Ankara – Ambasciatori Ue incontrano i vertici turchi della Difesa (in translation)

Si e’ tenuto nei giorni scorsi ad Ankara un incontro degli ambasciatori dell’Unione Europea con i vertici politici turchi del settore della Difesa, seguito da una visita congiunta al complesso industriale della Turkish Aaerospace Industries Inc. (TAI), la piu’ importante impresa del paese nel settore aerospaziale. L’evento e’ stato organizzato dall’ambasciata d’Italia ad Ankara nel […]

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Croazia – In mostra “la Luce del Barocco” di Guercino (in translation)

Verra’ inaugurata il 28 ottobre a Zagabria, alla presenza del presidente della Repubblica croata Ivo Josipovic – che co-patrocina l’iniziativa insieme al presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano – e dell’ambasciatore d’Italia, Emanuela D’Alessandro, l’esposizione “Guercino la luce del Barocco” che portera’ per la prima volta in Croazia 35 capolavori di Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, detto il […]

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Chicago – Ozpetek e Virzì guidano italiani a Film Festival (in translation)

Ferzan Ozpetek e Paolo Virzì hanno ‘guidato’ la pattuglia italiana presente in forze al Chicago International Film Festival, importante appuntamento arrivato alla cinquantesima edizione. Insieme ad “Allacciate le cinture” del regista nato in Turchia ma naturalizzato italiano, e “Il capitale umano” di Virzì, sono stati proiettati anche “Tir” di Alberto Fasulo e “Eppideis” (Seven Little […]

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Youth and the UN – In March the sixth edition of RomeMUN, the UN’s largest diplomatic simulation for European students

Two thousand participants from every part of the world in Rome ready to discuss the topics associated with the EXPO 2015 theme – Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life – in the UN’s largest diplomatic simulation in Italy, and one of the largest in Europe. Rome Model United Nations (RomeMUN) 2015 is a diplomatic simulation […]

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UN-EU: peacekeeping, new strategies

The best practices and lessons learnt through the Plan of Action for enhancing CSDP support for UN peacekeeping adopted in July 2012 by the Council of the European Union, was the focus of a high-level international workshop held at the Farnesina and organized by MAECI within the framework of the Italian EU Presidency. The event […]

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Iran: Mogherini, Reyhaneh a victim twice

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini expressed grief at the death of Reyhaneh Jabbari, the young Iranian woman who was hung at dawn today. “The execution of Reyhaneh is a deep and painful wound”, Mogherini said. “We had all hoped that the international outcry might have saved the life of a young woman who, instead, […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Russia: Cremonini opens meat-slaughtering plant

Through Inalca Eurasia Holdings, in which the Knightsbridge Group also participates, the Cremonini group today opened the first beef slaughtering plant in the Russian Federation’s Orenburg in the Southern Urals. The plant has an annual capacity for slaughtering 130,000 head, and required a 40-million-EUR investment. It will have a pivotal role in enhancing and promoting […]

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Tunis – Agri-food: Italy guest of honour at SIAT 2014

Tunisia’s international agriculture and technology investment fair (SIAT), the country’s main agri-food event running from 29 October through 1 November, will welcome Italy as this year’s guest of honour, acknowledging our country as a privileged partner with approximately one hundred firms already operating on Tunisian soil. The agricultural sector, along with fishing, confirms a growth […]

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Mozambique – Celebrates peace with Festival Jazz

Mozambique plans to celebrate the anniversary of the peace accords to the tunes of a jazz festival organised by the Italian embassy in Maputo, which runs from today through Saturday. Now in its 10th edition, the Italy-Mozambique Jazz Festival was created to commemorate the accord signed on 4 October 1992 that put an end to […]

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Brazil – Italian embassy presents EXPO to businesses

The Italian embassy in Brasilia has joined the Federation of Industrialists of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in organising events on 4 and 11 November, to promote the 2015 EXPO in Milan and investment opportunities in Italy. As ambassador Raffaele Trombetta explained, “The embassy will present EXPO as a major opportunity for Brazilian firms, […]

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Vietnam – Angeloni says Italian strengthens cooperation

“Italian is the fourth most studied language in the world, and that’s why we want to present it as a tool for strengthening our relations, especially as regards cultural cooperation between Italy and Vietnam”, affirmed Italian ambassador in Hanoi Lorenzo Angeloni as he launched Italian Language Week. The opening of the event featured the exhibition […]

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Immigrazione: Della Vedova incontra ministro Esteri bavarese Merk

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova met today at the foreign ministry in Rome with Bavarian Minister for European Questions and Regional Integration Beate Merk. The meeting brought out a convergence of viewpoints with the German Land on the topic of migrants and asylum requests – one of the Italian EU presidency’s priority concerns […]

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