Athens – The satire and humour of Dario Fo

The ancient Odeon of Herodes Atticus will offer an evocative setting on Thursday 9 July for a tribute to Greece’s best-love Italian performer: Nobel laureate Dario Fo. Greek musician and comedian Stamatis Kraunakis will join musician and author Lina Nikolakopoulou for a unique evening entitled “Avanti Dario – Vita e Opere di Dario Fo” (Go […]

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Argentina – Cordoba Celebrates Enrico Caruso

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso’s concert in Cordoba, the polyphonic chorus of the Libertador General San Martin Threatre, conducted by Lucia Vallesio, will present a programme of choral works from Italian operas, arias and Neapolitan songs. The concert will take place at the Theatre on 10 July and has […]

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Italy-Caribbean Countries – Anti-crime training course

The school for tax police of Ostia launched the high-level training course “Illicit economy and financial flows, investigations and asset recovery” for officers in the sectors of justice and security of the Countries of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and Cuba. The course, inaugurated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Guardia di Finanza, will […]

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Dei – Portugal: new tax laws for Madeira free trade zone

The Portuguese government published law no. 64/2015 disciplining the new tax regime applicable to subjects licensed to operate in the Madeira free trade zone (known as Regime IV) officially in force as of January 1st 2015 and slated to be effective through 31 December 2027. Licenses are handled by the International Business Centre of Madeira […]

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Postcard from the other Italy: An Ascolano teaches English in Istanbul

“There is great interest in Italy here in Istanbul; more and more students are going to Italian secondary schools and there are many young people who want to learn Italian. Anything about Italy immediately draws attention”, says Massimo D’Angelo, born in Ascoli Piceno 23 years ago and living in Turkey since 2013. He teaches English […]

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Gentiloni: Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni received Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci today at the Farnesina. The meeting offered an opportunity to note the positive status of bilateral relations, concretely underscoring our commitment to the NATO (KFOR) and EU (EULEX) missions currently under Italian leadership. In expressing […]

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London – Italian embassy focuses on women in business

The Italian Embassy of London hosted a round table discussion on women in business. The event was organised on a proposal by Ambassador Pasquale Terracciano and held in the form of a working breakfast. Professor of Economics Lucrezia Reichlin of the London Business School acted as moderator, and participants included 20 businesswomen from a broad […]

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Prague – Pilsen hosts Ravenna mosaics

The “Mosaics of Ravenna”, the artistic patrimony of that Italian city, were flown to the Czech Republic for an exhibition at the Library for Training and Research of the Pilsen Region. The exhibit, consisting of faithful copies of the originals located in various of the town’s religious buildings, will be open to the public through […]

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Buenos Aires – Culture, Liguria a leader

“Liguria Week, a cultural bridge between Genoa and Buenos Aires” will take place from 6 to 12 July in the capital of Argentina. The event consists of a wide variety of cultural initiatives intended to help disseminate the culture of the Italian Region of Liguria in that Latin American country. Exhibitions, film screenings, concerts and […]

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Gentiloni: «Athens is to blame, not the Germans. Time now to avoid EU exit» (Corriere della Sera)

«The situation has not been resolved with the Greek referendum’s “NO” victory. I understand the Syriza voters’ celebrations, a bit less the Italian cheering section. The vote established that Tsipras has the support of the majority of Greeks, but this is not the solution. It is now time for Greece and the EU to set […]

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Cooperation First National Council meeting Gentiloni cites major step toward the creation of an Italian Development Cooperation System

The National Council for Development Cooperation, which met for the first time today, has a fundamental role in ensuring the coordinated and consistent action of all public and private, profit and non-profit, sector actors in compliance with clear and consensual rules. The Development Cooperation is a strategic investment for Italy in its efforts at confronting […]

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Dei – Turkey: second among emerging countries for infrastructure investments

With 17 new projects, Turkey ranks second among 139 emerging countries for investments in infrastructure. This according to a World Bank report that underscored how Turkey was behind Brazil but ahead of Peru, Columbia and India. These five countries attracted an overall 78 billion USD in investments in 2014, amounting to 73% of the total […]

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