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The 2024 Fort Antoine Open Stage Talents at the Fort - Call for entries for the Organising Committee
The Fort Antoine open stage, dedicated to artists aged between 18 and 30 and organised by Monaco's Department of Cultural Affairs, will return in July 2024 and the local youth are invited to help organise the event!
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The annual bitter orange harvest
Gardeners from the Department of Urban Amenities (DAU) are about to start the annual harvest of the Principality's bitter orange trees.The Principality has 1,011 citrus trees (orange, lemon, clementine, etc.), including 580 untreated bitter orange trees (December 2023 census).From January to February each year, DAU...
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A new season for 'The Travelling Collection'
Since 2002, the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco has conserved 4,000 stage costumes and 400 set designs from the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, donated by Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer. In addition to this Heritage Collection, the museum also has a 'Study Collection’, comprising around sixty items from the Travelling...
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H.S.H. the Prince's Palace Guards hand out teddy bears to sick children
On Thursday, 21 December, five of H.S.H. the Prince's Palace Guards, accompanied by Captain Hervé Matu, representing the Chief of Corps, visited the children's ward at the Princess Grace Hospital to give teddy bears dressed in uniform to children in hospital.H.S.H. the Prince's guards regularly participate in activi...
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The Monaco Scientific Centre raises awareness in Year 6 pupils about preserving Mediterranean red coral
Since the start of the school year, the Monaco Scientific Centre (CSM) has been working with around ten Year 6 classes to raise awareness among young people of the need to preserve the Red Coral. At the end of these specially created workshops, organised in collaboration with the Department of Education, Youth and S...
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Monaco attends the 91st INTERPOL General Assembly in Vienna
The 91st General Assembly of INTERPOL took place in Vienna, Austria from 28 November to 1 December 2023. The Principality was represented by a delegation led by Patrice Cellario, Minister of the Interior, and composed of Richard Marangoni, Police Commissioner and Head of the INTERPOL Monaco National Central Bureau;...
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Prizes awarded in the shop window competition
The Union of Shopkeepers and Craftspeople of Monaco took part in the celebrations for the centenary of the birth of Prince Rainier III by helping with the window-dressing competition begun by the Commemoration Committee and its President, H.S.H. Princess Stephanie.H. E. Mr Pierre Dartout rewarded the shopkeepers who...
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Tribute to Professor Yves Coppens at UNESCO
On 12 December at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, in the presence of H.S.H. Prince Albert II and the Deputy Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Xing Qu, a tribute was paid to Professor Yves Coppens, former Chair of the International Scientific Committee of the Monaco Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology, who passed away on 2...
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Monaco’s participation in the 174th session of the FAO Council
From 4 to 8 December, the Principality took part as an observer in the 174th session of the Council of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held in Rome.Reflecting the discussions taking place at the same time in Dubai at COP 28, Mr QU Dongyu, Director-General of the FAO, stated that the transf...
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Monaco takes part in the high-level segment and closing session of the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai
From 8-10 December 2023, Ms Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, travelled to Dubai to take part in the high-level segment of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28).She was accompanied by Mr Patrick Rolland...
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Monaco restates its commitment at the second Global Refugee Forum
A Monegasque delegation* led by Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, took part in the second Global Refugee Forum in Geneva from 13 to 15 December. The theme of this year’s Forum was refugees’ access to higher education and their participation and representation...
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Keep winter viruses away !
As the holiday season nears, the Prince’s Government would like to reiterate the importance of staying alert to winter viruses.The holidays are a time of sharing and family gatherings, but also mark the return, every year, of respiratory illnesses like flu and colds, along with viruses that cause gastroenteritis. To...
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Cooperation: Isabelle Rosabrunetto pays a working visit to Senegal
From 29 November to 3 December, a delegation from Monaco*, led by Mrs Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, visited Senegal. The visit focused primarily on the area of health, taking part in discussions with the Senegalese authorities and the 15th anniversary cel...
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Continuation of the road surface renewal programme
The end-of-year programme of road surface renewal will finish this December with the last works to renew the areas that have deteriorated.In order to minimise the impact on traffic, this work will be carried out only at night, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. In the areas affected by this programme, operations will be conc...
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The Attractiveness Department travels to Stockholm
As part of the implementation of the Prince’s Government’s attractiveness plan, the Attractiveness Department travelled to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, for two days of discussion co-organised by the Monaco Consulate in Sweden.During this visit, the Monegasque delegation, led by Mr Frédéric Genta, Interministeri...
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The third meeting of the Public Interest Archives Consultative Committee
The Public Interest Archives Consultative Committee (CCAIP), set up by Sovereign Order 8.569 of 25 March 2021, met for the third time on Monday, 11 December at the Ministry of State, under the chairmanship of Mr Jean-Charles Curau and in the presence of Mr Marc Vassallo, Secretary General of the Government, represen...
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Funding agreement between the Prince’s Government and the Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable (Francophone Institute for Sustainable Development - IFDD)
On the fringes of COP28, the Prince’s Government, represented by Isabelle BERRO-AMADEÏ, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, and the Francophone Institute for Sustainable Development, represented by Caroline ST-HILAIRE, Director of the International Organisation of La Francophonie, signed a funding agreement...
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The 2023 U Giru de Natale: disruptions to be expected
The 28th edition of the 'U Giru de Natale' running race (https://ugirudenatale.com), organised by the Association Sportive de la Sûreté Publique (ASSP) will be held on Sunday 10 December from 7am to 12.30pm and will impact the following:
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Monegasque legislation provides a means of compensating victims
The Prince’s Government is delighted that the National Council voted in favour of the law on 7 December 2023, which enables victims of sexual offences, crimes against children, domestic violence and other offences to obtain compensation from the State if the perpetrator is insolvent.The elected representatives in at...
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The Government of Monaco submits a bill regarding the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery to the National Council for voting
This bill, which sets out the legal framework for the veterinary sector, provides the profession with specific rules to meet the needs of practitioners and their clients.
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