Month: October 2017

The second TEDxMonteCarlo, with a theme of “License to Know”, will be held on November 11 at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco, where 18 engaging speakers from around the world will converge and explore a wide range of ideas from science to business and global issues.

A few of the notable speakers just announced will include Mikhail Varshavski, a New York- based doctor focusing on family and preventive medicine, who is also a social media entrepreneur, philanthropist and a doctor with purpose.

Fiorina Berezovsky, a 10 year-old Chess Champion and a member of the Monaco team, and Kohei Ogawa, an Osaka University professor who developed a robot which moves as if it has a life of its own. As well, Emily Rolfe, 17, the youngest female competitor on the 32nd edition of the Marathon des Sables, will also present.

Additionally, Johannes Pinl, a Monaco-based entrepreneur whose passion and expertise is on innovative marine and land-based solutions for asset protection and saving lives. Teodora Elvira WI, a Medical Officer at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, who is leading the development of global Sexually Transmitted Infection guidelines.

Tickets are on sale for €88 and a discounted fare of €55 for students, giving access to morning activities, the Talks, and networking opportunities during the coffee break.

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ALERT ALERT! Another Monaqasque royal has popped up in the front rows of Milan Fashion Week. While her niece Charlotte Casiraghi was gracing the Gucci Spring Summer 18 show in the Italian fashion capitol, aunt Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene was on the other side of town catching the Giorgio Armani show.

Back in 2011, the Italian designer was responsible for her wedding dress, which took three seamstresses and 2,500 hours to make, as well as her dress for the dinner and ball that followed. Sitting front row next to Giorgio’s niece, Roberta Armani, who is also the director of PR for the fashion house, Princess Charlene was joined by Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett.

The Princess kept it neutral in a stone snakeskin trench coat, navy jumpsuit, snakeskin mules and a Giorgio Armani Ecurie bag.

Friday however the Princess was feeling a little bit more adventurous in her fashion choices.

Clearly HSH got the memo early that the Versace Spring Summer 18 show was going to be nothing less than iconic and she pulled out all the stops. Sitting front row next to F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, whom she and Prince Albert spent time with during last year’s Monaco Grand Prix, HSH took in the tribute to Gianni Versace.

In a silver chain mail dress complete with cut outs and a black leather Moto jacket, the Princess was more than happy to shatter all your expectations of how a royal should dress. Seeming to be the second act to the silver sequinned Atelier Versace jumpsuit she wore back in July at the Red Cross gala it seems Charlene + Versace is the perfect style match to get people talking.

Instagram sensation and style blogger Louis Pisano writes SuperficialLivingDiary.com. Article first published September 21, 2017. All images with permission. Article first published September 25, 2017. 

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French President Emmanuel Macron’s abolition of the wealth tax soon after he took office was designed to stem the flow of millionaires from the country, but following a sustained outcry from his critics – who have called him “President of the rich” – his government is planning to introduce a tax on luxury yachts, supercars and precious metals in the 2018 budget.

The wealth tax was brought in by the Socialists in the 1980s, and was levied on individuals with assets above €1.3 million. Although there were plans to replace it with a real estate tax, yachts, luxury cars and jewellery were supposed to escape the levy.

“The idea of the wealth tax reform was that there should not be a brake on contributors to economic production, that we suppress taxes that deter investors,” Richard Ferrand, leader of the Republic on the Move parliamentary group, has said.

“Taxing real estate wealth is compatible with this, but goods such as yachts, luxury cars or precious metals do not contribute to the productive economy either.”

The 2018 budget bill will be studied by parliament’s finance commission this week.

Meanwhile, Tuesday, October 10, will see another national day of strike action against the President’s changes to France’s labour laws. Expect delays and cancellations for regional train service in and out of Monaco until 8 am on Wednesday, October 11.

Additionally, over this same period, there is a French air traffic control strike which will affect Nice airport. See the airport’s website for real-time flight arrivals and departures.

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The Route of Goût is the annual organic foodie event celebrating popular gastronomy, biology, ecology, health, youth and sports for a charitable purpose over four days in October.

The free festival along Quai Albert Ier is organised by the Association Bio Chef Global Spirit under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert and chaired by Paolo Sari, the only starred chef who is certified organic in the world.

“Monaco – the symbol of wellbeing, respect for the environment, renewable energy, and biological diversity – is the perfect place to be 100 percent organic,” Mr Sari told Monaco Life. “It’s a corner between Italy and France, and the French-Italian agriculture and gastronomy share long histories. Also, we have a microclimate that allows lemon and cabbage, and avocado and mango to grow in the same soil.”

From Thursday, October 12, until Sunday, October 15, in additional to the organic farmers market, there will be many educational activities on the topic of renewable energy and protecting the planet, as well as cooking demonstrations. Parents and children are invited to become involved. Children can also take part in a tennis competition at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, and on Friday at the Monte Carlo Beach the Gala Dinner will be prepared by children with a little help from local chefs.

Saturday will have a marine flavour – dedicated to “craftsmen of the sea” – with a procession of 8 Riva boats accompanied by 8 starred chefs. The afternoon culinary competition is open to the public, but in the evening, the 8 chefs will prepare a memorable dinner consisting of 8 works of art, one dish by each chef. The first dinner ever made by 16 hands.

Money raised during the various events, from the sale of gadgets to private donations, will be donated to the reconstruction and revitalisation of the food, hospitality and educational establishments in the Italian regions hit hardest by the earthquake in 2016.

Part of the proceeds from the sale of Paolo Sari’s first book – The Bio Chef – will be for the purchase of professional equipment for the start-up of the organic hotel school in Ambavanankarana, Madagascar, and for the construction of a second building in 2018.

For a complete list of the program read here. Reservations can be made on +377 98 06 36 36 or by email: organisation@thebiochef.com

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The 12th Oktoberfest was launched by Prince Albert on October 14, at 7:30 pm, on the terrace of the Café de Paris with a celebration of Bavarian Oktoberfest traditions. The piercing of the first beer barrel will be marked by cries of “O’zapft is”.

The event is in partnership with the Munich team of Weihenstephan, the oldest brewery in the world, who will serve exceptional beer in a lively Bavarian setting from 7 pm to 00:30 am every day.

As in previous years, an exceptional menu (€120 per person, including drinks) has been orchestrated by the head of the Café de Paris Brasserie, with many Bavarian delights and delicacies (including a sauerkraut Formula) available à la carte. Folkloric entertainment is also on tap.

Monaco’s Oktoberfest continues runs until October 22.