Italian Consortium wins largest ESO contract for giant E-ELT telescope

  A consortium formed by three Italian companies (Astaldi, Cimolai and EIE Group) was the winning bidder of the international tender to build the dome and the main structure for the (ESO) European Southern Observatory’s giant optical telescope E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope). In an extraordinary meeting held in Garching, Germany (Munich) on February 3, […]

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Assolombarda – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Event

A joint event was held today in Milan by Assolombarda and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support the internationalisation of companies operating in the Lombardy Region. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen the partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Assolombarda to promote the greater internationalisation of local enterprises, particularly in […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF – Meeting of the six EU Founding Countries’ Foreign Ministers – (Villa Madama 9 February 2016)

On Tuesday, 9 February 2016 the meeting of the six EU Founding Countries’ Foreign Ministers will be held at Villa Madama A press point  will be held at 7:00 p.m. approx. Journalists, photographers and TV cameramen interested in attending are kindly requested to apply for online accreditation by filling the interactive form at the link […]

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Diplomatic documents can be consulted after thirty years

Italian and foreign historians, researchers and students will progressively be given access to ever-more recent diplomatic documents. Through a ministerial decree, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has shortened the time required to access official documents from 50 to 30 years. The decree represents a further significant step towards making the […]

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USA – Italy president of the eu’s ‘protecting our heritage’ programme

“Protecting our Heritage” is the name of a programme proposed by the “EUNIC” network (European National Institutes of Culture), of which Italy is the rotating president for 2016 in Washington through the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). The initiative, under the patronage of UNESCO and supported by the EU’s permanent delegation to Washington, has two […]

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Argentina – On show the Unesco heritage sites seen by 14 italian photographers

Buenos Aires will host the exhibition “UN.IT UNESCO Italia: The world heritage sites in the work of 14 Italian photographers” from Mar. 3 to Apr. 3. The exhibition, which will be inaugurated by Minister of Heritage and Cultural Activities and Tourism (MIBACT) Dario Franceschini, has been organised by the Farnesina and MIBACT in partnership with […]

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Berlin – The best of the Trentino’s fruit and vegetables at the Fruit Logistica

A promotional stand has been set up to advertise local companies and producers to German buyers. Italy’s Trentino Region is getting excellent feedback in terms of interest and business contacts at Berlin’s Fruit Logistica fresh produce trade show, which is scheduled to close today. Local producers are represented by the Apot, Melinda, La Trentina and […]

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Tokyo – From Giotto to Caravaggio: a virtual tour of the Uffizi Gallery of Florence

A virtual tour through the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. The Italian Institute of Culture in Tokyo will host, from Feb. 13 to March 13, an interactive exhibition that will guide visitors through the Florentine Palazzo, unveiling frescoes and masterpieces and presented to the Japanese public through reproductions by Hitachi Ltd. The exhibition is organised by […]

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Gentiloni: «Italy won’t be satisfied with a convenient truth; Egypt must help our agents» (La Repubblica)

Italy demands the truth and will not accept convenient versions on the death of Giulio Regeni. For Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, no realpolitik reasons apply here; the people responsible for the crime must be punished. Mr Minister, will we come to know the truth on the murder? «We have asked and obtained that investigative agents […]

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Nord Korea: missile launch is a new provocation and a threat to international peace and security

“The launch of a long-range missile last night constitutes a further provocation by North Korea which, only one month after running a nuclear test, has once again openly violated the Security Council resolutions, jeopardising international and regional peace and security,” said Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, after receiving news of […]

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Khartoum – Italian businesses looking to invest in energy and agriculture in Sudan

Italian entrepreneurs are heading to Sudan with an important business mission, promoted by the Italian embassy in Khartoum, born of the constant institutional efforts to multiply reciprocal business opportunities. The mission follows the Economic Forum on Sudan, held in July 2015 with the collaboration of the Assafrica association, and the recent visit to Rome by […]

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Montreal – Museum of Fine Arts displays splendours of Pompeii

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will host the exhibition called “Pompeii” from Saturday, February 6 to September 5. The initiative was organised thanks to a collaboration between the Italian Institute of Culture and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, which hosted the exhibition from June 13, 2015 to January 3 last. It is the […]

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