DEI/Sole 24 Ore/Ghana: Trade and Investment Forum

A seminar presenting opportunities for collaboration with Ghana in the green economy, infrastructure and agro-industrial sectors, and the instruments available to companies, will take place at the Farnesina on 31 October 2014. The event was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Rome office of the United Nations […]

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M.O.: Mogherini, Israele fermi nuovi insediamenti Gerusalemme Est

Il ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Federica Mogherini, condanna la decisione delle Autorità israeliane di avviare la pianificazione della costruzione di oltre 1000 nuove abitazioni a Gerusalemme Est. Qualora perseguita ulteriormente, tale decisione, oltre a essere illegale ai sensi del diritto internazionale, solleverebbe nuovi dubbi sull’effettiva intenzione del Governo israeliano di pervenire a […]

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Accreditation note: Recall – Ghana Trade and Investment Forum (Farnesina, 31 October 2014)

A reminder that the Ghana Trade & Investment Forum will take place at the Farnesina on Friday 31 October 2014. The Forum is being organised by the United Nations Organization for Industrial Development (UNIDO), the Italian Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO Italy) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) in collaboration […]

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Slovakia – “Etruschi di Perugia” exhibition opens in Bratislava

The “Etruschi di Perugia” exhibition opens at Bratislava Castle on Thursday 30 October 2014 and will run until 29 March 2015. The exhibition was organised by the Slovak National Museum and the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the National Archaeological Museum of Umbria and the Italian Embassy. Many of the exhibits are being shown […]

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Sydney – Jazz by Enrico Rava arrives on Australian shores

A series of concerts by jazz musician Enrico Rava, starting at the Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival in Sydney on 1 November 2014, is attracting keen interest from Australian audiences. The concerts will be followed by an event on 4 November at the city’s Italian Cultural Institute, featuring Rava and jazz pianist Paul Grabowsky. Read […]

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Toronto – The genius of Michelangelo on display

The genius of Michelangelo will be showcased in Canada until January 2015, with the “Michelangelo Quest for Genius” exhibition hosted by the Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto. The exhibition was organised by Casa Buonarroti, in Florence, and the MetaMorfosi Association. The initiative was presented by the gallery’s director, Matthew Teitelbaum, and by Pietro Folena […]

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Paraguay – Emilio Salgari stars in Italian Language Week

The 14th Italian Language Week was a resounding success in Asunción, capital city of Paraguay. The exhibition entitled “Emilio Salgari. La fabbrica dei sogni: dalla Malesia al Paraguay”, which was opened in the presence of two of Paraguay’s ministers,Mabel Causarano (culture) and Anna Baiardi (gender issues), attracted especially keen interest. Read more, in Italian.

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Ucraina: Mogherini sente Poroshenko, avanti con riforme e preservare accordi minsk

The elections in Ukraine and the implementation of the Minsk agreements were the focus of a phone call today, 29 October 2014, between Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and the Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko. Mogherini congratulated Poroshenko on the outcome of the vote on Sunday 27 October. The two discussed the reforms that will be taken […]

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My 8 months at the Farnesina

These have been 8 intense months. Before 2014 the world, and our region in particular, had perhaps never seen so many crises all occurring at once and all of exceptional gravity: from Ukraine to Libya, from Gaza to ISIL, from Syria to Iraq to the drama of Ebola. The “balance sheet” we have drawn up […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Australia: New railway line planned for Melbourne area

The State of Victoria will probably be building a new railway line in the region north of Melbourne. The initiative is included in the election manifestos of the 2 main parties taking part in the local government elections taking place in late November. The new line would start at South Morang station, where the metropolitan […]

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Social Impact Investment Task Force meets at the Farnesina

Dialogue between representatives of the institutions and key actors from global social impact financing sector After Washington, London, Paris and Berlin, the latest meeting of the Social Impact Investment Task Force (SIIT) has taken place in Rome, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The SIIT was set up in 2013 under the […]

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Middle East: Joint Israeli-Italian Commission selects projects – Industrial, scientific and technological cooperation

The Joint Israeli-Italian Commission set up under the Bilateral Agreement for Industrial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation met on 22 October 2014 in Tel Aviv. The aim of the meeting was to select joint research and development projects in both the industrial and academic spheres to be funded in 2014. Another aim was to establish the […]

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