MEDIA ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Ceremony for the activation of the ‘Unite for Heritage’ Italian Task Force, created to protect cultural heritage (Baths of Diocletian, February 16, 2016)

On Tuesday, February 16 at 11:00 am, at the Baths of Diocletian in Rome – Hall X, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni will attend a ceremony to mark the activation of the ‘Unite for Heritage’ Italian Task Force, created to protect cultural heritage sites. The event will also be attended by […]

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Jakarta – Montanari in concert for an “Italian Cello Night”

Italian cellist Matteo Montanari has performed in  “An Italian Cello Night” concert at the Auditorium of the Italian Institute of Culture in Jakarta. The cellist played a programme dedicated to nine Italian composers, from Baroque to modern music. Jennifer Ongkowijoyo, a very young local talent,  accompanied him on the piano while eleven young Indonesian cellists […]

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Sarajevo – Italy and Bosnia discuss progress towards EU membership

Italian Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ruggero Corrias, recently met Deputy President of Bosnia’s Chamber of Deputies, Sefik Džaferović. During the meeting, they exchanged views on the country’s path to EU membership, stressing the need for Bosnia-Herzegovina to press ahead in its efforts to align with European standards also after submitting a formal application for EU membership. […]

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Scientific cooperation – Gravitational waves discovered

Italian and American scientists announced at a press conference in Washington the detection of gravitational waves, whose existence Albert Einstein predicted in his General Theory of Relativity100 years ago. Scientists have been able to detect for the first time ever “ripples” in  spacetime, the so-called gravitational waves generated by a catastrophic collision in the universe. The […]

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Montenegro: Eni-Novatek adjudicated off-shore exploration rights

Eni-Novatek, the Italian-Russian consortium, has been adjudicated the off-shore hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation rights in four blocks in the proximity of the Montenegro-Albania border. The decision was taken by Montenegro’s government, which specified that the concession will have a duration of thirty years. For the concession to become operational, it will have to be approved […]

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Focus on global security and fighting terrorism in Munich

Terrorism, the refugee emergency, the future of Nato and the main regional crises are just some of the main issues to be tackled by the Security Conference opening in Munich tomorrow.The agenda for the two-day conference, which will be attended for Italy by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of Defence […]

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Mexico – New Italian honorary consul appointed in Playa del Carmen

Dr Italo Sampablo is Italy’s new honorary consul in the Mexican city of Playa del Carmen. The pulmonologist, who graduated from the University of Barcelona, is currently medical director at the Cancun Hospital, in Mexico. A days ago he was officially presented at a ceremony attended by the Italian ambassador to Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, […]

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Athens – “Memories in Black and White”, an exhibition of Franco Murer’s drawings

The stories narrated in the drawings of Franco Murer are not only of war and occupation but also of brotherhood and cooperation among the people who lived through it. “Memories in Black and White: real-life stories” (“Ricordi in bianco e nero: racconti vissuti”) is an itinerant exhibition on the stories of the Italian soldiers who […]

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Russia – Italian competes in language Olympics

The auditorium of the Moscow State University of Linguistics (MGLU) hosted on Wednesday the regional round of the Olympics of three languages: Italian, Chinese and Spanish, idioms that are rarely dedicated a specific course in Russian middle and secondary schools. Thanks to this competition, the three foreign languages have officially acquired the same dignity as […]

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Ottawa – Italo-Canadian astrophysicist leads the Astro-H telescope project

The scientific team that developed the Astro-H telescope space observatory, due to be launched into space on Friday, was led by Italo-Canadian astrophysicist Luigi Gallo. The instrument will be launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. The ambitious project, which involves NASA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, the European Space Agency and the Canadian […]

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Dei – Cameroon: Team Engineering awarded contract for a railways feasibility study

Team Engineering, in a consortium  with a Canadian partner, was awarded two feasibility study contracts for Cameroon’s Edea-Kribi and Douala-Limbe’ railway lines, with a total value of 1.8 million euro. Jamaica: Expo 2016 in Kingston Expo Jamaica 2016, which will be in its 43rd edition, will be held in Kingston on 14-17 April. Over 300 […]

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Meeting of Minister Gentiloni with the trade unions representing the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Minister Gentiloni met today with the trade unions representing all categories of workers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Italy is increasingly becoming a key player in the international arena on many matters involving counter-terrorism, economic diplomacy, the United Nations and the European Union. Minister Gentiloni said that on all of these […]

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