Day: 2 April 2019

Last weekend marked the 65th anniversary of Monaco’s most prestigious social event, the Bal de la Rose.

It was established by Princess Grace in 1954 to launch the party season in the Principality. The idea was to connect the event with a Rose, a show and a country and then mirroring this theme in the décor.

When the Princess Grace Foundation was created in 1964, the Bal de la Rose became a charity event, of which the profits would be donated to the foundation. 100% of the donations are dedicated to humanitarian projects which benefit children and students through cultural projects.

Some of the raffles items included: white gold and diamonds Repossi bracelet, two-night stay at Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo with dinner at Le Grill and two entries to Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo, two-night stay for two people at Monte-Carlo Beach with dinner at Restaurant Elsa, Marc Newson designed Louis Vuitton cabin luggage, Dior tote in embroidered canvas.

For the past five years, Princess Caroline’s friend Karl Lagerfeld was there, supporting, often responsible for the artistic direction and his hand-designed illustrations on the invitations. Likewise, for this year’s theme ‘Riviera’ was based on his idea.

To illustrate the splendour of the Riviera, a reknown graphic designer Richard Zielenkiewic produced a number of immersive decorations. The famous walkway that leads to the diving board of the Monte-Carlo Beach swimming pool fully embraced the Salle des Etoiles.

Inspired by the painting of deckchairs on the beach, the table cloths repeat the pastel shades, like emblems and symbols of the Dolce Vita. In the centre of each table are symbolic elements that recall the Riviera spirit of the evening. Under the hip-swaying rhythms of the 1950s, VIP guests were transported to another era.

The 2019 edition of Le Bal de la Rose delivered light, sunshine, the coastal atmosphere, all wrapped up in a glamorous and minimalist vision of the Riviera.

The Principality was represented by Philippe Boisbouvier and Mrs. Jenny Perrot at an anti-money-laundering seminar in Senegal at the end of March.

Mr Boisbouvier is Acting Director of SICCFIN, the Monegasque Financial Intelligence Unit. Mrs Perrot is a financial analyst.

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), jointly organised the seminar with the Action Group against Money Laundering in Central Africa (GABAC) and the Training Institute of the Financial Action Task Force International (FATF).

This was part of the fourth round evaluations of the countries’ Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (AML / CFT) arrangements.

From March 25 to 29, 2019, more than 40 participants from many French-speaking countries (Benin, Mali, France, Togo, Belgium, Chad, Senegal, etc.) met in Dakar (Senegal), to follow this training and to be able to subsequently, to evaluate the policies and actions of the states in AML / CFT. The evaluations of the different jurisdictions are carried out by the peers.

During this seminar, participants learned about AML / CFT policies put in place by countries with respect to the 40 FATF Recommendations (legal framework and technical compliance) and a series of prioritised outcomes.

After being warmly welcomed by the President of Senegal’s National Cell for Financial Information Processing (CENTIF), Ramatoulaye Gadio Agne, the participants, for a week, deepened their knowledge of the issues related to the evaluation of the countries and participated workshops to enable them to better address the evaluations they will be asked to make. 

For the third consecutive year, SICCFIN, in order to show the Principality’s commitment to the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, has not failed to send its agents to the training of evaluators.

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has sided with fans in his praise for Monaco loanee Youri Tielemans. The club would love to see the star performer sign permanently in January.

Rodgers told Leicestershire Live that he wants to keeep working with the player. He has competition from other clubs – with Tottenham rumoured to be interested in the midfielder.

“I can’t worry about that,” the manager said.

“You can see he’s a top class young talent, but I always have to respect he’s a Monaco player.

“He’s certainly a player that I would love to continue working with. He’s a wonderful boy, 21, so he’s only going to get better, that’s the exciting part about him.

“He’s playing games now and he’s come back from two internationals to this so of course (signing him permanently) would be absolutely fantastic.”