From its very first edition, six years ago, the Monaco Dance Forum took on board the then emerging use of digital technology in choreography. Today, the biennial Forum is recognized as the most important event world-wide in digital dance. Indeed, the creativity showcased at the Forum persuaded the UN’s UNESCO to devote its 10,000 Euro Digital Arts Prize to dance for the first time this year. (more…)
Monaco Millionaires — the elite group of business people who reside outside the UK to slash their tax bill — face a crackdown by Revenue & Customs on the number of days they can spend in Britain, after a surprise legal decision. Accountants accused HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of introducing a stealth tax on the wealthy after it ignored its own guidelines to pursue a case against Robert Gaines-Cooper, a Seychelles-based multimillionaire. (more…)
The niche strategy has been applied very successfully at the International University of Monaco, where the postgraduate programmes are focused around three core business areas that suit the setting well – wealth and asset management, entrepreneurship and luxury goods and services. As associate dean of graduate programmes, and director of the executive MBA and Monaco MBA programmes, Boris Porkovich has both intimate knowledge of individual programmes and is in charge overall. (more…)
This year again, the Forum will assist many Governments to progress on the paths of international cooperation and will have a definite impact on the trade and investment strategies of Companies. Numerous themes related to international current affairs will be addressed be it economy, finance or politics. You may already consult the headlines of the Programme of this exceptional event. In addition to the usual activities, some exceptional events will take place in the framework of this Forum: Special “think tank”: Entrepreneurs from the South to get key actors of the World Investment: how to enhance this trend?, The 2nd yearly session of the Forum devoted to the “Dialogue among Civilizations”, Launching the 2007 Crans Montana Forum’s Initiative : the “Observatoire de la liberté” to be established before the end of 2007,The 3rd yearly Meeting of the “Club des Amitiés Euro-Parlementaires”.
The court of appeal delivered a blow yesterday to “kiss and tell” celebrity exposes in a ruling described as a turning point in the development of English privacy law. Lawyers said the judgment would make it easier for celebrities to keep friends, former partners and ex-employees from selling details of their private lives to the media. (more…)
Hand delivering of the Letters of accreditation of U.S. Ambassador by H.S.H. Prince Albert II and of the Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to President George W. Bush. As confirmed by Mr. Jean-Paul Proust, Minister of State at the time of the monthly press conference of the Government last month, the “significant development and extremely rapid of the resources external of the continuous Principality”. 
Ceremony of handing-over of the Letters of accreditation of Craig Roberts Stapleton, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America near the Principality of Monaco took place this Wednesday December 13 with the Princely Palate of Monaco. Craig Roberts Stapleton, accompanied by Philip Breeden, Consul general from the United States in Marseilles, was accommodated in the Main courtyard by the stake of honor of the Company of the Police officers before gaining the Living room of the Ices. Precedent this handing-over of the Letters of accreditation in Monaco, the ceremony of accreditation of the first Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco in the United States had proceeded in Washington in the oval Office of the White House, on December 8, 2006. According to the use encouraged by President George W. Bush, Gilles Noghes was accompanied by members by his close family.
The Government already announced to have reduced the deficit of the primitive budget 2007 envisaging even according to words’ of the Minister of State “a real deficit lower than 80 million euros”. “There is no impoverishment of the reserve funds since the results of the only OPCVM are in increase”, Said the Minister of State Mr. Jean-Paul Proust. (more…)
The Consulate of Monaco assists the hospitals of Madagascar regularly: after the Hospital complex University Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona, it is the Military Hospital of Soavinandriana which obtained during the signature of a convention between the Military Hospital and the Consulate of Monaco various emergency materials: apparatuses of catch of tension, defibrillators, respirators and of consumable urgently.
The persons in charge for the FIA met in Monaco on last December 8th to determine new regulatory measurements for the five next years, aiming at bringing the car industry closer to the world of Formula 1. At the time of the ceremony of the rewards of the FIA, homage was paid to Michael Schumacher for his career: he received a gold medal designed especially for this occasion.
According to the Algerian press, Franck Biancheri, plenipotentiary minister and chair the Chamber of Commerce Monegasque “was instructed by Prince Albert of Monaco” to prospect the partnership appropriateness’s in person, in particular in the sectors of the agro alimentary one, textiles and finances. (more…)