Day: 13 October 2016

The national day of homage to the 86 victims of the Bastille Day atrocity in Nice has been postponed until Saturday, due to bad weather. The event had been originally planned for Friday, October 14, three months to the day after the terror attack on the Promenade des Anglais.
Christian Estrosi, president of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolitan area, was informed of the postponement by a telephone call from President Hollande during a meeting of the municipal council on Thursday morning. Delayed by 24 hours, the ceremony will now take place on the hill at the Château, overlooking the Promenade des Anglais, starting at 11 am.
A charity sale (view catalogue), with proceeds to be donated to the victims and families of the July 14 attack, has been organised by the auction house 4-Auction on Sunday, October 16 at 2 pm and will take place at the Palais de la Mediterranean in Nice. view catalogue can be viewed here.
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Monaco’s Government is investing in two linear particle accelerators for the radiotherapy department of the Princess Grace Hospital. A linear accelerator customises high energy X-rays to match a tumour’s shape and destroy cancer cells while sparing normal tissue.
There are only two or three such advanced machines in the whole of France, and none in the PACA region, Stéphane Valeri, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, said.
Dr Cécile Ortholan, department head of radiotherapy at Princess Grace since 2011, added: “It’s like going from a small city car to a Ferrari. We can treat tumours for all cancers with greater precision. We treat 400 patients per year in Monaco.”
The Novalis truebeam machines will cost a total of €11 million, and the first is ready to enter service on Monday with the second arriving within a year.

On Wednesday, October 12, 2016, Mrs Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Department of External Relations and Cooperation, received four new ambassadors during a luncheon at the Hotel Hermitage.
They were: HE Mr Maadhad Jaber Hareb Meghair Alkhyeli, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates; HE Mr Umberto Di Capua, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; HE Mr Masato Kitera, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan and HE Mr Lilian Moraru, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova, who all presented, in the morning, their letters of appointment to HSH the Sovereign Prince.
A graduate of Zayed II Military College, Mr Alkhyeli entered the UK’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK in 1977. He later became a trainer within the Armed Forces and was appointed successively State Officer Major, Commander Special Forces, Commander Zayed II Military College and Chief of the Armed Forces.
Mr Di Capua is an Electrical Engineer graduate. For several years he directed major Italian companies in electrical equipment, construction, auto parts and electrical engineering. In 2000, he was appointed Chairman of Sviluppo Italia SpA, a company for the promotion and development of entrepreneurship and employment in disadvantaged regions of southern Italy. In 2002, he acquired Elettronica Aster, becoming President. He was appointed Ambassador in Bulgaria in 2005.
Mr Kitera joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) in 1976, where he became private secretary to the Chief of Staff before being appointed to the Embassy of Japan in Thailand. In 2000, he was promoted to Director of the Financial Affairs Division. He then joined the Japanese Embassy in France before becoming CEO of Poste for African Affairs South Sahara and the Office of International Cooperation. In 2012, he was appointed Ambassador of Japan in China.
Specialised in international law, Mr Moraru began his diplomatic career in MEA where he held the positions of Head of Unit of consular law, Head of Regional Cooperation, Head of Unit and Deputy Director European legislation. He has held various positions at the Embassy of Moldova in Israel, Belgium and France.

Costamare Inc., an international owner and provider of container ships for charter, has announced the election of two Class III directors at the company’s annual meeting of stockholders held in Monaco on Wednesday, October 12.
The newly-elected directors are Konstantinos Konstantakopoulos and Charlotte Stratos. Each Class III director was elected to hold office for a term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2019 and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified. Stockholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors Accountants SA as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.
Costamare Inc. is one of the world’s leading owners and providers of container ships for charter. The company has 42 years of history in the international shipping industry and a fleet of 72 container ships, with a total capacity in excess of 467,000 TEU, including 10 newbuild container ships on order.
Eighteen of the company’s container ships, including 10 newbuilds, have been acquired pursuant to the Framework Agreement with York Capital Management by vessel-owning joint venture entities in which Costamare hold a minority interest.