The professor Denis Allemand, Dorector of the Scientifique Center of Monaco and Biological professor at the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis, has just been nominated Member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (Academia Europea). The said Academy is a non governmental organization set up in 1988 by various Research European ministers. (more…)
From July 14 to September 10, 2006, the Grimaldi Forum of Monaco will welcome a new exhibition entitled “New York, New York” which promises to be the cultural event of the Summer. This exhibition will focus on artistic creativity representing fifty years of arts such as painting, sculpture, architecture, films, photography, and music. Many artists will be represented, including, Warhol, Rosenquist, Pollock, (more…)
The “Federation Patronale Monégasque” (F.P.M.) celebrated on July 6, 2006 his 60 years old at the Fairmond Monte-Carlo Hotel in the presence of SAS Prince Albert II of Monaco. The General boss of the said federation, Didier Martini, announced that during these last years, the members were involved into important subjects such as the labor and firms’ productivity in the Principality. He underlined that the (more…)
This is one of the most important current projects in Monaco and within a few days a notice of appeal to candidates will be launched. The Monegasque Estate will be supported in this project by the famous law firm, Gide Loyrette Nouel, the bank of affair Carylon, the technical office of Sogrea and the main office control, Veritas. To know the elected candidate, the description of the scheme and details… we will have to (more…)
Cristian Poncelet, President of the French Senate, proposed a new friendship group because of the decline of the French community in Monaco especially in the financial sector. He added that, while the relationship between the French Senate and the Monegasque National Council remains excellent, his goal is to create a working group between the National Council and the Senate (more…)
Throughout the Formula One calendar, tens of millions of dollars are splashed around the track. Sponsorship, or as McLaren Mercedes prefers to call it, partnerships fuels the sport and in the rolling hills of Scotland the team has a link. Ron Dennis, McLaren Mercedes team principal and McLaren Group CEO, has worked with Johnnie Walker master blender Jim Beveridge at the whiskey maker’s distillery. The (more…)
A private shareholder in Langbar International, the alleged sham £365m shell company under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, has been jailed in Monaco after a street confrontation with the company’s founder and former executive chairman Mariusz Rybak. Daniel Leahy, a former accountant with Coca Cola, is said to have invested heavily in Langbar share derivatives along with his brother (more…)
Representatives have just returned from the three-day 16th Annual Fund Forum in Monaco, where they have been promoting Bahrain’s position as the region’s financial capital on the world stage. The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), in partnership with the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA), represented the Kingdom and its financial capacities at the annual conference and exhibition, which (more…)
During 2005, Monaco, acting trhough Prince Albert II, took a number of important steps to strengthen its sovereignty and to lessen its dependence on its neighbors, particularly, France. Most notable of these steps were:
July 12: The Prince’s speech at the Advent Place of of the Palace. (more…)
To accompany in the long run the development by the Principality of Monaco, to increase its economic radiation and to reinforce its tourist attractively, a project of extension at sea is being studied. This project of twelve hectares in Larvotto will take into account the safeguarding of the environment and of the underwater reserve. The Prince wishes that this new district offer new capacities of reception and contributes to (more…)