Baghdad – Humanitarian emergency in Iraq, Italy’s northern region support Yazidi community

Today marks the beginning of the 3-day series of institutional meetings of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region on the dramatic situation of the Yazidi community, an ethnic minority in Iraqi Kurdistan persecuted by the ISIS Islamic extremists. A delegation led by Vian Dakhil Saeed, an MP in the Federal Parliament of Iraq, will be received […]

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Hangzhou – Institutions and companies promote Italy’s economic system in China

The Italian Embassy in Beijing is continuing its efforts to promote Italy’s economic system across Chinese Provinces and regional cities. After visiting the city of Xi’An (Shaanxi Province) last year, Ambassador Ettore Sequi recently visited Hangzhou, the capital of the eastern coastal Zhejiang Province, at the head of a promotion mission organised in association with […]

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Brazil – Italy at Casa Cor trade fair in Sao Paulo

 Italy will be present at the 2016 edition of Casa Cor in Sao Paulo, which runs until June 10. Casa Cor is the largest exhibition of architecture and decoration in Latin America, which every year attracts renowned architects and industry professionals to Brazil to reinvent and furnish spaces with the products of the world’s leading […]

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Washington – Italian embassy focuses on protecting cultural and human heritage

The protection of cultural and human heritage is again taking centre-stage at the Italian embassy in Washington, with two events scheduled for the end of May. On May 25, the embassy hosted Christian Greco, the director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin, for a conference on the experience of the museum in involving local communities […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Meeting of the Fulbright Scholars

On Tuesday, 31 May, at 9:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the meeting of the Fulbright Scholars, an event promoted by the Fulbright Commission aimed as an orientation for Italian grant holders leaving for the U.S.A. and American grant holders holders coming to Italy. The meeting will be opened by the Undersecretary of State for […]

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Yangon – Italy-Myanmar partnership in the culinary sector

The cooperation between Italy and Myanmar expands thanks to a new initiative: Ye Ko Naing, a young Burmese student at the Hospitality and Catering Training Accademy (HCTA) of Yangon, is about to begin his new training activity with ALMA, the international school of Italian cuisine. The HCTA, created by Aung San Suu Kyi in memory […]

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Italy-Thailand – Second meeting of Business Forum

Twenty-nine companies from Italy and Thailand participated in the second Italy-Thailand Business Forum in Koh Samet, following the meeting held in Milan in October 2015. The forum is the most important bilateral economic tool between the two countries. It sees the now consolidated participation of the top management of large groups from both countries, with […]

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Moscow – Italy-Russia conference on legacy of Benedetto Croce

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Benedetto Croce, the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow, together with the Faculty of Humanities of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, is organising a Russian-Italian conference dedicated to one of the most significant thinkers of the 20th century. The conference is […]

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Germany – Italy guest of honour at German Gardening Fair

Italy was a guest of honour at the International Landscape Architecture and Gardening Fair, held at Schloss Fasanerie, the historic estate of the Prince-Electors of Hesse in the German town of Eichenzell. The privilege confirms Italy’s excellence in the field of protecting and maintaining historic landscapes and in the food and wine sector. Italy’s participation […]

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Gentiloni: “Europe must not go back to being lethargic on migrants. Populism can be defeated by combating fear” (La Stampa)

Minister Gentiloni, the week started with the elections in Austria. Half of the voters chose the extreme right; can we be comfortable with that? «No unfortunately. There are sure to be domestic reasons underlying that result – the same two parties ruled for 70 years – but Vienna has given us a dual lesson». What […]

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Italian Marines: the Foreign Ministry expresses satisfaction over the Indian Supreme Court’s decision to allow Girone to return to Italy

Italian Marine Salvatore Girone might be going home any day now. The Foreign Ministry expresses satisfaction over today’s decision of the Indian Supreme Court to immediately enforce The Hague Court of Arbitration’s decision of 29 April, as recently requested by Italy. In line with the decision of The Hague Court of Arbitration, Italy and India […]

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Final meeting of the United Nations’ Scientific Advisory Board

The fifth meeting of the United Nations Scientific Advisory Board (UN SAB), established by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to boost awareness on the ties between scientific research and sustainable development, is under way in Trieste on 24 and 25 May The meeting, which is being held in Italy for the first time, has convened the […]

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