GB – Italian ambassador opens innovative hospital unit

Ambassador of Italy to London Pasquale Terracciano opened an innovative medical laboratory at the hospital in Leicester that will make possible greater precision in the administration of pharmaceuticals and large savings for that National Health Service facility. The laboratory is the fruit of collaboration between the Service and the Italian firm Ingegneria Biomedica Santa Lucia […]

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Gentiloni urges stop to violence and military action in southern Lebanon. Phone calls with Commander Portolano and Minister Margallo

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni spoke by telephone with UNIFIL Commander General Luciano Portolano. Minister Gentiloni received updated information on the clashes that had continued since late morning in the eastern section of the UNIFIL mission’s operating area, and during which one Spanish Blue Helmet lost his life. “In expressing its […]

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Tripoli attack: joint statement on Libya by the governments of France, Germany, Italy, Malta, United Kingdom, Spain and the United States

“The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States strongly condemn the attack this morning on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya. We express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families. We reject such appalling acts of terrorism, which should not be allowed to undermine Libya’s political […]

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Hong Kong: integrates with Guangdong in services sector

Within the framework of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, an agreement on the liberalisation of services was recently signed between Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China’s Guangdong Province covering 58 sectors that include real estate and environmental services and computer support installations, with a partial extension to another 75 sectors. The most prominent […]

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Iran: Restored Pomodoro sculpture returned

Arnaldo Pomodoro’s sculpture “The Sphere” once again shines in the garden of the Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, where it has been since the institution’s foundation. The restored piece was returned to its owners during the museum’s “Dusting the Earth” ceremony. Italian ambassador Mauro Conciatori delivered a greeting to the conference for the presentation of […]

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U.S.: Major acknowledgement for Italian language

The United States’ CollegeBoard, a non-profit organisation that every year helps more than seven million students prep for college admission, gave a boost to efforts to promote the Italian language in the U.S. by committing to support funding for the continued inclusion of Italian among the Advanced Placement (AP) programme language exams. Italian ambassador to […]

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Valona: Presentation of ‘Essays on culture, politics and power’

The Consulate General of Italy in Valona recently hosted a press conference for the presentation of Franco Ferrarotti’s “Essays on culture, politics and power”. The book contains some of the author’s most important essays, using the theories of Weber and Horkheimer, on social rationalisation and bureaucratisation processes, on Italy and on the modernisation of a […]

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Valona: Presentation of ‘Essays on culture, politics and power’

The Consulate General of Italy in Valona recently hosted a press conference for the presentation of Franco Ferrarotti’s “Essays on culture, politics and power”. The book contains some of the author’s most important essays, using the theories of Weber and Horkheimer, on social rationalisation and bureaucratisation processes, on Italy and on the modernisation of a […]

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Zagreb: Roma Museum of the Shoah launched at conference

On 20 January, at the French Pavilion of the Student Centre of Zagreb, architect Luca Zevi presented a design for the Museum of the Shoah in Rome, which he co-authored with Giorgio Tamburini. Villa Torlonia The museum, which is to be located in the area of Villa Torlonia, is an innovative structure, a steel and […]

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Zagreb: Roma Museum of the Shoah launched at conference

On 20 January, at the French Pavilion of the Student Centre of Zagreb, architect Luca Zevi presented a design for the Museum of the Shoah in Rome, which he co-authored with Giorgio Tamburini. Villa Torlonia The museum, which is to be located in the area of Villa Torlonia, is an innovative structure, a steel and […]

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Gentiloni in Rabat, Morocco pillar of stability in region

Minister Paolo Gentiloni is in Rabat on a 24-hour mission. After a meeting with his Moroccan colleague Salaheddine Mezouar, Gentiloni called Morocco “a pillar of stability in the region”, and underscored the country’s capacity for growth following the launch of a “process of reforms”. Other meetingsThe minister is also scheduled to hold meetings with Moroccan […]

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Gentiloni in Rabat, Morocco pillar of stability in region

Minister Paolo Gentiloni is in Rabat on a 24-hour mission. After a meeting with his Moroccan colleague Salaheddine Mezouar, Gentiloni called Morocco “a pillar of stability in the region”, and underscored the country’s capacity for growth following the launch of a “process of reforms”. Other meetingsThe minister is also scheduled to hold meetings with Moroccan […]

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