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Day: 9 May 2017

Helen Mirren to receive Crystal Nymph in Monaco

by: Cassandra Tanti
09/05/2017
Photo: WEBN-TV
Photo: WEBN-TV

Laurent Puons, CEO of the 57th Monte-Carlo Television Festival, has announced the recipient of its prestigious Crystal Nymph Award and unveiled the names of jury members for the Fiction and News categories. He also revealed an extensive line-up of premiere screenings and exclusive celebrations taking place during the globally renowned festival, which runs from June 16 to 20.

Mr Puons confirmed that Helen Mirren will receive the Crystal Nymph Award, which recognises a stellar body of work by a major international actor or actress, that will be presented by Prince Albert, Honorary President of the Festival, as part of the Closing Ceremony on June 20.

Mr Puons also announced the names of the jury members who will select the Golden Nymph Awards in 2017. The Fiction Jury panel, comprises a wealth of the industry’s foremost acting and production talent, including multi award-winning Argentinian film and television director, writer and producer Juan José Campanella (The Secret in Their Eyes, House, 30 Rock); writer, producer and co-founder of Spain’s Bambu Producciones, Ramón Campos; award-winning actress Odile Vuillemin (Profilage, L’Emprise); Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actor John Corbett (United States of Tara, Sex and the City); Emmy-nominated producer and writer Peter M. Lenkov (Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver, 24); and Academy Award-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo.

The Festival has partnered with a range of studios and distributors to host a line-up of glittering events and screenings, including Distributor all3media International, which is celebrating the 20th Birthday of global hit drama Midsomer Murders, a party to acknowledge the 30th anniversary of The Bold and The Beautiful, and Hasbro Studios will invite members of the public to an exclusive screening of episodes of its iconic animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Transformers: Robots in Disguise.

Culminating with a unique competition, which celebrates and honours fiction and news and current affairs programming, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival has been recognised as one of the finest festivals in the world, enhanced even further by its location in the Principality of Monaco.

 

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Monaco’s French voters backed Macron

by: Cassandra Tanti
09/05/2017
Photo: Rama
Photo: Rama

Emmanuel Macron obtained 59.46 percent of the votes of French voters in Monaco in the second round of the Presidential election on Sunday, May 7, a slightly lower percentage than Macron’s overall support of close to 65 percent in France.

Only 18.05 percent of French voters living in Monaco supported Macron in the first round.

Prince Albert has sent a letter of congratulations to the new President of the Republic, calling for the strengthening of historic collaboration between the two countries. The sovereign added his “fervent wishes for the happy fulfilment of your high mission in the service of France, in union, at the heart of an international organisation marked by individualism”.

The Sovereign Prince also mentioned the importance of the environment in the context of bilateral cooperation, particularly with regard to the Mediterranean basin. Prince Albert alluded to Monaco’s relations with the EU, saying there are special ties between Monaco and France. Alluding to the employment opportunities offered to Monaco’s French neighbours, Prince Albert said: “The Principality will remain largely open to the regions around it, helping to offer their populations economic and employment opportunities.”

 

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Students hear distinguished speaker on international relations

by: Cassandra Tanti
09/05/2017
Photo: Manu Vitali/DC
Photo: Manu Vitali/DC

On Thursday, May 4, at the Auditorium of the Monaco Technical and Hotel School, the last conference of the school year dedicated to major contemporary issues and organised by the Monaco Méditerranée Foundation was held in the presence of Patrice Cellario, Minister of the Interior.

Jean-François Daguzan, Doctor of Law and Political Sciences, spoke on the theme “Governance, world economy and power relations”.

Mr Daguzan is Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS), formerly in charge of France’s General Secretariat of National Defence (SGDN) of the Prime Minister for industrial matters. He is Editor-in-Chief of the magazine “Geo-Economics” and Director of Maghreb-Machrek. President of the Scientific Council of the Institut Choiseul, he also acts as an auditor of the 49th session of the Institute of Higher National Defense Studies (IHEDN).

For the last two years, the Monaco Méditerranée Foundation, chaired by President Enrico Bragiotti, has organised a series of high-level conferences devoted to the main issues of the contemporary world.

Prince Albert – particularly attentive to the need to prepare the younger generation to act conscientiously and with responsibility to build their future – was keen to place these strategic conferences under His High Patronage. Enrico Bragiotti, initiator of this programme, wanted to associate fully with its innovative approach the Directorate of National Education, Youth and Sports, under the responsibility of Isabelle Bonnal.

These conferences were initially open to high school students receiving general education in the Principality and were quickly taken up by many pupils who expressed their wish to attend, on a voluntary basis, these exchanges on sensitive and strategic topics. The quality of the speakers and the content, both highly specialised but also adapted to the audience of their speech, have contributed significantly to this enthusiasm.

These exceptional meetings allow students of the Principality’s general, technological and vocational education, students of the Sciences Po Menton Campus and the International University of Monaco, to exchange ideas with experts and speakers who are renowned specialists in the fields of economics, international relations, and geopolitics.

At the end of the last conference of the year, the pupils who followed the whole lecture course received a diploma attesting to their active participation in this cycle of training in the challenges of the contemporary world.

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