Day: 7 January 2019

The Prince’s Government has welcomed MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar, who is visiting Monaco on a two-day study trip.

Mr López Aguilar was appointed on 3 September 2018 by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, rapporteur for the Association Agreement between Monaco and the European Union. As such, he will be asked to draft an interim report that will contain recommendations concerning the direction of the negotiations. This report should then be adopted by the European Parliament in plenary session in March 2019.

This visit, organized on the initiative of the Monaco Mission to the European Union in Brussels, aims to inform the MEP about the Principality, its geographical and demographic particularities, as well as its institutional, economic and social specificities. so that it acquainted with the realities faced by Monegasques, residents and businesses of Monaco.

In this perspective, after a working lunch at the Residence of His Excellency the Minister of State, in the presence of the members of the Government and the Director of Judicial Services, Mr. López Aguilar will conduct a guided tour of the Principality and attend, among other things, meetings with the Monegasque institutions (see program attached).

It should be noted that Mr López Aguilar has also visited Andorra in October and San Marino in November 2018.

Take advantage of early booking discounts for the Dali summer exhibition at the Grimaldi Forum. €6 tickets until 30 June.

Book before 30 June for the summer exhibition of Dali, A History of Painting and pay just €6. The exhibition will run from 6 July to 8 September, 2019.

In line with the great monographs of twentieth century artists presented at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco (SuperWarhol in 2003, Monaco Celebrates Picasso in 2013 and, more recently, Francis Bacon, Monaco and French Culture in 2016), the summer 2019 exhibition will be dedicated to Dali, curated by Montse Aguer, Director of the Dali Museums.

This retrospective is conducted in collaboration with the Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dalí.

In this year, the 30th anniversary of the artist’s death (1904-1989), the Dali exhibition, a history of painting, offers the public an exceptional journey through Dali’s artistic production and allows it to discover the different stages of the artist’s creation.

It not only offers a retrospective view of Dali’s work, but also reveals how the painter has become enshrined in the history of twentieth century painting.

The public will thus be able to discover the different steps of his creation and to recognize the imprint of the different painters who influenced him, and to whom he paid homage.

The selection includes, to date, approximately one hundred works, including paintings, drawings and photographs, mostly from the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation in Figueres and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid.

Despite confirmations from multiple sources that Cesc Fabregas is leaving Chelsea to move to AS Monaco, the deal is still not done.

Media outlets reported on Monday that Chelsea has agreed to let Fabregas go, with manager Sarri even announcing that the player needs to leave Chelsea.

Some publications reported that the player has agreed terms with Monaco, but others reported that the two teams have not agreed a transfer fee, with Chelsea also apparently holding out for a replacement before agreeing to close the deal.

Monaco said Chelsea’s asking price is too high, and so, at the time of writing, nothing has been announced officially.

Meanwhile Portuguese player Pepe is said to be inching closer to a Monaco move.