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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Dei/Sole 24 Ore: Australia: Macquarie – Sorgenia concluding negotiations for renewable energy

According to Radiocor, Sorgenia is coming down the home stretch in negotiations with Macquarie for the concession of its renewable energy plant portfolio: 110MW wind turbines in Italy and 165MW wind turbines in France, the latter in equal joint venture with KKR, in addition to several other projects already approved. The price of the concession […]

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European Week for Health and Safety at Work

  In observance of the European Week for Health and Safety at Work, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation signed on to the 2014-2015 “Healthy Work Places” campaign promoted by the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work (EU-OSHA). On 5 November next, within the framework of an MAECI/INAIL event at the […]

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Italy-Argentina – Grasso launches youth “think-tank” – Bicultural project, ceremony at Baires “Palazzo Italia”

“Italy must go back to believing strongly in the value of its cultural, literary, artistic and scientific legacy, which can be a driver” in regaining the role it deserves, asserted President of the Senate Pietro Grasso as he launched a new “Italo-Argentine think-tank” during a meeting at the Italian Cultural Institute. Present also was Italian […]

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Italian Language Week Ankara – History and Literature

The Italian culture conquers Turkey with a packed calendar of events for the 14th Italian Language Week. Opened by Ambassador Gianpaolo Scarante with deputy dean of the Faculty of Languages, History and Geography of the University of Ankara Leyla Uzun, various Italian language events focusing on history and literature will be open to professors, students […]

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Usa – Italian on the rise in “Advanced Placement” programme

There is a rapidly growing demand for Italian in the Advanced Placement (AP) programme that allows American high school students to earn university credits by sitting exams in the language of Dante. According to recently published College Board data, 2331 students took the exam on 30 June 2014 – an increase of 17.7% over the […]

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