Libya: Leon’s text is a step forwards, says Gentiloni. Negotiations must resume after Eid.

“The text of the political agreement, with its annexes, presented by the United Nations Special Envoy for Libya, Bernardino Leon, is a new, important step in the negotiations to form a Government of National Accord”. The statement was made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni. “The Libyan parties taking part […]

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DEI – USA: FDA introduces new food safety rules

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published two new final rules on the preventive checks and controls that companies will be required to carry out on human and animal food. The new rules will enter into force on 16 November 2015. They are intended to up-date the FDA standards governing prevention systems and introduce […]

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Bolivia – Deputy justice minister on mission to Italy

A Bolivian delegation led by the Deputy Justice Minister, Ernesto Jimenez Guachalla, and accompanied by ProgettoMondo Mlal, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), will be visiting Rome and Milan from 23 to 25 September2015. In Rome they will meet the Special Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and the Chair, Luigi Manconi. The event […]

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San Francisco – celebrating De Sica, from “La Ciociara” to “L’oro di Napoli”

San Francisco’s Castro Theatre is hosting a film event dedicated to Vittorio De Sica, one of the fathers of neo-realism, on Saturday 26 September 2015. The event is promoted by Cinema Italia SF, the Istituto Luce Cinecittà and the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco (in collaboration with the Leonardo da Vinci Society, the Italian […]

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Sydney – Macchiaioli Project – a jazz duo for Vivacissimo

Jazz duo Andrea Pellegrini and Mirko Guerrini will be performing with their “Macchiaioli Project” at the 8th “Vivacissimo!” concert hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney on 8 October 2015. The project is inspired by the paintings of the Macchiaioli, a Tuscan art movement that flourished in the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Read more, […]

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Prague – A trek in the heart of the Majella

From the Majella plateau in the heart of the Apennines to Prague in a project by Francesca Consigli and William Santoleri. The project is the subject of an exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in the Czech capital. Entitled “Desert – The Last Remaining Snow” the exhibition is curated by Chiara Serri.The aim now is […]

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Italy-Brazil – Scientific research cooperation boosted by new agreement

Collaboration between Italy and Brazil in the field of scientific research has been boosted by 10 new agreements between the International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet) and the University of Brasilia. The agreements were signed by the director of ICRANet, Remo Ruffini, and the deputy rector of the university, Sonia Nair Bao, at a […]

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Tokyo – A coral “necklace” linking Naples and Japan

Gioia De Simone, head of the National Association of Coral and Cameo Producers (Assocoral), will be giving a talk at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo on “Coral: Its history and relations between Torre del Greco and Japan”. Assocoral is engaged in protecting coral resources, developing and marketing member companies, and promoting coral products abroad. […]

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Brussels – Italian design on display with “Innesti” by Andrea Anastasio

Italian design will be showcased at the “Innesti” exhibition, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels and running from 23 September to 11 October 2013. The exhibition features a selection of vases designed by Andrea Anastasio. For Anastasio, vases have been a presence in human life since prehistoric times and, with their changing meaning […]

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Cartoline dall’altra Italia – A freelance journalist in Olympic Brazil

Brazil was the setting of the 2014 football World Cup and in less than a year will once again be in the limelight with the 2016 Olympic Games. And Brazil is also a country offering great opportunities for young Italians who decide to move abroad. This was the experience of Alfredo Spalla, a 28-year-old freelance […]

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Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has met the President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met the President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, in Milan today. The meeting provided an opportunity to review the excellent state of bilateral relations and the main regional and international questions. Minister Gentiloni commented on Uganda’s participation in the African Union Mission to […]

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Meeting between Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and his Ethiopian counterpart, Tedros Adhanom

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met the Ethiopian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tedros Adhanom, in Milan today. The meeting took place in the margins of the Ethiopia Business Forum, an event organised to coincide with Ethiopia’s National Day at EXPO 2015 (22 September). Migration questions, regional crises in the Horn […]

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