25 new Covid cases on 20 Jan. brings total to 1,287: 34 hospitalised: 19 resident + 8 in ICU: 4 resident, 142 home monitored, 1,058 recoveries, 9 deaths
Gilles Tonelli, Government Counselor for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, received new ambassadors at a luncheon at Monte Carlo Bay on Friday, June 16.
HE Mr. Moin ul Haque, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ; HE Mr. Rupert Schlegelmilch, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union; HE Mrs Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernandez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of El Salvador and HE Mr Imants Viesturs Liegis, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia, had earlier in the day presented their Letters of Appointment to HSH the Sovereign Prince.
HE Mr. Moin ul Haque joined the Diplomatic Service of Pakistan in 1987, where he became Director in 2005 and then Director General in 2013. In the same year, he was appointed Chief of Protocol. He has held various diplomatic posts abroad: Brussels, New York, Colombo, Vancouver and Ankara.
After five years in the Directorate General of External Relations of the European Commission in Brussels HE Mr. Rupert Schlegelmilch joined the Directorate-General for Trade in Brussels in 2003 as Head of Section in charge of international business relations. In 2012, he was appointed Director of Services, Investments, Public Procurement and Intellectual Property Rights.
HE Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernandez began her diplomatic career in 1993 as Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of El Salvador to Unesco. She is then appointed Ambassador to France and Portugal, Executive Director of FUNDAPAZ and Member of the Task Force. In 2007, she became Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and then served as Ambassador in Austria and in five countries in the East and South East Asia. In 2014 HE Ms Hernandez joined the Permanent Representation to the International Organisations and the United Nations in Vienna.
Ambassador of Latvia to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1997, HE Mr. Imants Viesturs Liegis joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2004 as Under-Secretary of State. He then served as Ambassador to Spain. In 2010, he was successively appointed Acting Minister of Justice, then Minister of Defence. He subsequently joined Parliament as Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for European Affairs. From September 2012 to June 2016, he served as Ambassador to Hungary, Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia.
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation has signed the Arctic Commitment and pledged its support for a ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping.
A new website, Monaco Santé, has been created in the Principality, providing information and services for residents and visitors including online bookings and consultations.
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation has signed the Arctic Commitment and pledged its support for a ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping.
A new website, Monaco Santé, has been created in the Principality, providing information and services for residents and visitors including online bookings and consultations.
Monaco has just completed its seventh year of Winter School in conjunction with the Sciences Po Menton campus, only this year, all classes were held virtually for the first time ever.
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The row over the change of operator at Monaco’s heliport has been reignited by the filing of a lawsuit against the Monegasque state…
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[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type="show" ihc_mb_who="reg" ihc_mb_template="" ]Heli Air Monaco, the company that operated the concession for 40 years until the end of 2015, is claiming damages of 43 million euros. The firm - which depended on the Monaco-Nice shuttle for most of its revenue - was replaced as operator by Monacair, amid claims that the incumbent was operating a service that was not fitting with the upmarket image of the Principality.
Adding interest to the affair is the fact that Andrea Casiraghi, eldest son of Princess Caroline and a nephew of Prince Albert, is a major shareholder in Monacair. The company runs a service to and from Nice Airport every 15 minutes during the day.[/ihc-hide-content]
Victims of domestic violence will now be able to seek help at pharmacies in Monaco, as authorities ramp up measures to protect vulnerable women during lockdown.