Day: 29 April 2018

In a letter addressed on Friday, April 27, to the Minister of the Interior, Patrice Cellario, the President of the National Council, Stéphane Valeri, and the President of the Environment and Quality of Life Commission, Fabrice Notari, have echoed public worries about the excesses on the public roads seen during Top Marques last weekend. They ask him to take measures in the future to stop a repeat of such events.

“While (…) we appreciate the measures taken by the Government to strengthen the legal arsenal related to traffic offences, we can not remain insensitive to the extent of the excesses that occurred, but we note a mismatch between the events that took place and the strategy adopted by the public authorities to deal with them.

“Also, we would like to know the arrangements set up before this event, in connection with the organiser or independently. As it is a problem that has been growing for more than three years, it is a question of looking to the future so that the Principality will no longer be a theatre for such events, which are unworthy of the remarkable work done by the Public Security officers throughout the year and represent a severe blow to our image as a safe and peaceful country.

“We hope that everything will be implemented in the context of the next edition of this exhibition, so that the quality of life of residents is not impaired and the attractiveness of the Principality is not tainted.”

The letter added, “The majority of the National Council places the improvement of the quality of life at the heart of its priorities for the entire Monegasque community.”

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A Sovereign Ordinance published in the Journal de Monaco of April 20 regulates four zones to secure the maritime area around the offshore expansion project.

Two maritime zones become prohibited work areas for public access and all maritime activities. Navigation, anchoring and fishing are strictly forbidden; they are delimited by yellow buoys. The first stretches from the Spelugues marine protected area in the west to the Larvotto marine protected area in the east, while the second stretches out to the Larvotto marine area, at the eastern sea border of the Principality.

A further maritime zone prohibits the anchoring and navigation of water-based leisure craft, such as sailboats, scooters and rowing boats, located between the two preceding zones, and a maritime zone prohibits anchoring along the previous zones.

The regulation will come into effect from Tuesday, May 1, 2018, until the end of the construction of the marine infrastructure planned for 2020.

More information: Directorate of Maritime Affairs +377 98 98 22 80.

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After 10 years of work and a test run in March, a world first took place on Sunday, April 29, at Place du Palais when an environmentally-friendly balloon took to the skies before flying to Piedmont, Italy.

After two hours of preparation, the Monaco Aeronauts balloon took off at 7:30 am, in the presence of Prince Albert. The flight took place in very good weather conditions and concluded, three hours later, with a landing near the Italian municipality of Saluces, Piedmont.

The two pilots, environmental enthusiasts Alain Cruteanschii and Guy Bouckaert, spoke of the privilege and the great honour of being able to see their project become reality. The balloon, equipped like a Boeing 747 – with a transponder allowing them to be spotted by control towers and aircraft – flew at a height of 5,700 metres. With an estimated temperature of -30°C, the pilots needed a constant supply of oxygen.

The venture is part of the “Next Generation Project” by Monaco’s Aeronauts and aims to pioneer a reduction in the the propane consumption of hot air balloon burners. The balloon has a double jacket that reduces energy loss, avoiding the escape of hot air to the outside. “Jeeper”, the model used, consumes only 20 kg per hour of propane instead of the usual 60.

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The Greek Community in Monaco hosted a dinner at Monaco Yacht Club on Friday, April 27, to honour the businessman and contemporary art collector Dakis Joannou and entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. The event was presided over by the association’s president, Sophia Vaharis Tsouvelekakis.

On the following day, Mr Joannou and Sir Stelios spoke at a conference, in English, entitled “Start up: Business and Art,” which was moderated by the writer and journalist, Yorgos Archimandritis.

The event coincided with 2018 artmonte-carlo.

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