Quito – UN praises Italy for restoration of San Francisco convent

The UN praised Italy for its contribution to the restoration and enhancement of the San Francisco convent complex in Quito. Participants in a recent ceremony for the presentation of its management plan included, among others, Ecuadoran Minister for Culture Francisco Velasco, Director of the INPC (international institute for cultural patrimony) Maria Josè Armijos, UN country […]

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Japan – The Uffizi in Tokyo from October

The Uffizi Gallery will be “on tour” in Japan from 11 October to 14 December. The Tokyo residence of Ambassador DomenicoGiorgi hosted a press conference for the presentation of the initiative, which will be mounted at the city’s metropolitan museum and include over 70 workds by Italian Renaissance and Mannerist masters Boticelli, Andrea del Sarto, […]

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Minister Mogherini opens Africa Day at the Farnesina

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held its annual Africa Day, this year in celebration of the 41st anniversary of the creation of the Organisation of African Unity, and the opening speech was delivered by Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini. “Italy wants to be part of the virtuous dynamism of the continent by making the […]

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Mogherini cites need to help dialogue in Libya and Ukraine

Despite the difficulties, Italy and the international community cannot but sustain dialogue between the parties, both in Ukraine and in Libya, as Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Moghernini stressed today during her quarterly briefing on the status of international missions before the joint parliamentary foreign affairs and defence committees. The briefing offered an opportunity to […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor

China: Haier push is on again for Indesit The race for control of Indesit was on again and the stock price rose on the Italian exchange. In recent weeks the American Whirlpool group seemed to be leading, with a possible mixed cash and stock offer. In the past few days though, according to leaks to […]

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Barcelona – Italy’s Unescoheritage on display Catalonia

Italy’s 45 UNESCO Heritage sites will be on display in a photographic exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona from 3 to 30 June. The photos are by Bologna-born photographer Luca Capuano, and this is the first exhibition of Italian UNESCO sites by a single author, created in collaboration with the Ministries of Foreign […]

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Ukraine: Mogherini reports bodies of Rocchelli and Mironov recovered and moved to Kiev

“The bodies of Andrea Rochelli and Andrey Mironov have both now been recovered in Kharkov and will be transferred to Kiev where their families await them”, reported Minister Federica Mogherini, expressing her “deep pain” for the Italian photo-reporter and Mironov, who “was much more than a translator”.

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Turkey – Leader in protection of intellectual property

Turkey comes out a leader in the protection of intellectual property thanks to an ad hoc seminar organised by the Embassy of Italy in Ankara in collaboration with the ICE office of Istanbul. The workshop, entitled “Made in Italy and the protection of intellectual property. Tools for protecting Made in Italy and Turkish legal procedures, […]

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Tirana – Winning Albanian students describe Italy

Awards went to the winners of a competition for descriptions of Italy for Albanian students of Italian at the University of Tirana. The initiative was intended to stimulate the creativity of the Albanian students through the use of the Italian language as a writing tool. Read more, in Italian.

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Japan – Dacia Maraini in Tokyo, writing and living

Childhood in Japan, from quiet years in peace to the sufferings of war and life in a prison camp with her entire family: Dacia Maraini’s shared a piece of her life in Tokyo during the event “Scrivere, vivere” hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute. Read more, in Italian

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Bolivia – Italy among speakers at the pre-G77 climate conference

Italy was among the leaders at the conference cycle “Environment and sustainable development for better living”, organised by the Bolivian Ministry of Environment and Water in collaboration with the Italian foreign ministry. The meetings were held from 19 to 21 May in La Paz, Cohcabamba and Santa Cruz. The latter of these is slated to […]

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Africa Day – Science cooperation for sustainable development

The foreign ministry held its traditional Africa Day today, and annual event that this year coincided with the 41st anniversary of creation of the Organisation of Africa Unity, which became the African Union in 2002.Minister Mogherini gave the opening speech and Under-Secretary Mario Giro closed the event. Invited guests included the Mission Heads of the […]

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