The “Jeun’Elec” program of the Electric Vehicles Club of Monaco held a session on Friday with volunteer students from Charles III and François d’Assise Nicolas Barré.
The event on February 8 took place at the Parking des Pêcheurs with a presentation of all modes of electric transport – scooters, electric bikes, cars and karts. A road safety workshop, led by the Department of Public Safety, was offered to the 4th graders likely to drive a two-wheeler.
Beyond the simple test of electric vehicles, the objective of the day was to make students aware of the need to respect the environment by limiting pollution related to urban transport and to promote the notion of inter-modality.
In preparation for the day, all students in the 4th grade benefited from a pedagogical session around these themes.
At the end of this awareness-raising process, the students were invited to participate in a competition on the theme of electric mobility. The awards ceremony for this contest will take place during the EVER Forum, on Wednesday, April 11, in the presence of Prince Albert.
The government is equipping teachers with the knowledge and tools they need to shape a generation of digital savvy students with the launch of a new tech laboratory. ‘EduLab Monaco’ was inaugurated on Thursday 17th October by HSH Prince Albert II. It forms part of the #ExtendedMonaco program and provides a space for teachers to […]
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[caption id="attachment_5349" align="alignleft" width="450"] Christian Estrosi, President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Photo: Facebook[/caption]
A major row has broken out after top local officials issued a joint communiqué lamenting the fact that they learned from the press about planned terror attacks foiled by the police rather than from original sources.
Christian Estrosi, president of the Nice metropolitan area, and Philippe Pradal, mayor of Nice, praised law enforcement services but deplored the lack of communication. Referring to the recent arrest of two young women, aged 17 and 19, who are alleged to have been in the last stages of preparing an attack, they asked: “How is it possible that these arrests took place without us being informed?” before adding that the lack of direct information was ‘illegal.’
According to article L.2211-3 of the local government code, local officials should be informed of major crimes committed on their territories. New arrangements must be made, the two officials said, because at present “no information is shared.”
Meanwhile hoteliers on the Côte d’Azur are up in arms over the cancellation of many major events in the wake of the Bastille Day atrocity in Nice earlier this year. The Nice triathlon that should have taken place this coming weekend in Nice has been cancelled (it also suffered the same fate last year due to the heavy flooding the day before), as has a European cycling championship, in both cases because of security concerns.
While Nice-Cannes marathon, due to take place on November 13, seemed to be the next event to fall victim to the axe, after it suspended inscriptions last week, an official press release Thursday confirmed the popular event, that draws thousands of visitors to the Riviera, will go ahead? although the start will be moved from Jardin Albert 1er to Allianz Riviera Stadium.
Tourist numbers in the region are down considerably on last year following the July 14 terror attack that took the lives of 86 people, many of them visitors, on the Promenade des Anglais. A national tribute to the victims has been set for October 14.