agreement to coordinate land mobile network frequencies in border areas, in the presence of Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, the Minister of Public Works...

Jean Castellini Takes Part in a Breakfast Debate organised by the Junior Economic Chamber

This Friday, Jean Castellini, Minister of Finance and Economy, was the guest at a breakfast debate organised by the Junior Economic Chamber. Mr. Castellini gave a first assessment of the Industry Observatory, a few months after it was created.At this event, the Government Minister also presented a study that is bein...

36th "Grand Cordon d’Or de la Cuisine Française" Cooking Competition

On the initiative of the eponymous association, its president Gilles Brunner and members of the Magistral Council, the 36th "Grand Cordon d’Or de la Cuisine Française" cooking competition will take place on Wednesday 30 March 2016 at Monaco's Vocational and Catering School (Lycée Technique et Hôtelier de M...

Diplomatic Conference in Monaco

Today, H.E. the Minister of State opened the Diplomatic Conference that is taking place in Monaco over two and a half days.The aim of this annual meeting, at which Government Ministers spoke on a variety of themes related to their respective Ministries (Social Affairs, the Environment, Taxation and Digital Security)...

A Focus on Study Grants and Student Life

As part of activities undertaken by the Department of Education, Youth and Sport to provide information to high school pupils and students, a new "A Focus on … " information day was held at the Academic Counselling and Education Resource Centre (CIEN) on Saturday 12 March 2016.For the second consecutive ye...