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Day: 2 January 2019

Thierry Henry busy in the transfer market

by: Cassandra Tanti
02/01/2019
Thierry signs for AS Monaco. Pic: Frank Nataf.

Several new football stars could be coming to Monaco soon, as Thierry Henry spreads his wings across the footballing world to sign new stars.

Looking to shore up his team for better results in the second half of the season, the AS Monaco manager has signed Lyle Foster from South African team Orlando Pirates.

Thierry signs for AS Monaco. Pic: Frank Nataf.
Thierry signs for AS Monaco. Pic: Frank Nataf.

He is also rumoured to be close to a deal to bring Cesc Fabregas to Monaco from Chelsea.

That’s not all. Henry is said by several sport publications to be desperate to sign experienced centre-back Mamadou Sakho.

In further news, publications reported that 36-year-old Brazilian Naldo is leaving struggling German side Schalke for Monaco.

Charlotte Casiraghi calls off engagement

by: Cassandra Tanti
02/01/2019

Charlotte Casiraghi has called off her engagement to her film producer fiancé Dimitri Rassam, according to Spain’s Hola! magazine.

The split comes two months after the daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco gave birth to the couple’s son. Dimitri is himself the child of a star – Carole Bouquet.

Princess Charlotte Casiraghi, HRH Princess Caroline of Monaco and Lars Windhorst CEO of Sapinda on June 24, 2017. Photo: Facebook Stefano Grasso/LGCT

The couple  had previously postponed wedding plans to allow for the birth. The jet-setting couple were planning on a Monaco wedding followed by a party on an Italian island.

Charlotte has an elder son, Raphael, who was born in 2013. He is the son of Gad Elmaleh. As with Raphael, second son Balthazar will not enter the line of royal succession until his parents marry. That now looks unlikely to happen.

DTC partner of Monegasque cultural representations

by: Cassandra Tanti
02/01/2019
DTC operation end 2018 - Teams of the DTC, "Cecilia Bartoli & the Musicians of the Prince" and Monte Carlo Ballets © DTC

During the end of 2018, the Department of Tourism and Congress (DTC) carried out operations promoting Monaco together with the performances of the tour of “Cecilia Bartoli & the Musicians of the Prince” and the Ballets de Monte-Carlo.

On November 23 in Amsterdam, December 3 in Paris and December 10 in Hamburg, as part of the concerts performed by Cecilia Bartoli, a dozen journalists attended the performances of the mezzo-soprano and were able to meet, in exclusivity, the artist at the end of his performances. These journalists were also invited to meetings to discover the richness and diversity of the Principality’s cultural program.

DTC operation end 2018 - Teams of the DTC, "Cecilia Bartoli & the Musicians of the Prince" and Monte Carlo Ballets © DTC
DTC operation end 2018 – Teams of the DTC, “Cecilia Bartoli & the Musicians of the Prince” and Monte Carlo Ballets © DTC

At the same time, the Venetian performances of “Romeo & Juliet” by the Ballets de Monte-Carlo also received a warm and enthusiastic welcome from the journalists present.

A dozen similar operations were organised throughout 2018, in France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and in Belgium.