When Europe tightens its digital gates this October, the Principality will glide through untouched. While the rest of the continent prepares for fingerprint scanners and facial recognition checkpoints, Monaco’s residents can keep calm and carry on.
In the golden heart of Monaco, the Hôtel de Paris’s famed Salle Empire was reborn, if only for one night, as a temple of benevolence and beauty. On Saturday, 4 October, the Principality inaugurated its first Global Gift Gala, transforming a night of elegance into a gesture of hope.


