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Month: September 2016

Prince receives ocean award

by: Cassandra Tanti
15/09/2016

albertIn his function as President of the Scientific Commission of the Mediterranean (CIESM) HSH Prince Albert received the German Ocean Award (“Deutscher Meerespreis”) on September 12 in Kiel, Germany.
The prize offered by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Deutsche Bank is awarded annually and comes with prize money of €10,000. As President of CIESM, Prince Albert inaugurated the 41st International Congress of the Mediterranean Commission, which took place in Germany for the first time since the country joined this organisation in 1969.
The international congress is attended by more than 500 scientists from 50 countries.
Monaco is well known by marine scientists. The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco founded by Prince Albert I has an excellent reputation. For many years the famous diver and marine biologist Jacques-Ives Cousteau was director of the museum. Beyond the museum itself, Monaco has been engaged in marine research for more than 100 years, and CIESM was founded in 1919 on the initiative of Prince Albert I.
CIESM is an intergovernmental organisation for the promotion, coordination and planning of scientific exploration of the Mediterranean, based in Monaco, with 23 member states and the current president is Prince Albert II. Prince Albert II has long been committed to the protection of the oceans. For example, in 2006 he established the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation for the protection and preservation of world threatened ecosystems to draw attention to problems such as global warming and acidification.
Handing the award to Prince Albert, Professor Peter Herzig, Director of GEOMAR, said: ”With this award, we also recognise the long-standing commitment of Prince Albert II to the research, preservation and protection of the oceans.”
Past prize winners include Dr Joe Borg, formerly the EU commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries; Prof Dr Boris Worm, internationally renowned as a marine ecologist; and Prof Dr Klaus Töpfer, formerly the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

EasyJet pilots vote to strike over fatigue concerns

by: Cassandra Tanti
15/09/2016
easyJet

easyjetPilots working for easyJet, the number-one carrier operating at Nice Airport, are considering strike action in October. A ballot is currently taking place among members of the UK pilots’ union, Balpa, who work at the low-cost carrier.
The results of the poll will be known on September 21, the union has said. Balpa claims that the dispute with easyJet concerns high levels of fatigue, and nothing else. Balpa told pilots in its letter that “we have been forced to take such extreme measures”. The union added: “The core issue of the dispute is that fatigue has risen year-on-year, to levels pilots and Balpa find unacceptable.”
Meanwhile, the airline has said in a statement that it was “committed to finding a resolution to the issues raised”, and added that pilots’ workloads are set by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority. If pilots vote in favour of industrial action, strikes could take place at any time after the ballot closes.
 

Supermodel charms at exhibition opening

by: Cassandra Tanti
15/09/2016

Cindy Crawford with Pierre Casiraghi, his wife Beatrice Borromeo and photographer Marco Glaviano at the Monaco Modern Art Gallery Monday night.
Cindy Crawford with Pierre Casiraghi, his wife Beatrice Borromeo and photographer Marco Glaviano at the Monaco Modern Art Gallery Monday night.

Celebrated fashion and jazz photographer Marco Glaviano launched his exhibition and book “Glaviano 50” with Cindy Crawford Monday evening at the Monaco Modern Art Gallery.
A decked-out crowd, which included Pierre Casiraghi, son of HSH Princess Caroline, and his stunning wife Beatrice Borromeo, sipped champagne outside the gallery between the parked Lamborghinis and the black and white shots of Cindy Crawford that adorned the window fronts.
Ms Crawford, divine in a spectacular bronze sequinned dress (“I didn’t realise how warm it was here”), was incredibly gracious with her time, posing with an endless queue of attendees wanting a selfie with one of the world’s most beautiful women. She even indulged the Editor of Monaco Life, a Canadian, in a conversation about the Muskokas in Ontario, where the supermodel owns a cottage and vacations with her family every summer.
The 50-year retrospective of Mr Glaviano, who worked with the late John Casablancas and Patrick Demarchelier to jumpstart the careers of models like Cindy Crawford, runs until October 2 before heading to St Barth in January 2017, and includes 25 black and white images and two collectors portfolio each with a set of 12 images, the Cindy Kiss photographs on paper with diamond dust crystal (€15,000) and The Supermodels (€20,000).
The Italian artists is celebrating this landmark in his career with “Glaviano 50”, a 30 x40 cm collector’s book art edition covering 5 decades of his career, said to be his final. The 362-page clothbound limited edition book, which includes never before seen photographs, has been printed with four different covers, each with only 50 numbered copies published, and priced at €3,000.
The opening was organised by Nathalie Clifford of Space SBH. Monaco Modern Art Gallery is open Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6:30 pm.

Repair work planned for Monaco Ville

by: Cassandra Tanti
15/09/2016

Image: Direction de la Communicaton
Image: Direction de la Communicaton

The Urban Planning Department will start repair work on rue Marie de Lorraine and Town Hall Square in Monaco Ville from Monday, September 19. This project will continue in two phases until December 16.
During the first phase of work traffic on rue Emile de Loth will be controlled by traffic lights, allowing residents to access the car park on this road.
During the second phase, rue Marie de Lorraine will be controlled by traffic lights to allow traffic to flow both ways.
More information can be obtained from amenagement@gouv.mc

Monaco to host Small State initiative

by: Cassandra Tanti
15/09/2016

66th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe.
66th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe.

A delegation led by HE Mrs Carole Lanteri, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations in Geneva, took part in the 66th session of the Regional Committee for Europe of the World Health Organisation (WHO), which finished in Copenhagen on Thursday.
Discussions focused particularly on the central role of health in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Program in 2030, deployment at the regional level of the new WHO program management of health emergencies and the setting up of a strategy on the health of refugees and migrants.
This event brought together over 400 delegates under the patronage and in the presence of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and the WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan.
The Principality was thanked for hosting in October, the third high-level meeting of the Initiative of Small States. This meeting will be an opportunity to bring together health ministers of eight countries with under a million people in the WHO European Region and to identify the strengths of those states in the implementation of the objectives of sustainable development related to health.

Subasic superb against Spurs giving Monaco 2-1 victory

by: Cassandra Tanti
14/09/2016

Photo: Facebook AS Monaco
Photo: Facebook AS Monaco

Monaco’s away game against Spurs at Wembley on Wednesday night was a further boost to the Principality’s players with a 2-1 victory in the UEFA Champions League fixture.
The first half of the game belonged to Monaco, with Silva opening the scoring in the 15th minute and Lemar following up in the 31st, but Spurs gave a hint of what was to come in the second half with a goal in the 45th minute from Alderweireld.
The hosts had most of the possession in the second half, but Monaco’s defence was solid. Bakayoko and Fabinho were superb for Monaco in the centre of midfield. “Bakayoko in particular was reminiscent of the way Geoffrey Kondogbia absolutely monstered Arsenal for Monaco from the same position a couple of seasons ago,” London’s Telegraph commented.
An ineffective Falcao was replaced in the 81st minute by Valere Germain, but the credit for the Monaco win must be laid at the feet of its defence rather than attack, with a superb performance by Subasic in goal. Possession unquestionably belonged to Spurs, who had many more shots at goal throughout the game. But victory belonged to Monaco, 2-1 away from home!
 
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