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
Marine Le Pen, leader Front National. Photo: Global Panorama
Results of the first round of the French presidential election held on Sunday showed “traditional left and right ruling parties kicked out of electoral race for first time since postwar period”, with a duel between the National Front’s Marine Le Pen (21.4 percent) and centrist Emmanuel Macron (23.9 percent) set for the second round in two weeks, on Sunday, May 7.
Monaco’s French electors have been called to vote at the Saint Charles School on avenue Saint Laurent.
A total of 5,727 adults living in Monaco are entitled to vote in French polls, down by six percent since the last Presidential vote in 2012. Many of “Les enfants du pays” have lived for several generations in the Principality but are not Monegasque citizens.
Over the years they have missed out on many of the advantages of being Monegasque while at the same time their loyalties do not necessarily and automatically lie with France. Their numbers have slowly declined, largely due to the high cost of housing.
A symptom of this relative disaffection is the fact that voter turnout among this group is very low. Fewer than 50 percent of registered electors voted in 2012 (45.86 percent). Interestingly, the majority voted for outgoing President Nicholas Sarkozy, with almost 85 percent of the votes in the second round against Francois Hollande. It will be some time before their voting patterns are known for 2017.
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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Last week’s terror attack in the Afghan capital left 90 dead and more than 400 injured, and caused considerable damage to Kabul’s infrastructure.
While the target of the attack claimed by ISIS may have been the German Embassy, the local affiliate of Monaco Telecom – Roshan – suffered severe damage. The company has estimated that a third of the victims of the outrage were employees of the company, whose HQ in the country is directly opposite the Ambassador’s residence.
Monaco Telecom owns a 36.37 percent operating stake in the mobile operator, which describes itself as a true Afghanistan success story.
“Since its inception in 2003, Roshan has invested approximately $700 million (€620 million) in Afghanistan and is the country’s single largest private investor and taxpayer, contributing approximately five percent of the Afghan government's overall domestic revenue. Roshan directly employs more than 900 people, 20 percent of whom are women, and provides indirect employment to more than 35,000 people,” the company says.
The majority shareholder in Roshan is the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, with 51 percent of the company. With Telia owning 12.25 percent, Monaco Telecom is the chief technological partner of the company.
Monaco Telecom has major stakes in telecoms operators in Kosovo and Mali. French businessman Xavier Niel acquired Monaco Telecom in 2014.