Mogherini sente colleghi Egitto, Tunisia, Algeria e segretario Lega Araba su Gaza e Libia

La situazione a Gaza e in Libia è al centro di una serie di telefonate che il ministro degli Esteri, Federica Mogherini, ha in programma in questi giorni con i colleghi di diversi Paesi della Regione che oggi si sono incontrati al Cairo e che sono impegnati come l’Italia nella ricerca di una soluzione politica […]

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Montevideo – “Nel nome del Padre” artwork dedicated

The Italian Cultural Institute of Montevideo recently hosted the dedication of “Nel nome del Padre”, an artwork by Cesare Viel and Luca Vitone. The over 6-metre-high permanent installation is constructed on a steel-reinforced concrete column prepared by the artists, on which they inscribed the names of 357 women distinguished for their creativity, and is placed […]

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Montreal – Italy participates in Festival Films du Monde

Montreal is hosting the 38th Festival des Films du Monde. Italy is competing with a variety of offerings, and Italian actor, screenwriter and director Sergio Castellitto is chairing the festival jury. This year’s edition, dedicated to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, aims to promote cultural diversity and understanding among peoples, and spread the knowledge of cinema to […]

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Lodz – Performance by Ascanio Celestini

Ascanio Celestini’s theatre presentation “Saccarina, cinque al soldo” will make a stop in Lodz for the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the ghetto of that Polish city. The spectacle will be staged on 30 August at the Nowy Teatr, and consists of a tale for voices and music that begins with the cries of […]

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Prague – Wind orchestra from Udine astounds

The “Euritmia” musical association’s youth wind orchestra of Povoletto (Udine) will give an open-air performance on Friday 29 August at the Church of Saint Nicholas in the Old City of Prague. The concert is made available by a series of media partners that includes the Italian Cultural Institute of Prague. “Euritmia” is among the oldest […]

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Libia: Mogherini, è il momento di avere coraggio e dialogare per mettere fine al conflitto

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini renewed her urgent appeal to the parties to the conflict in Libya, and to the entire international community, to seek a settlement that would lead to ending the violence and rebuilding a nation of democratic institutions. “Libya is at the most difficult point since the revolution and, as always, […]

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Ucraina: Mogherini a Linkevičius, profondo cordoglio per uccisione console onorario lituano.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini expressed her condolences on the death of Lithuanian honorary consul in Ukraine in a letter to her colleague in Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius: “I was profoundly aggrieved at the news of the death of the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania in Ukraine”, Mogherini wrote. “In condemning this act […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Ucraina: approvata riforma trasporto e stoccaggio gas (in translation)

La Verkhovna Rada ha approvato in via definitiva, con il voto favorevole di 228 deputati, la legge che modifica di alcune norme del sistema unico di trasporto del gas in Ucraina”. Il provvedimento legislativo – che si inquadra nel contesto del pacchetto di riforme economiche alla cui e’ attuazione e’ anche condizionata l’erogazione degli aiuti […]

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Ukraine: Serious development as convoy of 134 Russian vehicles crosses border without authorisation from Kiev

In Italy’s view, the fact that a convey of 134 Russian vehicles has entered Ukrainian territory without the necessary authorisation from Kiev, albeit for stated humanitarian reasons, is a serious development in the crisis. Only some of the vehicles had undergone the inspections agreed by the parties and the International Committee of the Red Cross. […]

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Italy–Cameroon – Ambassador meets civil engineering students

The Italian Ambassador in Cameroon, Samuela Isopi, recently visited the National Advanced School of Public Works (NASPW) in Yaoundé. The School is engaged in a joint training programme with the University of Padua’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. Since 2010, the NASPW and the University have jointly provided training for 580 young Cameroonians, […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – China: ADR proposes new flights

China: ADR proposes new flights Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) and China Eastern Airlines met recently in Shanghai to discuss ADR’s proposal for two new weekly flights from Wenzhou to Rome, in addition to the daily flight from Shanghai (with the route starting at Wenzhou). The possibility of operating through a new direct link from Kunming, […]

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Informal meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) – Milan, 29-30 August 2014

An Informal Meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers (Gymnich), will take place on 29 and 30 August at the MiCo Congress Centre in Milan under the Italian EU Presidency. The Informal will be chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, and hosted by Foreign Minister […]

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