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Marta in Monaco a starter in TF1 prime-time adventure

by: Cassandra Tanti
23/08/2017

A young Monegasque student of Communications and Marketing will take part in the next season of the prime time adventure game shown on TF1, Koh Lanta, due to take to the air again from Friday, September 1.

Marta, 21, will represent Monaco at the start of the competition, which this year tours the archipelago of Fiji.

Marta competed in the Miss Italy 2015 contest, and on her Instagram account shares many photos of her daily life in the Principality.

In a video portrait put on line by TF1, the student says: “When I was young, I was a high-level athlete and I was a 4×1000 metre French champion.” Jokingly, she says that if she wins the €100,000 at stake, she will spend it on handbags.

In a more serious vein, she adds, ominously: “I do not like to lose at all and I get upset very quickly. There is a place, only one winner and the others are in the trash.”

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Monaco’s Pavilion the ultimate in recycling

by: Cassandra Tanti
23/08/2017
Photo: MIE
Photo: MIE

Fréderic Platini, Secretary General of the Monegasque Red Cross, received a warm welcome on Tuesday, August 22, when he gave details of the second life of the Monaco Pavilion, which continues its life in Loumbila, Burkina Faso.

The Principality was the first country to design a detachable and recyclable pavilion. The result at Loumbila is breathtaking, Mr Platini said.

The audience, composed of curators from the pavilions of the participating countries at the Astana World Expo, as well as the directors and the president of the Kazakh Red Crescent, was enthusiastic about the Principality’s initiative through the Monegasque Red Cross.

Monaco’s move has aroused real interest and is likely to encourage other countries to reflect on doing the same thing in the future.

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Hardcore supporters attack Mbappe

by: Cassandra Tanti
23/08/2017
Kylian Mbappe
Mbappe. Photo: Facebook AS Monaco
Mbappe. Photo: Facebook AS Monaco

Monaco’s most enthusiastic supporters, the Ultras, have criticised teen sensation Kylian Mbappe. The hardcore fans used Twitter to say that the transfer target had “proved nothing special in his few dozen matches as a professional”.

The Ultras said they were “amazed and indignant” at the amount of money involved in Mbappe’s possible transfer to arch rivals Paris Saint Germain and in his salary to extend his contract.

The 18-year-old striker’s problems came to the fore after he was left out of the Monaco squad against Metz last Friday. It has been reported that his sidelining was punishment for his bad behaviour towards a teammate in training last week.

Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim added: “Kylian is not at 100 percent. He is not in great form. But that is to be expected of a kid who is just 18.” Despite the Ultras’ claim, Mbappe scored 26 goals in 44 matches last season.

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Giuly takes role of club ambassador

by: Cassandra Tanti
23/08/2017
Ludovic Giuly Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO
Ludovic Giuly Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO

Ludovic Giuly, a former AS Monaco captain, will serve as an ambassador for the club, the club said on Monday, August 21. Giuly will represent the current French champions at official events and will also work with the club’s youth academy.

The 41-year-old was capped 17 times by France and won the French title with Monaco in 2000. He captained the side that lost to Porto Champions League final in 2004.

Moving to Barcelona that year he helped the club win the Champions League in 2006. After playing with Roma and Paris Saint-Germain, he came back to Monaco for a season in 2011/12 in the second tier.

He has always enjoyed considerable popularity in Monaco.

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Drugs suspected in bizarre traffic incident

by: Cassandra Tanti
22/08/2017

policecarA bizarre traffic incident on boulevard Albert Ier ended up with a drugged driver hitting a police car at low speed.

The 27-year-old Frenchman went around the Place d’Armes roundabout in the wrong direction just before 2:30 pm in the afternoon Saturday before slowly zigzagging the wrong way down boulevard Albert Ier.

A police officer had to break a window of the light grey Volvo Open to come into direct contact with the driver, who was incoherent. Although he didn’t fail a blood-alcohol test, packs of drugs were found in the car, which appeared to be cannabis.

The driver was not “unfavourably known to the French and Monegasque police services”, a police source said.

The driver was taken to the Princess Grace Hospital for general examination and psychiatric tests. A court appearance is likely in the next few days.

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FEDEM: Monaco’s green future is like no other

by: Cassandra Tanti
22/08/2017
Philippe Ortelli
Philippe Ortelli

Monaco Business News in its summer edition concentrates on energy transition. Introducing the topic in FEDEM’s regular publication, Philippe Ortelli, President of the Monegaqgue Employers’ Federation, underlines the vital importance of making the transition to clean energy.

“When we zoom in on energy transition in the Principality, we all know that it is this type of responsibility that will have an impact on our descendants, and over several generations,” Mr Ortelli said.

He refers to the fact that Monaco is very small, but adds that the power to act is much more important than our surface occupied on earth.

“This generational responsibility commits us to develop the solutions that will ensure the sustainability of our economic, ecological and social model”, Mr Ortelli commented. “For it alone will provide us with the means to act elsewhere on earth.”

He added that not everything is lost in the battle, for example, that we can reduce our carbon footprint by 50 percent by 2030 if the will is there.

“Our model in Monaco is like no other. Let us continue together, the heads of companies, the authorities and social partners, to demonstrate the collective responsibility which has led our country to advance and its economy to prosper.”  

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