Federica Mogherini handed in her resignation as Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation today, 31 October 2014
Read moreIl Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Benedetto Della Vedova è intervenuto oggi a Pechino alla Conferenza ministeriale sull’Afghanistan nell’ambito del processo di Istanbul-Heart of Asia, meccanismo di cooperazione regionale per favorire la pace in Afghanistan e la sua stabilizzazione. Nel suo intervento, a nome anche dell’Unione Europea, Della Vedova ha espresso forte sostegno alla cooperazione regionale […]
Read more“The potential for economic relations between Italy and Ghana is of great interest. Our country is present there, and our companies have success stories to tell. But there are margins for improvement as far as our presence concerned”. These were the words of the Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry, Michele Valensise, as he opened […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreIl 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 […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreThe “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 […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreThese 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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