V riunione di dialogo strategico italo-israeliano alla Farnesina

Tensions in the Middle East and bilateral Israeli-Italian relations were the focus of the 5th meeting of the Italian-Israeli Strategic Dialogue meeting which took place at the Farnesina today, 13 November 2014. The delegations from the two countries’ foreign ministries were led by the Farnesina’s Secretary General, Michele Valensise, and his Israeli counterpart, Nissim Ben-Shetrit. […]

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Ebola virus: Italy’s contribution to fighting the epidemic

Italy’s total contribution to the fight against the Ebola epidemic amounts, to date, to 7.6 million euro. The total can be broken down into support for the United Nations agencies and the International Red Cross and for projects implemented by Italian non-governmental organisations (NGOs), mainly in Sierra Leone. Emergency contributions and initiatives Right after the […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Finland: Control of Gasum passes to state

The Finnish state has acquired a majority stage in Gasum, the natural gas supply, distribution and sales company, by buying 31% of the shares held by Fortum (another partly state-owned company) and 20% of the German E.ON’s shares. The total cost of the transaction was 510 million euro. The purchase will increase the state’s stake […]

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Rosetta Mission: Italy’s decisive technological contribution

As part of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta Mission, the Philae lander has made its landing on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.The technical and scientific contribution to the mission by Italy’s research centres and industries was coordinated by the Italian Space Agency (ASI).   Sophisticated electro-optical instruments   Finmeccanica – Selex ES, Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space made […]

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Libya: Shared commitment with Berlin, says Gentiloni – Talks in Paris and Madrid also on today’s agenda

“On Libya, We have a shared commitment to prevent the country from splitting, and to involve regional countries and the world’s major countries, from a perspective of dialogue and moderation”. Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who was speaking after his bilateral meeting with his German colleague Frank-Walter Steinmeier, added that the two countries also see eye to […]

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Brussels – Marco Polo’s bible on display

The ancient cultural, religious and diplomatic links between Europe and China are illustrated at the “In via in saecula. La Bibbia di Marco Polo tra Europa e Cina” exhibition in Brussels. The exhibition, which runs until 15 December 2014 and is part of the Italian EU Presidency programme, was opened by the Italian Ambassador, Alfredo […]

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Lima – Italian teachers go back to school

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lima has organised and hosted a refresher course for teachers of Italian language and culture, which took place from 17 to 19 November 2014. In recent years, Peru – which has enjoyed 10 years of unbroken economic growth and is well placed to become one of Latin America’s leading economies […]

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Malta – Conference on nutrition in the run-up to EXPO 2015

The Italian Cultural Institute in La Valletta will be hosting a conference on 19 November to examine nutritional issues in the run-up to EXPO Milan 2015. The event will be opened by the Italian Ambassador, Giovanni Umberto De Vito, and the former EU Commissioner for Malta, Tonio Borg. Supporters include the Maltese Ministry of Energy […]

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Tirana – Book Fair dedicated to Girolamo De Rada

The 17th Tirana Book Fair is under way at the city’s Congress Hall and will run until 16 November. This year’s Fair, in which the Italian Cultural Institute in the Albanian capital will be taking part, is dedicated to Girolamo De Rada, to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth. Read more, in Italian.

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Prague – Security in the next 25 years

“World, European Union, and Czechia: 1989 – 2014 – 2039”. That was the title of a conference in Prague organised by the city’s Charles University under the aegis of the Italian Presidency of the EU Council, with the collaboration of the Italian Embassy to the Czech Republic. In his presentation, the Italian Ambassador to Prague, […]

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Release of Italian technician kidnapped in Libya in July announced by Gentiloni

Marco Vallisa, the Italian technician from the Piacentini company who was kidnapped in Zwara, in Libya, on 5 July 2014, has been freed. The announcement was made by Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who added that “Vallisa is on a plane headed for Italy”. The minister expressed his great satisfaction over Vallisa’s release and his “warm thanks […]

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Gentiloni: «Wir miissen Freiheit und Integration ins Zentrum riicken» (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

(Traduzione di cortesia) Signor Ministro degli Esteri; come è la vostra visione dell`Europa e quale ruolo dovrebbe svolgere l`Italia nell`Europa del futuro? Non dobbiamo chiudere gli occhi di fronte al fatto che ci sono chiari segni di sentimento antieuropeo. Vedo una tendenza isolazionista da un lato, e dall`altra parte una politica che si apre al […]

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