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Day: 15 August 2025

AS Monaco Village continues summer programme until 24th August

by: Kyriaki Topalidou
15/08/2025

The AS Monaco Village at Port Hercule continues its daily line-up of family activities and football-themed events through to Saturday 24th August, while collecting new school supplies for Les Enfants de Frankie until the 22nd.

The free summer attraction operates from 4pm to 10:30pm on Quai Albert 1er.

Activities and events

Daily activities include a mini football pitch hosting tournaments for all ages, human table football, giant target games, quizzes, competitions, and a pop-up shop featuring the new 2025-26 shirts.

Human table football, photo by AS Monaco

Regular events feature meet-and-greets with club representatives, Academy training sessions, juggling competitions, and weekly e-sports tournaments on FC 25 every Sunday.

Meanwhile. the village is collecting new school supplies until Friday 22nd August for the ‘Les Enfants de Frankie’ association, helping families in financial difficulty prepare for the new school term. Items needed include notebooks, pens, glue, and rulers.

The village also recently hosted a competitive 3v3 tournament for adults on Thursday 7th August. The tournament, followed recent events including a 4v4 competition for 12-15 year olds and a signing session with defender Eric Dier.

The competition maintained suspense until the final whistle, with the top two teams finishing tied on points. Les Sardines ultimately took the title ahead of FC Eyrieux Embroye on goal difference in a close finish.

Winners received AS Monaco’s new 2025-26 home shirts, while the runners-up were awarded Mizuno footballs.

Port Hercule also features additional summer activities organised by La Mairie, including fairground rides, karting for children and adults, basketball courts, duck fishing, trampolines, small boats, temporary tattoo stands, and children’s creative workshops linked to the Grimaldi Forum’s ‘Colours!’ exhibition

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Main photo credit: AS Monaco

Monaco to host 18th Mondial du Théâtre

by: Kyriaki Topalidou
15/08/2025

Monaco will welcome amateur theatre groups from around the world when the 18th World Amateur Festival takes to the stage on Wednesday 20th August.

The week-long event, running until 27th August, will see groups from five continents perform at the Théâtre des Variétés and Théâtre Princesse Grace. All performances are free and open to the public.

Organised by Studio de Monaco and supported by the Government, the festival was created in 1957 and takes place every four years. Rather than a competition, organisers describe it as a unique artistic encounter where each group presents their vision of theatre, bringing their culture and history to life on stage.

Programme highlights

Performances begin at 6pm each evening, featuring three shows with 30-minute intervals for set changes. Each participating company will perform on two consecutive nights.

The festival opens on 20th August with performances by groups from the Unites States, Cuba and Slovakia at the Théâtre des Variétés. Other participating countries include Italy, Colombia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, Central African Republic, France, Finland, Armenia, Indonesia, Latvia, New Zealand, Lithuania, Morocco and the Philippines.

A Festival Village will also be inaugurated at the Auditorium Rainier III on Wednesday 20th August at 11:30am.

Workshops and congress

The festival includes workshops led by international specialists for participating theatre groups, aimed at knowledge exchange and developing theatrical practices.

Symposiums will be held following the first evening of performances, giving actors, directors, critics and audiences the opportunity to discuss the shows in a structured setting.

The 41st Congress of the International Amateur Theatre Association will also take place during the festival, opening on 23rd August at the Auditorium Rainier III.

The festival concludes with a closing evening at the Monaco Yacht Club on 27th August at 10:30pm.

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Main photo credit: Mondial du Théâtre

UN Plastics Treaty talks in Geneva stall as countries reject draft

by: Cassandra Tanti
15/08/2025

Hopes for a landmark UN treaty to end plastic pollution have stalled in Geneva, with negotiations extended by a day after delegates failed to agree on a draft text.

Talks chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso adjourned the session late Thursday, saying consultations on his revised text were still ongoing. The proposal — stripped of measures to cap plastic production or regulate toxic chemicals — was rejected by both sides: high-ambition countries called it a hollow waste-management accord, while oil-producing states said it crossed too many “red lines”.

UN Environment Programme chief Inger Andersen acknowledged the frustration but urged persistence. “I know this will not be the ending you had hoped for — and nor indeed the ending that we at UNEP have worked for,” she said. “Ultimately, I have heard from every country here … you want to end plastic pollution. You want a deal.”

Divisions remain over whether the treaty should address plastics’ full life cycle — from fossil fuel extraction to disposal — or focus solely on waste. The EU called the draft “not acceptable”, Panama labelled it “surrender”, and Tuvalu warned it risked failing to protect vulnerable nations from an “existential threat”.

Environmental groups sounded the alarm. Greenpeace urged ministers to tackle “the relentless expansion of plastic production”, while WWF warned that failure means “more damage, more harm, more suffering”.

The latest round of talks — known as INC-5.2 — was due to end Thursday but will now resume Friday, with pressure mounting for countries to find common ground.

See also: 

Lancet launches global health ‘Countdown’ on plastics as historic UN treaty talks enter final stretch

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Photo credit: Florian Fussstetter/ UNEP