Washington: Events to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Galileo

Two winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics, Carlo Rubbia and Adam Riess, will be among those taking part in “Galileo: Exploration of the Universe”, an initiative being held in Washington from 9 October to 12 December 2014 to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the father of modern science. The programme is made possible by […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Georgia: Leitner to supply artificial snow plant

Georgia: Leitner to supply artificial snow plant Georgia’s Gudauri Development Agency and DemacLenko (Leitner Group, based in Vipiteno) have signed 2 contracts to supply artificial snow plant for the ski resorts of Gudauri and Bakuriani, in the Caucasus mountains. Both projects will be completed and ready for use by December. Leitner recently supplied a turnkey […]

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Principality of Monaco – the Made in Italy brand in Monte Carlo

30 days of the Made in Italy brand in Monte Carlo to showcase Italian art, fashion, literature, theatre, film, crafts, music, and food and wine. That’s the essence of the “Month of Italian Culture and Language” which each October captures the imagination of the Principality of Monaco. Conceived by the Italian Ambassador, Antonio Morabito, the […]

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Azerbaijan: Della Vedova attends Baku Forum. Freedom and Rights must complement globalisation

At the invitation of the Azerbaijani Government, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, spoke today at a round table on “Challenges of Globalisation: between tradition and transformation”. “Globalisation has a economic dimension that is clear but which must be complemented in the sphere of freedom and individual rights. Each country enters the globalisation […]

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Mogherini in Lampedusa – Ceremony to commemorate anniversary of tragedy

Institutions, non-governmental organisations and society must join forces in a “civil alliance” to tackle the major issue that is immigration. In her speech at the ceremony in Lampedusa to commemorate the disaster of 3 October 2013, Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini stressed the need to work together at a number of levels. “It is a moral, […]

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M.O.: Farnesina, nuovi insediamenti Gerusalemme ostacolo su via pace

Israel’s decision to build 2160 homes at Givat Hamatos, near Jerusalem, is an obstacle to the efforts to reach a definitive solution to a conflict that has already affected, if not broken, the lives of too many generations. It is a provision that appears incompatible with the Israeli Government’s several times reiterated intention to reach […]

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Frankfurt Book Fair: Franceschini to open “Punto Italia”

Dario Franceschini, the Minister for Culture, will open the “Punto Italia” at the 66th Frankfurt Book Fair, the most important international event for the sale of publishing rights and Italy’s most important event for the promotion of Italian literary culture and publishing abroad. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini will open the “Punto Italia” at the 66th […]

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Brussels – Italian hi-tech in review

Investment for technological innovation and growth in the cyber security sector, access to raw materials, active and healthy ageing, food quality and security in the run-up to EXPO 2015, the protection and enhancement of the cultural heritage, and infrastructure networks. These are the key topics of the 4 sessions of TechItaly 2014, a series of […]

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Philadelphia – A month of events with an Italian flavour

“Ciao Philadelphia” is a month-long celebration of Italian culture, with over 30 events (see the full list at ciaophiladelphia.com). Organised by the Italian Consulate General, the events are open to the public of Philadelphia, a city with one of North America’s biggest and most successful Italian and Italian-American communities. Columbus Day, a holiday close to […]

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Buenos Aires: ‘Meraviglie dalle Marche’ in mostra (in translation)

Cinque secoli di pittura, dal primo Rinascimento all’Ottocento, per ripercorrere la storia delle Marche. E’ stata inaugurata nei giorni scorsi a Buenos Aires la seconda edizione della mostra “Meraviglie dalle Marche”, un evento realizzato con la collaborazione dell’ambasciata italiana. L’esposizione, attraverso 36 tele di artisti del calibro di Tiziano, Lorenzo Lotto, Perugino, Filippo Bellini, Tintoretto, […]

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The UN and the world’s water resources: Italy-UNESCO collaboration

The work of the United National Nations World Water Assessment Programme (UN WWAP) will be illustrated tomorrow, 3 October 2014, at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome. The UN’s World Water Development Report 2014, Water and Energy, will be presented during the event. Those attending the event, organised at the initiative of the Under-Secretary for […]

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UNESCO Forum, Florence. “In a world that seems to be degenerating into extremism or crises, the escape routes from the idea of an inevitable clash and decline are culture and creativity”, says Under-Secretary Giro

“We must never forget that the places of creative production, places that cradle the meaning of a community, are important to development. They are the places where today’s reality, difficult, crisis-ridden and violent as it may be, can be transformed in the imagined future”. This was the comment by Under-Secretary Mario Giro, speaking at the […]

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