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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Mogadishu: political clashes between Somalia’s highest institutions – Farnesina expresses concern

The Farnesina is deeply concerned about the recent news from Mogadishu regarding the worsening political clashes between the country’s highest institutions. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is in close contact with our principal international partners with an interest in the Somali dossier. A government crisis on the eve of important international events […]

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Incontro sul tema “il percorso della compliance delle imprese italiane al sistema universale dei diritti umani”

Il 14 novembre 2014 alle ore 15.30 si svolgerà, alla Farnesina, un incontro sul tema “il percorso della compliance delle imprese italiane al sistema universale dei diritti umani” in occasione della presentazione del paper “Business e Diritti Umani: una sfida per le imprese?”. Il paper è il risultato di un lavoro sul 　rapporto tra l’attività […]

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Madagascar L’Italia riprende le relazioni diplomatiche (in translation)

L’Ambasciatore d’Italia in Sud Africa Vincenzo Schioppa ha presentato al nuovo Presidente del Madagascar le proprie credenziali, firmate dal Presidente Napolitano, ristabilendo cosi’ le relazioni diplomatiche ufficiali con la quarta Isola piu’ grande al mondo, “congelate” per oltre quattro anni. Un colpo di Stato del marzo del 2009 aveva infatti trascinato il Paese in una […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Internationalisation: Italy for Business event on 14 November in Rome

A new “instalment” of the internationalisation road show “Italy for Business: supporting SMEs entering foreign markets” will take place on 14 November at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome (address: Piazzale Kennedy 1). The aim of the road show is to illustrate to small and medium-sized enterprises the instruments provided by the state and the […]

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First visit abroad for Gentiloni. Meetings with foreign ministers of Germany, France and Spain

Berlin, Paris and Madrid will be the destinations for the first tour of European capitals, starting tomorrow 13 November, by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni. The issues Gentiloni plans to discuss in his meetings with colleagues Steinmeier, Fabius and Margallo include the situation in Libya and the first topic on […]

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