Romania – “Festival Italiano” in Bucharest through 23 June

Romania’s capital Bucharest is hosting the 7th edition of “Festival Italiano” though 23 June, offering a a rich calendar of events dedicated to food, fashion, furniture and culture and to promoting the Made in Italy brand. The festival has been organised by the Embassy of Italy in Bucharest with the collaboration of the ICE-Italian Foreign […]

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Maputo – 10 years of biotechnology cooperation with Italy

The “Eduardo Mondlane” University in Maputo celebrated its 10th anniversary. Created within the context of Italy-Mozambique university cooperation involving the Universities of Rome, Pisa and Sassari, and the contributions of the Italian government and other national and international partners, the institution is now one of southern Africa’s centres of excellence for interdisciplinary research applied to […]

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Gentiloni firmly condemns Kabul attack

“I firmly condemn today’s attack near the international airport of Kabul on a EUPOL mission convoy which took the life of a British citizen”, said Minister for Foreign Affairs Gentiloni regarding the attack this morning in Afghanistan. “This despicable attack hits us even harder as Europeans because it was against a civilian mission being carried […]

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Farnesina: serious concern over death sentence for former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders

The Farnesina expressed serious concern over the sentence of death passed on former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders. Recalling that Italy renounces the death penalty and is working toward a universal moratorium on capital executions, the Farnesina trusted the sentences would be reviewed and that the Egyptian judicial system would proceed […]

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Yemen: Gentiloni cites importance of humanitarian truce for getting aid to civilians

“The humanitarian truce currently in effect in Yemen is crucial to establishing a direct flow of aid to the civilians affected by the conflict, who are in dire need”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Gentiloni said. “It is essential that all parties respect the truce”, he continued, “so as to facilitate the delivery of food, medicines […]

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Italian Cooperation flight carries aid for refugees and displaced in Northern Cameroon fleeing Boko Haram

A flight carrying a shipment of humanitarian aid from the Italian Cooperation left the UNHRD logistical base in Brindisi earmarked for the thousands of internally displaced persons of Cameroon and Nigerian refugees — UN estimates cite 74,000 — who have fled to northern Cameroon to escape the violence of the fundamentalist terror group Boko Haram. […]

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Gentiloni: “Targeted incursions and naval actions for the EU mission in Libya” (Corriere della Sera)

“Targeted incursions and naval actions for the EU Mission in Libya” by Paolo Valentin Mr. Minister, how is the EU mission against the traffickers to act? “The European Council’s final statement clearly indicates the goal:  “undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and destroy vessels before they are used by traffickers”. The foreign ministry does not […]

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Hong Kong: Coop Italia enters with Park and Shop supermarkets

Coop Italia makes its entrance onto the Hong Kong market through the Park and Shop supermarket chain within the framework of a broad expansion plan into Asian markets. This is an important opportunity for Coop to increase its visibility in Hong Kong as a producer of Italian food and wine. Starting in June, the firm […]

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Buenos Aires – Presentation of the “Dictionary of Italian Migrations”

Great anticipation in cultural and institutional spheres and throughout the Italian community of Argentina for the presentation of the “Encyclopedia Dictionary of Italian Migrations in the World”, which will take place at the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires on 19 May at 18:30 and in Mar del Plata the following day at the Diagonal […]

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Bosnia – Italian ambassador: The country’s future is in Europe

Italian ambassador to Sarajevo Ruggero Corrias, guest of the International University of Sarajevo (IUS) gave a lecture on “Bilateral relations between BH and Italy in the framework of the EU integration process”, in which he spoke of relations between Italy and Bosnia and opportunities for work and growth offered by the European Union as well […]

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Teheran – Italy draws interest at Book Fair

Italy has been attracting hundreds of visitors at this year’s Teheran Book Fair, which closes on 16 May after 10 days of sales, presentations of new publications, conferences, workshops and side events. A total of 65 countries presented more than 2,000 stands and 300,000 books, with the number of visitors up by 50% as compared […]

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UNESCO. Under-Secretary Giro hails UNESCO ruling on Italian proposal of cultural areas protected from conflict

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro expressed great satisfaction with the unanimous adoption by the UNESCO executive committee of a ruling — presented by Italy — establishing “protected cultural areas”. The ruling’s aim is to protect cultural treasures in areas of conflict, particularly as regards the deliberate destruction of heritage sites, plundering and illegal trafficking […]

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