Day: 22 January 2018

Pauline Ducruet, the 23-year-old elder daughter of Princess Stephanie, will take part in the 28th Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, which starts on March 16 in the Moroccan desert.

Created in 1990, Rallye Aicha des Gazelles is an only all-female rally that brings together a group of women who take a tour in the Moroccan Sahara using old-fashioned navigation, according to moroccoworldnews.com.

“Starting a new adventure,” Pauline told her 34,400 Instagram followers, showing a map of part of the demanding route. Pauline said that training is starting in Moab, Utah. The rally is a radical diversion from her main interest, fashion.

Pauline is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York. “I would say that my designs are inspired by everything that surrounds me. Street styles and also the basics of a wardrobe,” she told the American magazine W.

The rally ends on March 31.

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Monaco’s Criminal Court has sentenced a Romanian national to one year in jail for a series of sexual assaults, local French-language daily Monaco-Matin reports.

The offences were committed at the Monaco Monte-Carlo railway station, the court was told, where the accused touched the intimate parts of several women waiting for trains and looked under the skirts of girls. He also put his head under the ladies’ toilet door to watch women urinating. Video surveillance confirmed the numerous complaints from members of the public.

The unemployed recidivist, who appeared in court in handcuffs on Friday, January 19, was found guilty of public indecency, assault and breaking an order to stay out of the Principality.

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Brooks Brothers, which has a Monaco store at the Yacht Club, celebrated their 200th anniversary with the first event show at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The evening marked a special milestone in the history of Brooks Brothers, America’s oldest retailer, and was the first of many special moments taking place over the next year.

Held in the famous Salone dei Cinquecento at Palazzo Vecchio, in the very centre of the city, the runway was designed in the signature colours that have always distinguished the brand: navy blue and gold.

Fifty-one models, 45 men’s and six women’s looks, walked through live performance by 53 members of the Italian Philharmonic playing an arrangement of contemporary music, notably, and a reference to Brooks Brothers’ New York origins, Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keys.

The show reintroduced the iconic camel polo coat and the navy blazer was shown in several combinations, a style more cool than collegiate; the Brooks Brothers iconic rep stripe tie was often worn like a belt in a reference to Fred Astaire, one of the brands famous customers.

Also in attendance at the fashion show in Florence was Konstantinos Tsouvelekakis, Managing Director of Brooks Brothers Monaco, who is also the official representative in Monaco, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and the Balkans of the Permasteelisa Group, a world leader in the fields of engineering, project management, manufacturing and installation of architectural envelopes with a turnover of €1.5 billion.

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The traditional greetings ceremony for representatives of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Principality was held on Thursday, January 18, at the Shangri-La Hotel in Paris.

Gilles Tonelli, Minister of foreign Affairs and Cooperation, and HE Claude Cottalorda, Ambassador of Monaco to France, welcomed nearly 80 Ambassadors and Representatives of embassies accredited to the Principality.

Before presenting his wishes for happiness, health and prosperity for the year, Minister Tonelli expressed the support of the Principality for those countries affected by terrorist atrocities. He said that Monaco will continue to work for peace in international forums and will ensure that commitments made in the environmental, humanitarian, health and education sectors are kept and consolidated.

The Minister then read a message from HSH the Sovereign Prince who expressed his wish that in 2018 political and economic leaders commit to building a more viable and just world and that they work for sustainable development that favours a “green” economy.

After discussing Monaco news, including the importance of the negotiations with the European Union and the holding of the next national elections, the Prince conveyed his New Year’s greetings in Monegasque.

To date, Monaco has diplomatic relations with 135 states in the world and 114 Ambassadors are accredited to the Principality.

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