Italia-Giappone: Della Vedova incontra delegazione imprese nipponiche

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova met today at the Farnesina with a delegation of Keidanren, the main Japanese business federation, led by co-president for Europe Yoshio Sato and made up of more than 20 business persons. Discussions centred on promoting investments, strengthening trade relations, progress in free-trade agreement and strategic partnership negotiations between […]

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Farnesina and CNR for the night of the researcher in Lecce

The Night of the Researcher, held at the Nanotechnologies Institute of the CNR’s National Nanotechnology Laboratory in Lecce in collaboration with the Farnesina, organised a session entitled “From Enigma to the Quantum Computer”. This evening at 19:00 Marco Mazzeo will introduce the theme of the conference “Toward the quantum computer”, followed at 20:00 by a […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – USA: delivery of the 200th AW139 produced in Philadelphia

AgustaWestland announced that its Philadelphia plant had made delivery on its 200th AW139 helicopter, a true product of excellence by the Finmecanica-AgustaWestland family, and in this case slated for the Yokohama Japan Fire Department, which had already received one earlier. The AW139 is the biggest seller in its class and has been produced at a […]

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Usa -“Macchiaioli” for the first time in October

“The Macchiaioli”, an exhibition of the 19th century Italian art movement by the same name, will run at the Italian Cultural Institute from 2 to 30 October, give thing the American public their first ever taste of this fundamental moment in Italian modern art. Read more, in Italian.

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China – Turin Polytechnic and CEI Piemonte in Chongqing

Relations with the principal auto manufacturing firms of Chonqing (Chang’an, Lifan, Shineray), reflection on the need to systematically reassess Italy’s market penetration, and finally, preparation of the Italian Automotive Forum in Chonqing were the concerns of a mission to the Chinese province by an Italian delegation led by Deputy Dean of the Turin Polytechnic, with […]

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Uruguay – Embassy mission to Colonia and Dolores

Ambassador of Italy to Montevideo Vincenzo Palladino made a mission to Colonia del Sacramento and Dolores to visit the Italian communities in the two areas and deliver a report on the upcoming COMITES elections. Read more, in Italian.

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London – Virzi’ – “Oscar-anxiety”

“A contest that is enjoyable but is also anxiety-provoking”. It is a sincere and emotional Paolo Virzì, especially in light of the recent passing of his mother, who launched his new film “Human Capital” in London. “We are curious about the effect the film may have on English-speaking audiences”, the director added, “we have already […]

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Italy in the United Nations

Italy has been a member of the United Nations since 1955 and has been elected to the Security Council six times. We are the top Western supplier of troops to foreign peacekeeping missions, and currently hold the command of the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon led by General Portolano. Our country hosts major UN agency headquarters, […]

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UN: G7 Deauville Partnership

The foreign ministers of the G7 Deauville Partnership joined member state representatives of Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen at a meeting in New York with representatives of regional and international organisations and of international financial institutions. The meeting offered an opportunity to confront topics such as democratic transition, economic development and modernisation, in […]

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UN: meeting on death penalty moratorium

Ahead of a UN General Assembly resolution on the death penalty moratorium, expected in December and long the object of numerous efforts on the part of Italy, a high-level meeting was held at the UN to further consider the debate among member states, with a view to increasing the number of votes in favour. An […]

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Ebola emergency – Italian Cooperation intervention plan

The United Nations is mobilising to fight the Ebola virus epidemic by creating an international coalition. A recent unanimously approved Security Council resolution identified the Ebola epidemic as a “threat to international peace and security”. A meeting is now to be held at head of state and government level of the countries affected and major […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Slovakia preparing call for tenders for Bratislava motorway bypass

The Deputy Minister for Transport of Slovakia, Viktor Stromcek, announced that a team led by the PwC are preparing a call for tenders for the selection of a private-sector partner in the construction and management of the 60-kilometre Bratislava motorway bypass. Work is slated to begin in early 2016 and be completed within 2020. The […]

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