Day: 8 November 2017

Ever the fashion jetsetter, Charlotte Casiraghi has once again popped up on a red carpet in a look provided countless column inches for society papers everywhere. On November 4, Princess Caroline’s daughter stepped out to attend the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Art+Film Gala honouring Mark Bradford and George Lucas. The benefit was presented by Gucci alongside guests such as Jane Fonda, Kim Kardashian, Salma Hayek, Naomi Campbell and Leonardo DiCaprio, who has co-chaired the awards show for seven consecutive years.

Wearing a dress from the Italian fashion house’s Spring Summer 2018 collection, whose show Charlotte attended back in September, the 31-year-old mother of one was radiant in a multicolour silk gown in shades of pale rose, champagne, light lavender and turquoise embroidered with crystals that sparkled with every paparazzi flash.

Also present was new boyfriend, film producer and son of French actress and model Carole Bouquet, Dimitri Rassam, whom she was finally officially photographed with much to the relief of gossip columnists that have closely followed the story.

Tickets for the 2017 Art+Film Gala started at €4,300 ($5,000), and proceeds will, in part, help make film more central to the museum’s curatorial programming.

Article first published on November 8, 2017.

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A delegation from the Principality has been present since November 4, in Bonn, Germany, to participate in the 23rd United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP23).

The Bonn Conference follows the Paris Conference (COP21) and the Marrakech Conference (COP22). Its purpose is to advance in the development of the various guidelines, modalities and procedures for the full implementation of the Paris Agreement.

The other a vital technical and political mission of this COP23 is to make advances on the rules of application of the Paris Agreement.

COP23 will run until Friday, November 17, chaired by Fiji, an island state particularly affected by the effects of climate change.

A few days before the Bonn Conference, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) published data showing that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, which is partly responsible for global warming, increased at a record pace in 2016, the highest over the past 800,000 years.

The Bonn Conference will include a series of meetings and events, including the high-level segment, which will take place on November 15 and 16 and be attended by Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister for Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, as Head of Delegation.

Throughout this conference, the Monegasque delegation, through the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG), a negotiating group of which Monaco is a member, will strive to maintain a high level of ambition in the discussions, particularly as regards transparency. Information and mitigating the effects of climate change. It will also ensure that the key role of the oceans in mitigating and adapting the effects of climate change is taken into account.

The Principality will host an IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) session in 2019, at which time the special report on oceans and the cryosphere will be approved.

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Former Nigeria international defender Michael Emenalo is said to be under consideration for Technical Director at AS Monaco after leaving the same role at Chelsea, where he has been in the job for ten years.

Reports in France indicate that the 52-year-old is a target for Monaco who are looking to bring in an experienced technical staff following the departure of key players this summer.

Emenalo has been a key cog in the Chelsea machine under Roman Abramovich but has seen his role increasingly under pressure in an internal power struggle between Marina Granovskaia, a key Abramovich confidante, and manager Antonio Conte, the UK’s Independent daily reports.

Emenalo is widely regarded as the brain behind Chelsea signing the likes of Eden Hazard, Cesar Azpilicueta, and Thibaut Courtois, among others.

Although the move to Monaco is not set to be imminent, there have been reports that their interest in his services made him quit his role at Chelsea earlier than when he would have preferred.

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The annual Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival starts on November 16 at the Salle Garnier and promises to be its usual eclectic self.

Under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert, the Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival – now in its 12th edition – brings together renowned jazz musicians in the prestigious Salle Garnier at the Opera de Monte-Carlo.

The festival brings together performances by internationally celebrated jazz artists including Marcus Miller, who will perform at the opening night, followed by Stacey Kent, Texas, Christophe and many more.

For the closing evening, the The Puppini Sisters, now regarded as one of the world’s leading close-harmony group, will share the stage with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox.

Tickets, from €80, are available online.

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A huge drop in armed robberies is providing welcome respite for French law enforcement.

The National Observatory of Crime and Criminal Responses reported on Wednesday, November 8, that the number of robberies committed with a firearm has fallen dramatically since 2009.

A study by the National Observatory of Delinquency and Criminal Responses (ONDRP) is the source of the figures. Documents provided by the Central Office for Combating Organised Crime (OCLCO) reveal that the number of robberies committed by means of a firearm, particularly against commercial targets, collapsed nearly 60 percent since 2009, the equivalent of about 4,000 fewer victims.

Armed robberies overall have fallen, but the main beneficiaries are tobacconists, petrol stations and other retail outlets.

Criminologists have suggested that the fall in armed robberies is in part explained by the cashless society and the use of debit cards.

Jewellers have also benefited, with a drop in armed robberies from 359 in 2011 to just 45 in 2016. Heightened and more sophisticated security measures have also helped, the experts say. They cite the marking of cash and merchandise, more CCTV and SMS alerts as further reasons for the drop.

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