Day: 10 May 2018

Continuing his trip to North America, after visiting a number of Canadian cities, Prince Albert travelled on Wednesday, May 9, to Philadelphia, the birthplace of his mother, Princess Grace.

On Wednesday morning, Prince Albert was the special guest of the prestigious Thomas Jefferson University where he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in “Human Letters” in recognition of his work on environmental issues, especially through his Foundation, and for his support for theatre, dance and film through the work of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA.

Prince Albert delivered a speech to nearly two thousand people, including 650 new graduates of the University and their families, stressing the importance of the behaviour of each one of us to better defend our planet.

The Thomas Jefferson University is a university founded in 1824. It specialises in the sciences of medicine and the different fields of health.

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Laurent Puons, CEO of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, announced the recipient of its Crystal Nymph Award and unveiled the names of jury members for the Fiction and News categories of this year’s 58th Awards. He also revealed an extensive line-up of premiere screenings and exclusive celebrations taking place during the globally renowned event.

At a presentation in Monaco on Wednesday, March 9, Puons confirmed that acclaimed Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress Mariska Hargitay will receive the Festival’s Crystal Nymph Award. The Award, which recognises a stellar body of work by a major international actor or actress, will be presented by Prince Albert, Honorary President of the Festival, as part of the Opening Ceremony on June 15.

The News Jury panel, which will be led by Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford, includes Ulysse Gosset, international editorialist for BFM-TV, and Susan Ormiston, senior correspondent for CBC News.

Also joining the panel is José Antonio Guardiola, editor and producer for TVE, Theo Koll, head of ZDF’s Paris office, and director and producer Hyun-Mo Jung.
Following the Opening Ceremony, the Festival will play host to the Global Premiere

Opening Screening of Amazon Prime Original series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. The series is a reinvention with a modern sensibility of the unexpected Tom Clancy hero played by John Krasinski, who also serves as an Executive Producer. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan also stars Wendell Pierce and is created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland who also serve as Co-Showrunners and Executive Producers. Amazon will debut the global series, from Paramount Television and Skydance Television, August 31 on Prime Video.

The five-day event will culminate with the Golden Nymph Awards Ceremony.

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For their last conference of the season at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels on May 5, the Grandes Conférences Catholiques offered the podium to Prince Albert, to set out his and his Foundation’s commitment to the environment, in the context of an address entitled “Air, Sea and Land: This century’s crucial challenges”.

HSH Prince Albert spoke alongside Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Professor at UCL, member of the Royal Academy of Belgium and former Vice-President of the GIEC, and Olivier de Schutter, also a UCL professor, member of the United Nations Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and former special reporter to the United Nations on the right to food.

Professor van Ypersele’s presentation concerned the climate while Professor de Schutter focused on sustainable agriculture and food. For his part, Prince Albert spoke of the sea, an issue that plays a key role in his actions. Reiterating the universal nature of the system constituted by the air, the sea and the land, His Serene Highness pointed out the profound effect human activities have had on that system, leading to severe imbalances.

After reminding the conference of the principal threats to the world’s seas – over-exploitation of marine resources, pollution and severe deregulation of marine balance – the Prince welcomed the dynamism of the international institutions that had included ocean preservation in their action plans, but also stressed the need to continue mobilisation efforts and even accelerate them “because time is pressing and the target fixed by the international community in Aichi to reach 10 percent of all MPAs by 2020 will in all likelihood not be achieved as currently we have only achieved about seven percent.”

The Sovereign Prince concluded with the words: “Through our seas, it is our own lives which we must save.”

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Galerie Birch will mark this weekend’s Grand Prix de Monaco Historique with an evocative exhibition featuring vintage cars from the Golden Age of Americana.

Just as the streets of Monaco will be transformed into a homage to the beauty and speed of vintage automobiles, so will the walls of Galerie Birch in this celebratory Pop Art Pop-up Exhibition, which opens on Friday May 11.

Founder of Galerie Birch, Børge Birch, had a special place in his heart for the Grand Prix de Monaco, which he attended on a number of occasions from his home in Denmark. Now his daughter, Anette, owner of Galerie Birch Monaco, has decided to honour the event with a pop-up exhibition featuring artworks by Danish artist Ole Ziger.

Ziger has a love of all things vintage, including cars. His style has a distinct sense of style and humour, often placing well-known cartoon figures in unexpected settings; Donald Duck lost in Times Square or Betty Boop on the backseat of a Harley Davidson. Ziger’s paintings are a celebration of the golden age of Americana and advertising with a twist of pop culture.

The exhibition at 17 rue Basse in Monaco-Ville will open on Friday at 11am.

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A delegation from Monaco met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday, May 9, and invited him to participate in the Green Energy Forum Meet in Monaco scheduled to be held on June 26 and 27.

Eric Villalonga, President of Chamber of Renewable Energies and Ecology of Monaco, and two other members met Fadnavis at his official residence, Varsha, in south Mumbai, a release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office said.

Villalonga informed Fadnavis that more than 50 countries will participate in next month’s Green Energy Forum. Prior to that, a brainstorming session will be held over the issue of forthcoming challenges and solutions in the energy sector.

During the meeting, the delegation briefly presented the measures taken on energy production, management and hydroelectricity in Monaco, according to Press Trust of India.

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