Gilles Tonelli, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, received Lord Edward Llewellyn, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Great Britain, at a luncheon held at Monte Carlo Bay.
HE Mr Pavel Latushka, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus; HE Mr Tilak Ranaviraja, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka and HE Mr Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Sudan, also presented their Letters of credentials to the Sovereign Prince in the morning.
Lord Llewellyn, was appointed Personal Adviser to the Governor of Hong Kong in 1992, having worked for four years in the Conservative Party’s Research Service. In 1997, he joined the Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo, where he became Director in 2005, after spending three years in the office of the European Commissioner for External Relations. For five years, until 2010, he was personal Chief of Staff to Prime Minister David Cameron, also an Old Etonian. He became Ambassador to France in November 2016.
Mr Latushka joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) in 1995 and then joined the Consulate General of Belarus in Poland as Vice-Consul. In 2000, he became Director of the Department of Information and Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, and was promoted Ambassador to Poland in 2002. From 2009 to 2012, he was Minister of Culture.
Mr Ranaviraja began his career in the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and was appointed Director of the Ministry of Public Administration. In 1983, he joined the MAE as Director General and then joined the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the United States. From 1995 to 2004, he held the position of Permanent Secretary in the Ministries of Media and Communication, Health and Indigenous Medicine, Social Security, and the Mahaweli River Basin Development.
Mr Ali Osman joined the Foreign Ministry in 1980, where he held various positions, and in 1996 he was appointed Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of Sudan to the United Nations. In 2001, he was promoted to Director of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He then held the post of Ambassador successively in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Jamaica, Cuba and the United Nations in New York. In 2014, he became Director General of the Departments of Environment, Human Rights and Water at the MAE, then Director General of the Departments of Bilateral and Regional Relations.
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Diamond expert Alberto Vitale talks about Covid’s impact on the industry, how it historically sent down diamond prices, and the rise of transparency thanks to blockchain.
The long-awaited shuttle boat between Nice and Cap d’Ail will begin this summer, transporting workers wishing to avoid heavy traffic jams and crowded trains during their daily commute.
The Principality will roll out the red carpet for the pioneering new Monaco Streaming Film Festival this summer, drawing industry heavyweights for a dynamic “festival-meets-summit”.
The French government is still banking on lifting the current restrictions on 3rd May, a mid-May reopening of restaurant terraces and a return to school at the end of April.
Residents of the Principality aged 45 and over are now being invited to get their Covid vaccination. Meanwhile, home-tests are now being stocked in pharmacies in Monaco.
Monaco has been earmarked as the home for a new private viewing space by Zurich-based gallerists Hauser and Wirth who will hold their inaugural show in June.
The Grand Ball of Princes and Princesses celebrates its fifth year in June, bringing the magic from days of old to life for one night only at the Hôtel de Paris.
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Tuesday 9 May, 8.30 pm, Théâtre des Variétés:
Cinema Tuesdays – Beliefs and Dependencies series. Screening of “Yearning” by Mikio Naruse, organised by the Audiovisual Archives of Monaco.
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