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Week in review: Australia Day packs StarDeck, CREM hosts think tanks Monaco-style
By Staff Writer - January 28, 2017
Monaco Australia Association’s Beverley Holt with Annette Anderson of Stars’n’Bars and Brian Holt.
The Monaco Australia Association held their National Day bash on Thursday bringing many new faces to StarDeck at Stars’n’Bars, a partner of the organisation.
More than 150 Australians and friends of Australia pre-booked for an Aussie Barbie buffet prepared by Didier Rubiolo – grilled cheeseburger sliders, sausages and chicken drumsticks, with sides of potato salad, coleslaw and grilled potatoes. The homemade mixed trays of mini-sausage rolls, mini-fish’n’chips and bush tucker balls were equally crowd pleasing.
Colgan’s Brewery, the successful microbrewery in Mouans Sartoux founded by Aussie Andy Colgan in 2014, provided beer on tap.
Andy Colgan of Colgan’s Brewery with fellow Australian.
Monaco Australia Association President, Beverley Holt took to the impromptu podium to say a few words, which included a message from HSH Prince Albert, who was attending Sainte Devote festivities elsewhere, saying he was “with you in spirit”. Australian Ambassador to France and Monaco, Stephen Brady, also provided a statement conveying his warmest wishes, and commented briefly on art, a working holiday agreement and ocean protection between the two countries.
As promised, there was a dazzling fireworks display, a prize for the best costume (Jennifer Jacotine’s Dame Edna won hands down) and a tombola, all of which led to an evening of dancing that kicked off with Aussie legends INXS and their classic “Need You Tonight”.
On a more intimate scale, the Club des Résidents Etrangers de Monaco (CREM) held two thought-provoking conferences this past week. On Monday, Agnes Lepaulmier, General Secretary of Monaco’s Commission for the Control of Personal Information (CCIN), led an eye-opening discussion on “Protection of your personal data”.
Ms Lepaulmier, speaking in French, addressed a range of topics, from personal rights in the event of piracy of personal data to the obligations involved in the collection of personal data. She also touched upon the risks associated with the development of video surveillance.
Tuesday, a friendly debate in English – “Where do we go from here? Tensions, contentions and future policies around immigration and refugees” – was moderated by Maria Livanos Cattaui, former Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce.
A dozen members discussed national identity, security, integration and the humanitarian response to the refugee crisis.
Both evenings were held at CREM’s lavish club and were open to non-members. See crem.mc for upcoming events.
In an interview with Monaco Life after his Historic GP race, Esteban Gutierrez opened up about the strong, often contrasting emotions that driving an iconic single-seater around the streets of Monte-Carlo elicits.
Monaco-based Venturi Group, headed by Gildo Pastor, can count space exploration to its forward-thinking vision, with its new entity, Venturi Lab, tackling mobility solutions for the Moon and Mars.
The 100% Business Class airline La Compagnie is back operating flights between Nice and New York, but this time it has a new aircraft that uses less fuel. And they’re not the only ones.
The Monaco Economic Board has accomplished three missions with three very different entities, starting with a trip to the United States, followed by two locally-based forums with Vietnam and Djibouti.
Monaco’s Shibuya Productions invited a special guest to the premier screening of Top Gun: Maverick at Cannes, fulfilling French astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s lifelong dream of meeting his film hero Tom Cruise.
A record-busting 15 teams are now signed up for the 2022 edition of the RWBC, organised by the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation. Here’s who will be battling it out this year in the Port of Monaco.
AS Monaco manager Philippe Clement has revealed that guaranteed qualification to the Europa League has eased the pressure going into Saturday’s game, saying that the team has “nothing to lose”.
In an interview with Monaco Life after his Historic GP race, Esteban Gutierrez opened up about the strong, often contrasting emotions that driving an iconic single-seater around the streets of Monte-Carlo elicits.
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[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type="show" ihc_mb_who="reg" ihc_mb_template="" ]A very strong local economy employs more people than can be physically accommodated within the city state. High demand for both residential and commercial space meets with low supply in an extremely limited land area, Savills points out.
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[caption id="attachment_22935" align="alignnone" width="2953"] Didier Gamerdinger at the Cardio-Thoracic Centre. Photo: Manuel Vital/DC[/caption]
Didier Gamerdinger, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, visited Monaco's Cardio-Thoracic Center on Monday, October 2, where he was welcomed by Deputy Chairman Prof Vincent Dor, and Dr Jean-Joseph Pastor and Guy Nervo, Managing Directors of the Center.
Thirty-one years after opening, the Cardio-Thoracic Center, thanks to the know-how of its medical-surgical teams and the exceptional means at its disposal, is a model of excellence in cardio-thoracic medicine.
The private centre dedicated to cardiac medicine is completely autonomous and welcomes a number doctors from abroad to operate or train.
The Cardio-Thoracic Center of Monaco has treated 65,000 patients and carried out 20,000 open heart interventions since April 1987. Over the years, nearly 2,250 children with heart malformations have been operated on.
Today, the hospital has 51 hospital beds, 15 intensive care beds with one nurse dedicated to each patient and seven day visit beds.
At the end of the visit, Didier Gamerdinger said: "The Cardio-Thoracic Center of Monaco is a leading establishment in its field of expertise. It is a credit to Monaco.”