Month: June 2017

On Thursday, June 22, Gilles Tonelli, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, hosted a luncheon at the Hermitage Hotel for a clutch of new ambassadors to Monaco.

The four new ambassadors are: HE Qëndrim Gashi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kosovo; HE Petr Drulak, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic; HE Dr Khalid Bin Rashid Salem Al-Mansouri, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar and HE Guillaume Dighiero Arrarte, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uruguay.

In the morning the four diplomats presented their credentials to HSH the Sovereign Prince.

HE Qëndrim Gashi is the Founder of the Kosovo Mathematical Society. In 2011, he was appointed Foreign Affairs Advisor to the President of the Republic, and subsequently became a member of the Board of Directors of Pro Credit Kosovo Bank, the Kosovo American Education Fund, and the Council of State on Quality.

After several years at the Institute of International Relations in 2004, HE Petr Drulak joined the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2014, where he served as Deputy Minister, Political Secretary and Director of the Minister’s Office.

HE Dr Khalid Bin Rashid Salem Al-Mansouri joined Qatar’s Consular Affairs Directorate in 1987 and the Information and Research Directorate in 1998, where he moved up the ranks before being appointed Acting Director in 2001. He then served successively as Defence Coordinator, Director of European and American Affairs, Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Director of European Affairs.

Doctor of Medicine, Science and Human Biology, HE Guillaume Dighiero Arrarte pursues a scientific and medical curriculum, notably as Director of Research at the CNRS in 1992, Head of the Department of Pathophysiology and then Executive Director of the Institut Pasteur. He was promoted to Ambassador in 2015. He is the founder of the Uruguayan Society of Haematology.

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Members of the RAMOGE Agreement held a joint anti-pollution exercise on June 14, organised by the Maritime Prefecture of the Mediterranean in Aspretto, in the Gulf of Ajaccio.

French naval vessels, Jason and Persevero, and the Abeille Flandre, a tug from the port of Ajaccio, were at the heart of the exercise, which was to contain an oil spill simulated by non-toxic and biodegradable rice bark.

The Mimosa was tasked with recovering the polluting products. A gendarmerie helicopter flew over the area to help locate the “pollution.”

Since the catastrophe of the oil tanker Haven off Genoa on April 14, 1991, the RAMOGE agreement has been committed to the implementation of the RAMOGEPOL plan in the fight against catastrophic marine pollution.

Every year at least one exercise is carried out to test the know-how of the three countries’ pollution control units and to check on the interoperability between various pollution measures in a coastal zone.

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A startup that aims to introduce the world of yachting to a new and wider market has just launched. FLOAT enables users to book luxury yacht charters individually, with prices starting from as low as €99 per person.

FLOAT operates its yachts on a number of scheduled routes as shuttles. Each cruise is designed to include time to swim from the yacht, lunch at some of the world’s top beach restaurants and, of course, champagne on board.

Founded by Gualtiero Giori, CEO of 21st Luxury and former owner of Camper & Nicholsons, and Dimitri Semenikhin, CEO of Yacht Harbour, FLOAT will start the season by operating a series of routes around Monaco and St Tropez ahead of a planned expansion to Miami and the Bahamas by the winter.

The pair say they want to bring users a true yachting experience at a price more than 20 times lower than renting out a boat for a day charter. FLOAT achieves these lower costs by letting users purchase individual tickets through its app or website as opposed to chartering the whole boat.

“After working with billionaires and celebrities, amongst others, for their superyacht needs as owner of Camper & Nicholsons, I wanted everyone to be able to enjoy yachting, which meant making it more accessible and simpler to enjoy, hence the creation of FLOAT,” said Mr Giori.

Mr Semenikhin added, “FLOAT brings a level of efficiency and innovation to yachting that the sector was previously lacking. In addition to exposing a whole new demographic to yachts, FLOAT’s tech platform drastically reduces the complexity of chartering a yacht with its instant booking function and removes price as a barrier of entry,”

Jean-Jacques Boude, a former executive at Camper & Nicholsons International, has been appointed to run FLOAT’s operations as CEO. The first shuttles will start immediately, and the company plans to expand its number of routes and fleet in the near future.

The startup is also planning a membership programme enabling members to gain unlimited access for a yearly fee.

Download the app from iTunes.

Matchroom Boxing and Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer have announced a new edition of Monte-Carlo Boxing Bonanza on Saturday, November 4. The evening of World Championship Boxing in the Salle Médecin of the Casino de Monte-Carlo will be shown live on Sky Sports.

This is the fourth year in a row that the special Monaco setting will host World Championship Boxing, with Kazakhstan superstar Gennady Golovkin having headlined here in both 2014 and 2015.

“I am delighted to be returning to Monaco on November 4 for another Monte-Carlo Boxing Bonanza,” said Eddie Hearn, MD of Matchroom. “This time we will be staging this exclusive event from the magnificent Casino de Monte-Carlo for a black tie event to be remembered. We will be bringing together major names from the boxing world for another evening of World Championship Boxing – keep the date free!”

“The Casino de Monte-Carlo is thrilled to welcome again the Monte-Carlo Boxing Bonanza in its iconic private gaming room and to take an active part in the organisation of this international event,” said Pascal Camia, Executive Vice President, Gaming Operations. “This outstanding tournament contributes in positioning Casino de Monte-Carlo as a stunning place for extraordinary events.”

Details on the line-up and tickets will be released later in the summer.

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