Hanoi – Italy-Vietnam Fashion Council set up

Hanoi has announced the creation of a new Italy-Vietnam Fashion Council, whose role is to support the sustainable development of the clothing industry. Members of the Council include successful designers from both countries, represented by Stefano Dominella, Chair of the Gattinoni fashion house, and the Vietnamese Minh Hanh. As the Italian Ambassador in Hanoi, Lorenzo […]

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Argentina – Second edition of the “L’eccellenza per italianità” prize

The second edition of the “L’eccellenza per italianità” prize, which awards Argentinian personalities of Italian origin who have distinguished themselves in their profession,has been presented in Argentina. Organised by the “L’Italiano” newspaper, the event took place at the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires in the presence of our Ambassador to Argentina, Teresa Castaldo, and […]

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Paris – Italian Semester – Perugino exhibition opens

The exhibition on “Perugino, maestro di Raffaello” has opened at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris. The exhibition has been organised as one of the cultural events of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Staged with the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Paris and the subject of an event at the […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Italy–USA: FCA presents the new Renegade Jeep, produced in Melfi

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has presented the new Renegade Jeep, an American design produced in Italy, at Melfi. The new jeep will go on sale before the end of September, first in France and Germany and then in the other European markets. Sales in the USA and China will begin in the first quarter of 2015. […]

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Marò: Mogherini, bene rientro Latorre. Continuiamo a lavorare per soluzione

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini has welcomed the news of the Indian Supreme Court’s decision to grant Massimiliano Latorre’s request to return to Italy for 4 months of medical treatment. “In recent weeks we have shared in the Latorre family’s concern over Massimiliano’s health. With this decision, which the Italian Government greatly appreciates, the Indian judges […]

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#Farnesina: Italy’s culinary arts arrive in space

Italy’s culinary arts arrive in space, thanks to Argotec. The company’s young engineers, working with Italian chefs and astronauts, have created a “Space Food Lab” in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Italian counterpart (ASI). The Argotec team has developed a special menu of “bonus food” designed specifically for each European astronaut […]

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Intervista al ministro Mogherini– Meet The Woman In The Driver’s Seat Of Europe’s Foreign Policy (Thinkprogress.org) – versione originale

Amid growing tensions with Russia, and in the context of last week’s NATO Summit, the Heads of State and Government of the European Union late last month appointed Federica Mogherini — the current Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs — as their new Secretary of State, known as the EU’s High Representative. Federica Mogherini will take […]

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Italy-Vietnam: Della Vedova meets Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, met the Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister, Ho Xuan Son, at the Farnesina today under the strategic partnership established in 2013. “We examined how best to strengthen and build upon relations between our two countries”, observed Della Vedova, “following Prime Minister Renzi’s visit to Hanoi in June 2014 […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Poland: Ferrero to expand its Belsk production facility

Ferrero Polska, part of the Ferrero Group, has decided to expand its production facility in Belsk, about 60km from Warsaw. Ferrero opened the factory in 1997, initially to produce Nutella, Kinder eggs, Kinder Bueno and Raffaello. The Belsk facility produces not just for the Polish market but for Germany, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Italy, Spain […]

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Barcelona – Italy’s Oscar-winning films in Spain

The first Italian film-maker to win an Oscar was Vittorio De Sica, with “Sciuscià” – a neorealism masterpiece from 1947. And in March 2014 Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grande bellezza” brought the total of Italian Oscar-winning films to 13. All of these films will now be screened by the Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona, during the […]

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Intervista al Ministro Mogherini (Clarin.com)

Traduzione di cortesia Con una certa dose di ironia ma anche con scarsa visione sul funzionamento dei processi collettivi, Henry Kissinger pronunciò in un’occasione una frase divenuta famosa:”Quando ho bisogno di parlare con l’Europa, potreste dirmi che numero chiamo?” Ora , la risposta lo porterebbe al telefono di Federica Mogherini, nuova incaricata delle Relazioni Estere […]

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Anti-ISIS Regional powers must be involved; I’ve spoken with Ukrainian foreign minister, the ceasefire is holding

One of the main challenges facing Europe and the United States in tackling the threat from ISIS – especially in Iraq – is to construct a coalition against the terrorist organisation and involve the regional powers. Powers that include Turkey and Iran, as well as the Gulf states and Egypt. These were some of Minister […]

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