Monaco’s Department of the Environment has embarked on the first phase of a project to map the quality of air in the principality. As part of the ‘Quality of Life – A High-Resolution Modelling and Mapping Platform for Air Quality in Monaco’ programme, 52 sensors have been installed throughout the territory for the period between 29th January and 26th February.Read more
Join Club Vivanova at Wine Palace Monte Carlo this Wednesday for an exclusive tasting of Q4, a dynamic new Argentinian winery, with owner Marcel Elefant. It will be the first ever such tasting held in Monaco: guests will sample the first two wines released by the vineyard as well as speciality cheeses and charcuterie.
Riviera Insider was invited along to a press conference at the Grimaldi Forum in mid-January to discover the arts and culture agenda for the first half of 2018. The occasion was also an opportunity for renowned private bank in Monaco, Compagnie Monégasque de Banque, to announce the renewal of its support for the principality’s leading cultural institution.
The Mairie de Monaco has released its 2017 statistics on the number of births, deaths, marriages and divorces in the principality… And it was an overwhelmingly happy year! The birth rate outweighs that of mortality by almost 2 to 1 and there were more than double the number of marriages than divorces, including four marriages between exclusively Monegasque citizens.
Monaco’s sovereign family attended a new micro-crèche for children – A Farandola – in the principality earlier this week. Made possible thanks to a generous private sponsor, the concept is part of a wider approach to tackle over-crowded services in Monaco.
The history of Monaco’s National Day goes back to 1857, when then-Prince Charles III designated a day of feasting and celebrations for his people. Upon his ascension to the throne in 2005, Prince Albert II decided to continue the 19th November tradition, which falls on Saint Rainier’s Day, in memory of his father, Prince Rainier III, who had died just six months earlier.
In late 2017, Prince Albert II and a host of Monegasque dignitaries, such as Archbishop Bernard Barsi and Minister of State Serge Telle, inaugurated the new botanical centre of the Jardin Exotique park and reserve in the north of the principality following two years of extensive conservation and construction efforts.
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Actor-activist Leonardo DiCaprio is to be honoured by Prince Albert II for his work and efforts to preserve the planet at the inaugural Monte-Carlo Gala for the Global Ocean Gala. Taking place on Thursday 28
On 31st August, celebrate the launch of Club Vivanova’s latest magazine partner Luxury Life International at Monaco’s intimate coastal retreat, ADAMAS Monaco, at Le Méridien Beach Plaza in Monaco.