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Day: 25 June 2021

Mini-series marks wedding milestone

by: Stephanie Horsman
25/06/2021

The 10th anniversary of the marriage of Prince Albert II to Charlene Wittstock is coming up on 1st and 2nd July and it will be celebrated with a 10-part mini-series chronicling their lives together.
The Prince’s Palace has released a video teaser of the upcoming mini-series on their social media page, highlighting the couple’s best times over the past decade of marriage.
“Their Serene Highnesses Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their marriage on 1st and 2nd July. To celebrate this event, a 10-episode mini-series recalling the ceremonies and festivities of the summer of 2011, the couple’s personal journey, their meeting and their family life with their children, will be broadcast on the Palace of Monaco’s social networks from 1st July at 6pm,” said the Palace.
Princess Charlene has been suffering with an ENT (ear, nose and throat) infection which the Palace says has prevented her return to Monaco from her native South Africa, where she has spent the past several months.
According to reports, she will not be returning for the 10th anniversary because of operations to treat the problem.
Though she has not been seen in Monaco since January, the couple was recently reunited in South Africa when the Prince visited her with their twins, Hereditary Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella.
 
Image taken from a scene from the trailer featured on the Prince’s Palace Facebook page
 
 
 

NFT drop at this year’s UPAW art event

by: Cassandra Tanti
25/06/2021

When street artists descend on Monaco for UPAW this year, they’ll be raising funds the Prince Albert Foundation. But they will also have the unique opportunity to be part of the NFT revolution.
Urban Painting Around the World (UPAW) returns for the 5th edition at the Esplanade des Pêcheurs from Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th July, bringing international StreetArt artists to the Principality of Monaco for the benefit of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
The 2021 edition features 12 artists from seven different countries: Nadib Bandi (France), Cacao Rocks (Greece), Chicadania (Colombia), Michael Bereens (France), Manomatic (Spain), Misterpiro (Spain), Andrea Ravo Mattoni (Italy), Pez (Spain), Spok Brillor (Spain), Jacques Schneider (Luxembourg), Mr OneTeas (Monaco), and Tones (Switzerland).
Like every year, the 2021 theme is linked to the protection of the environment: ‘The planet and its colours’.
Money raised from an auction of the street art on Thursday 8th July will go towards the Mediterranean Monk Seal Alliance conservation initiative spearheaded by the Prince’s Foundation. Previously, funds have been raised to help finance a project for the protection of chimpanzees in Uganda, and the BeMed (Beyond plastic Med) initiative to fight plastic pollution in the Mediterranean.
Urban Painting Around the World was created by Alberto Colman in 2017 to bring StreetArt to Monaco and show the sensitivity that street artists have for the environment, while bringing fans closer to the cause.
This year’s art show and auction will be complimented by other interesting side events.
On Wednesday 7th July at 4pm, there will be a Zoom session with the Abobo Contemporary Art Museum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, who will show their simultaneous StreetArt exhibition featuring African artists.

StreetArt artist Pez from Spain will feature at this year’s UPAW event

Perhaps the most exciting aspect of this year’s event comes on Wednesday at 6pm, when there will be a roundtable titled ‘NFT on StreetArt’ moderated by art advisor Karolina Blasiak. It will a range of interesting speakers from Arteïa who will discuss the implications of NFT’s (Non Fungible Tokens), why they matter and how to participate in the art revolution.
Arteïa will supply the 12 participating artists with NFC tags, which the artists will be able to attach to their artwork.
Meanwhile, Thursday 8th July at 5pm will see the presentation of the book ‘Sous le StreetArt, le Louvre: Quand l’art classique inspire l’art urbain’ by art historian Cyrille Gouyette.
 
Photo of Spain’s Misterpiro
 
 

How to get your Monaco ‘Health pass’

by: Cassandra Tanti
25/06/2021

Monaco citizens and residents can now apply for the Principality’s version of the ‘Health pass’ to be used throughout Monaco and the EU, with an operational date set for 5th July. Here’s how it works.
Minister of State Pierre Dartout outlined the aim of Monaco’s health pass at a press conference on Thursday, saying, “We made a commitment on one point, among others, that Monegasques and residents would have the health pass at the beginning of July. The objective was to allow Monegasque nationals and residents to travel under the same conditions as all other Europeans even though Monaco is not part of the European Union.”
The Prince’s Government will distribute two types of Health Pass: the Monaco Safe Pass, which is valid in Monaco and France, and the European Health Pass, which will be acknowledged by European Union countries and those with agreements with France and the EU such as Switzerland.

The pass will be in the form of a QR code which can either be photographed, issued on paper or in digital version. It can be used by Monegasque citizens and residents who are fully vaccinated, have received a negative PCR test or have recently recovered from the virus.
Vaccinated or recently recovered people will be able to apply for the pass online at covid.mc from Friday 25th June and it will be emailed out from 5th July.
Those vaccinated after 5th July will receive a sms alerting them that their pass is available. It will be sent via email, or can be collected in paper version from a counter at the Rainier III Auditorium – the new vaccination centre.
A traffic light system will also be in play – showing green for people whose vaccination was completed more than 14 days previously, have a negative PCR test of less than 48 hours, or a certificate of recovery of between 15 days and less than six months.
According to the government, Monaco has been working on developing the pass since March, but were delayed due to a lag time in the European Union. Now the EU has finalised its pass system, Monaco has been able to adapt and is ready for a roll out to the public.
“It was a digital challenge, but today we are going to offer you a system that will make it possible to facilitate, very concretely, the movement of Monegasques and residents,” said Frédéric Genta, the Interministerial Delegate in Charge of the Digital Transition.
 
Photo by Michael Alesi / Government Communication Department
 
 

Season over for Roca team

by: Stephanie Horsman
25/06/2021

AS Monaco Basketball’s season is over after falling to JDA Dijon Basket in the semi-final round of the Jeep Elite Championship, leaving them with an overall fourth place finish.

It was a Jeep Elite good season that was well-fought for by the Roca boys, and they fought right up to the very end. In the semi-final match away from home against Dijon on Thursday, the team was down four of their star players – Mathias Lessort, Ibou Fall Faye, Will Yeguete and Damien Inglis, putting them on the back foot, especially against a team as strong as their opponent.

The final score was 68 to 79.

“The difference between the two teams was our start to the match,” said ASM back Abdou N’Doye. “They attacked very hard. We were behind the whole match, we did not manage to make a run or to take the momentum at least four times. It was played on details.”

Despite the disappointment of not going onto the finals, the team has much to be proud of this season, including their spectacular Euro Cup 7 win.

“The season has come to an end,” said Coach Zvezdan Mitrovic after the match. “Bravo to Dijon who was stronger in the conditions of this half. We fought for victory until two minutes from the end with a big heart. I want to send from the whole club a huge thank you to all my players for an incredible season they have given us.

“It was an exceptional season, a historic and unforgettable Euro Cup campaign, everything that happened next was not our fault, we would have liked to defend our chances normally but it was not possible. We will have no regrets because until the end we did the maximum and I am really very, very proud of my guys.”

 

ASM full-back Marcos Knight added, “I’m proud of my team, of my teammates, proud of to have participated in this fantastic European venture. This EuroCup title is ours and no one will take it away from us. We fought with our weapons, we were missing four interiors and under these conditions the equation was very complicated, but we fought to the end and that is the most important. We have always reacted professionally and above all we will remember the exceptional heart of this Roca team.”

Monaco made 26 out of 58 shots, including five for 26 three-pointers. They collected 34 rebounds, with Rasid Mahalbasic, who had a superb night, taking 14 on his own, five steals, and 18 assists, again with Mahalbasic standing out with 10.

Team Captain Dee Bost was high scorer with 15 points, followed by Axel Julien with 13, Rob Gray and Marcos Knight were next up tied with nine points apiece.

Now the team will go on a well-deserved summer holiday after a truly unforgettable season.

 
 
Monaco Life with AS Monaco Basketball press release, image by AS Monaco Basketball