The International Design Exhibition, Index, tobe held in Dubai on 22 May, is one of the interior design and furnishings sector’s key events.Over 100 Italian firms will participate, making Italy the top presence at the event, as Italian ambassador Giorgio Starace was pleased to underscore. Read more, in Italian.
Read morePreparatory sessions got under way on Wednesday at the foreign ministry in Rome for the States-General on the Italian Language in the World, an initiative to be held in October in collaboration with the Ministries of Education and Culture. Strategies for the dissemination of the Italian language The States-General will offer an opportunity to examine […]
Read moreItaly announced at a conference of South Sudan donors in Oslo that it would earmark an additional 3.5 million euro, as per a decision by Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini. The funds will go to emergency interventions as follows: 1.5 million to Italian NGOs and 2 million to multilateral Unite National agencies operating in […]
Read moreThe Libyan crisis, stability, migrations and development in the Mediterranean will be the topics of the ministerial meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue (5+5) in Lisbon that Minister Mogherini is scheduled to attend. Seated at the same table will be the European heads of diplomacy of Italy, Portugal, Spain, France and Malta, along with those of […]
Read moreBolivia: President Morales OKs petrochemical project (Tecnimont) During the 4th international congress on hydro-carbons organised by Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolvianos (YPFB), Bolivian president Morales announced his government’s decision to go forward on the construction of a petrochemical hub in the Tarija Department for the production of ethylene-polyethylene and propylene-polypropylene with an initial investment of 1.8 […]
Read moreItalian director Gabriele Muccino’s “Baciami ancora” opened the “La Semaine du Cinema Europeen” in the capital of Gabon, a film festival organised by the Italian embassy in Libreville together with the French, German and Spanish diplomatic missions and the EU delegation. Read more, in Italian.
Read more“The invention of Italy”, a cycle of history lessons held in London and organised by the Italian Cultural Institute with the collaboration of the Laterza publishing house and the support of ENI and Intesa Sanpaolo scored a big success. The organisers are now planning another cycle of nine lessons for the autumn, to coincide with […]
Read moreJapan commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Italian conquest of K2, with a screening of the film “K2 La Montagna degli Italiani” to a large and enthusiastic audience. Read more, in Italian.
Read more“I would like, in the name of the Italian government, to express my full satisfaction with the accord on narcotics trafficking reached by the negotiators of the Columbian government and the FARC. This is an important step for security, development and peace in Colombia and throughout the region”, stated Under-Secretary Mario Giro. “Italy and the […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini appointed ambassador to Tripoli Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi Italy’s special envoy for Libya, as other countries either made or planned to make similar appointments. “It is necessary that the international community act in unison in the search for a solution to the serious crisis in Libya, and the presence of […]
Read moreThe Italian foreign ministry will hold its annual Africa Day at 10:30 on Tuesday 27 May 2014. The event coincides this year with the 41st anniversary of the Organization of African Unity, which became the African Union in 2002. Minister Federica Mogherini will deliver the opening speech, and Under-Secretary Mario Giro will close the event. […]
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