https://monacochronicle.com/ Riviera features and analysis from the Monaco Chronicle. en Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0200 https://monacochronicle.com/society/gebco-secretariat-permanent-home-monaco/ https://monacochronicle.com/society/gebco-secretariat-permanent-home-monaco/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 More than 70 percent of the ocean floor is still unmapped to modern standards. The programme charged with completing the map, begun on a Monegasque initiative in 1903, now has a permanent secretariat in the principality, inaugurated by Prince Albert II and funded by Monaco for its first three years. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/sport/virginie-heriot-trophy-rs21-2026/ https://monacochronicle.com/sport/virginie-heriot-trophy-rs21-2026/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The Virginie Heriot Trophy returns to Monegasque waters from Friday, with twenty-three all-female crews, a change of boat to the RS21, and the defending Royal Thames crew back to be beaten. The first warning signal is scheduled for 1pm. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/society/commonwealth-blue-charter-incubator-round-two/ https://monacochronicle.com/society/commonwealth-blue-charter-incubator-round-two/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The Commonwealth Blue Charter Incubator, backed by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, has opened its second funding round: grants of up to 50,000 pounds for between ten and fifteen country-led ocean projects, with applications closing on December 11. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/culture/prince-pierre-foundation-2026-winners/ https://monacochronicle.com/culture/prince-pierre-foundation-2026-winners/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 Two days of ceremony closed the Prince Pierre Foundation's 2026 edition: a proclamation at the Opéra Garnier on Tuesday evening, then, as Histoires Royales reported, the prizes themselves at the Prince's Palace on Wednesday. The laureates join lifetime honours with first novels chosen by Monaco's own school pupils. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/society/octopus-conference-2026-monaco-presidency/ https://monacochronicle.com/society/octopus-conference-2026-monaco-presidency/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The Octopus Conference opens in Strasbourg today under Monaco's Council of Europe presidency: some 500 experts, 25 years of the Budapest Convention, and a Monegasque justice secretary sharing the opening with the Secretary General. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/culture/fondation-prince-pierre-2026-ceremony/ https://monacochronicle.com/culture/fondation-prince-pierre-2026-ceremony/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 At 8 pm in the Salle Garnier, the Fondation Prince Pierre announces its 2026 laureates: three literary distinctions, two musical ones, and the Principality Prize. The choices are made. Until tonight, they belong to the councils. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/sport/junior-masters-cross-border-2026/ https://monacochronicle.com/sport/junior-masters-cross-border-2026/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The Tennis Europe Junior Masters returns to the Monte-Carlo Country Club on October 21. The name is Monegasque, the federation is Monegasque, and the address is in France. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/economy/ever-monaco-ai-energy-2026/ https://monacochronicle.com/economy/ever-monaco-ai-energy-2026/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The 21st EVER Monaco opens at One Monte-Carlo on October 14 with the energy transition's defining question: artificial intelligence promises to optimize everything it touches. Somebody has to power the promise. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/society/les-assises-cybersecurity-2026/ https://monacochronicle.com/society/les-assises-cybersecurity-2026/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 From October 7 to 10, the Grimaldi Forum hosts the 26th edition of Les Assises de la Cybersécurité, the gathering of France's cybersecurity leadership. A quarter of a century after the first edition, the convention has become part of how Monaco presents itself: a small state that treats digital defence as statecraft. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/society/butterfly-ball-monaco-2026/ https://monacochronicle.com/society/butterfly-ball-monaco-2026/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 Tonight the Hôtel de Paris hosts the eleventh Monaco edition of the Butterfly Ball, the charity gala for disabled and neurodivergent children. Behind the glamour is a deliberate machine: philanthropy engineered with the discipline of a company. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/society/casino-square-goes-pink/ https://monacochronicle.com/society/casino-square-goes-pink/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 On the evening of October 3, Princess Charlène lit Casino Square pink to open Pink Ribbon Monaco's sixteenth annual campaign. For the rest of the month, 24 institutions across the principality will glow in the same colour. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/sport/roca-team-insolvency-october-6/ https://monacochronicle.com/sport/roca-team-insolvency-october-6/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 On Friday, October 2, Monaco's commercial court heard the insolvency case of AS Monaco Basket, the reigning French champions. Liabilities stand at 27.8 million euros, and on Tuesday, October 6, the court will decide whether the professional club survives. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/economy/monaco-yacht-show-scarce-supply/ https://monacochronicle.com/economy/monaco-yacht-show-scarce-supply/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The 35th Monaco Yacht Show closed its four days at Port Hercule with the industry's familiar theatre. The real story was in the order books: the wait for a leading new-build slot now stretches to 2028 and beyond. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/society/albert-foundation-twenty-years/ https://monacochronicle.com/society/albert-foundation-twenty-years/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation marked its twentieth anniversary with a gala in September 2026. Two decades on, the foundation has become one of the principality's most effective instruments of influence. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/culture/automobile-national-portrait/ https://monacochronicle.com/culture/automobile-national-portrait/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The Grimaldi Forum's summer exhibition gathered some fifty vehicles to tell the story of the car in the principality, from 1893 to today. It was less an exhibition than an autobiography. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/economy/grand-prix-event-economy/ https://monacochronicle.com/economy/grand-prix-event-economy/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 One weekend a year, the principality converts global attention into hotel nights, gaming revenue, and rental income. The resort group's record annual results show the scale of the machine the race feeds. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/economy/sixteen-square-metres/ https://monacochronicle.com/economy/sixteen-square-metres/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 In Knight Frank's annual comparison of what US$1 million buys in prime residential markets, Monaco once again leads the world. The figure is famous. What it actually measures is worth a closer look. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/culture/oceanographic-other-palace/ https://monacochronicle.com/culture/oceanographic-other-palace/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 On the Rock, facing the sea, stands a second palace: the Oceanographic Museum, founded by a prince-explorer and run for three decades by Cousteau. It may be the principality's most consequential building. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/economy/sbm-resort-machine/ https://monacochronicle.com/economy/sbm-resort-machine/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The Société des Bains de Mer sells a dream of Belle Époque glamour. Its annual results reveal something more modern: a three-engine company in which hotels, gaming, and property each pull their weight. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/society/census-international-population/ https://monacochronicle.com/society/census-international-population/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The 2025 census counted 38,857 residents in the principality, drawn from 144 nationalities. The numbers describe the most international two square kilometres in Europe, and a population still growing. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/sport/monte-carlo-masters-geography/ https://monacochronicle.com/sport/monte-carlo-masters-geography/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 The Monte-Carlo Masters carries the principality's most famous place name into living rooms around the world. The courts sit across the border, in France. That paradox is the whole point. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/design/mareterra-six-hectares/ https://monacochronicle.com/design/mareterra-six-hectares/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 Inaugurated in December 2024, Mareterra added six reclaimed hectares, about 3% of Monaco's territory, to the principality. It is the most ambitious answer yet to the country's oldest question: where do we put the future? Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/design/one-monte-carlo-casino-square/ https://monacochronicle.com/design/one-monte-carlo-casino-square/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 One Monte-Carlo, inaugurated in February 2019 on the site of the demolished Sporting d'Hiver, rebuilt the heart of the Golden Square as glass, greenery, and luxury retail. The controversy over what was lost still shadows what was gained. Monaco Chronicle https://monacochronicle.com/sport/formula-e-monaco-meaning/ https://monacochronicle.com/sport/formula-e-monaco-meaning/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 In May 2026, the street circuit hosted two electric races on consecutive days, with two different winners. The double-header asked a quiet question: what is the Monaco race for, once the engines go silent? Monaco Chronicle