Month: August 2017

The world’s biggest yacht has appeared off the coast, exciting enthusiasts. The 156-metre Dilbar was docked at Antibes at the weekend, where port facilities had to be modified ahead of the summer season, before heading east.

Poralu Marine, a French company based in Ain, was chosen to carry out the creation of a landing stage designed especially for the Dilbar at the Quai des Milliardaires.

The Dilbar was voted “Best Yacht of the Year 2017” in the World Superyacht Awards. It has 20 cabins for 40 passengers and 80 crewmembers, and resembles a small cruise liner in appearance.

The Dilbar, estimated at being worth €510 million, belongs to a Russian billionaire of Uzbek origin, Alisher Usmanov, reported to have a net worth of €12.85 billion. The yacht was seen heading in the direction of Monaco on Tuesday morning.

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The director of Ferrari’s distribution network in Australia has appeared before Monaco’s Criminal Court for drink-driving at the wheel of a rented red Ferrari, twice within the space of two days.

The Sydney resident was first stopped on July 28 and found to have 0.34 mg/l of blood alcohol, well over the limit of 0.25 mg/l.

He was seen two days later speeding on blvd Princesse Charlotte, and when stopped by police found to be drunk, with a blood alcohol measure of 0.59 mg/l.

Appearing handcuffed before the court he said: “I thought I was in a condition to drive the rented Ferrari. I had drunk three, four maybe, glasses of red wine …”

Judge Florestan Bellinzona responded: “After the second drink you could not drive anymore, and as you continued your drinking at the average of one drink every hour the rate was not going to drop!”

The miscreant was kept in custody after his second stop so that he understands the seriousness of his behaviour, the court was told. The tribunal fined him €3,000.

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A complex bank fraud case has come up in front of the Monaco criminal court involving the extradition of a Finnish national by the German authorities, as part of an international arrest warrant issued by the Monegasque justice system.

As he was absent at the hearing at the time, the criminal court had condemned by default this auxiliary nurse specialising in assistance for the disabled, handing out a sentence of one year in prison.

The case centred on a fraudulent transfer order addressed to Crédit du Nord of Monaco in order to credit a bank account in Warsaw.

In May 2014, a rich English woman wanted to close her offshore account at the bank. A statement showed a debit of €27,000, credited to another account of a Polish bank held on behalf of the accused. The original transfer request was for €35,000, but because of insufficient provisions, the local bank transferred the only available balance. The British client filed a complaint and the public security investigators were able to go back to the inactive account in Poland.

At its latest hearing, the court heard that the defendant disputed opening the account in Warsaw and sending the email to Credit du Nord. He said that this was a clear case of his identity having been stolen after he lost his passport.

Prosecutor Cyrielle Colle agreed that there was a lack of evidence and called for the gentleman in question to be acquitted.

Defending counsel was pleased with the prosecutor’s approach, and pointed out that his client had been held in jail for six weeks because of identity fraud.

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The critically acclaimed exhibition “The Forbidden City in Monaco, Imperial Court Life in China”, will continue at the Grimaldi Forum until September 10.

The magnificent exhibition comprising 250 rare pieces, some of which had never left China, discovers the splendour of court life under the emperors of the last dynasty, the Qing (1644-1911). The impressive selection is complemented by remarkable loans from such prestigious European collections as the Musée du Louvre in Paris and the British Museum in London.

The focus is a celebration of the Forbidden City’s pomp and circumstance, its tastes and its grandeur.

 The exhibition is jointly curated by Jean-Paul Desroches, honorary general curator, and Wang Yuegong, director of the Imperial Court Life Department at the Forbidden City itself.

The Forbidden City is one of the most impressive palace complexes, and the world’s most popular tourist venue, with some 10 million visitors annually. Now both a palace and a museum, it served as the hub around which the new capital, Beijing, was organised. Created on the orders of the third Ming emperor, it was built at a single stroke between 1406 and 1420, and became the cradle of power for the Manchu dynasty for almost three centuries.

Visitors are advised to take a jacket, since the temperature is kept at a constant 21 degrees. Open daily from 10 am until 8 pm, until 10 pm on Thursdays.

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