China – Milan Furniture Fair arrives in Shanghai

The Milan Furniture Fair (Salone del Mobile di Milano) is being staged in Shanghai from Nov. 19 to 21 at the 4,000 square-metre Shanghai Exhibition Centre. Italian Ambassador, Ettore Sequi, told reporters at the presentation press conference: “History, tradition, research and innovation are the key words for the success of Italian design. The Chinese market […]

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Baghdad – Carabinieri hold cultural heritage protection course in Iraq

Italy has launched the first Cultural Heritage Protection course in Iraq. It is held in Baghdad by the Carabinieri for the staff of the Iraqi ministries of Interior and Culture. The course was opened by Iraq’s Minister of Culture, Fryad Rawandozi, and Italian Ambassador, Marco Carnelos, at the Al Nahrain Centre for Strategic Studies in […]

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Talks between Minister Gentiloni and the Coordinator of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) of the Syrian opposition groups

Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni held a telephone conversation today with Riad Hijab, former premier and Syrian opposition co-ordinator for the High Negotiations Committee (HNC). Minister Gentiloni acknowledged the efforts made by the oppositions in exile and the Syrian rebel factions represented in the Committee, as well as Mr Hijab’s personal commitment to adhere to […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Arrival at Rome Fiumicino Airport of 93 refugees from UNHCR camps in Lebanon (Fiumicino Airport, 29 February 2016)

On Monday, 29 February 2016, on the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of the Interior, the Sant’Egidio Community, the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI)  and the Waldensian Board, 93 refugees, including 41 children, benefiting from a resettlement programme and originating from UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for […]

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The Hague – Pioneers and new migrants: Stories of 1,001 Italians in the Netherlands

Nineteenth century chimney sweeps, ditch diggers, figure painters and ice-cream makers, together with today’s miners and workers, university teachers and researchers, scientists, expatriates and transmigrants are all portrayed in “1,001 Italians. History and Stories of Italians in the Netherlands” a book written by Daniela Tasca in Italian. It is the first organic study of the contribution […]

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Hargeisa – Sant’Anna-Maeci: Italy spearheads peace efforts in Somalia‎‎

“The course confirms its topicality but also the need to support, through targeted training courses, the African personnel in professionally managing the crisis and the post-war reconstruction efforts,” said Andrea de Guttry, full professor of international law, the Rector’s delegate for high-level training activities and Director of the Istituto Dirpolis (Diritto, Politica, Sviluppo) of the […]

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Argentina – Santiago del Estero hosts “Italy of the Future” exhibition

An exhibition called “Italy of the Future” was opened at the Bicentennial Cultural Center of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It was organised by the Foreign Ministry and the National Research Council (CNR), the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa (SSUP). The aim […]

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England – The Venice Biennale returns to London

The Venice Biennale takes centre stage in London. A preview of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, which will be entitled “Reporting from the Front” and will run from May 28 to Nov. 27, was presented at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in London. The event was organised by the President of the Biennale, Paolo […]

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Hanoi – A host of events in 2016 to strengthen Italy-Vietnam ties

The Italian Embassy in Vietnam will organise a large number of economic and cultural events in 2016 to consolidate the relations between Italy and Vietnam. The Asian country in 2015 became Italy’s most important trade partner among the members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), ambassador Cecilia Piccioni told a press conference organised […]

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Med Group in Cyprus puts focus on regional crises

The Syrian and Libyan crises and their consequences on the phenomena of migration and terrorism will be the focus of the yearly meeting of the Med Group foreign ministers which will be held today in Cyprus with the participation of Minister Paolo Gentiloni and his colleagues from  Spain, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta, the French […]

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Minister Gentiloni meets with Heads of Mission of the EU member states

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni attended an institutional meeting with the Heads of Mission of the EU member states, hosted by the Ambassador of the Netherlands for the current Presidency of the EU Council. The meeting was an opportunity to reiterate Italy’s stance on key issues regarding Europe and the crisis […]

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Gentiloni holds telephone conversation with the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni held a telephone conversation with the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias.   “Italy,” Minister Gentiloni said, “believes unilateral initiatives on immigration to be dangerous and does not share any position aimed at having one single Country, such as Greece, bear the responsibility of facing […]

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