EU: Mogherini-Désir meeting at Foreign Ministry

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini met at the foreign ministry in Rome today with French secretary of state for European affairs Harlem Désir, to whom she illustrated the priorities that the Italian EU presidency has set for the second half of 2014. The French secretary expressed agreement on European policies aimed at growth and […]

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Spain – Italy on the calendar of the ‘Semana de musicareligiosa’

Spain’s traditional week of religious music “Semana de musicareligiosa”, currently in its 53rd year, featured a concert by Italy’sPegaso ensemble, led by Maurizio Croci, in the magnificentUNESCO World Heritage-listed Cathedral of Cuenca. The group’s participation was made possible by the cooperation of the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid. The calendar of Italian contributions also included […]

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Diplomazia Economica Italiana: Lastest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 Ore/Radiocor

Bosnia Herzegovina: Mostar Fair welcomes 50,000 visitors, Italy prominent The 2014 edition of the International Mostar Fair, a major multi-sector trade fair In Bosnia Herzegovina welcomed 500 vendors and 50,000 visitors from nearly 30 countries. Italy made a prominent showing with a variety of initiatives: a visit by a delegation from the Abruzzo region accompanied […]

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Brazil – System Italy on the Rio Grande do Sul

The Italian embassy in Brasilia recently organised an Italian business mission to the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul in collaboration with the Consulate General of Porto Alegre and the Italo-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. The participating delegation consisted of director of tourism promotion for the 2015 Milan EXPO Alessandro Mancini, deputy director of the […]

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Italy-China – Luoyang “Science City” nears completion

The Sino-Italian Science City is closer than ever. A bilateral conference was held recently on the Luoyang Sino-Italian Science City, now in the advanced stages of construction, whose participants included representatives of the Italian embassy of Beijing, the Turin Polytechnic Institute and businesses based in the Italian region of Piedmont. Discussions centred on Sino-Italian collaboration […]

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Expo 2015 – Lithuania between tradition and innovation

Lithuania is among the 147 countries that, from 1 May to 31 October 2015, will participate in the 2015 EXPO in Milan, and today officially unveiled its pavilion project ‘Balansas’. Illustrating it was the government’s extraordinary commissioner RomasJankauskas, who presented the design of a group of young architects from Kaunas. The minimalist-inspiredpavilionwill consist oftwo cubic […]

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Diplomazia Economica Italiana: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 Ore/Radiocore

Saudi Arabia: Italian made automobiles and fashion at Jeddah A “Fashion and Motor Show” was recently held at Jeddah, organised by the Italian Business Group (IBG) of Jeddah, with the patronage of our Consulate General. Recent Maserati and Lamborghini models were presented in the context of a fashion show of designs by Italian designer Antonio […]

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Environment – Cooperation and the Red Sea

The shores of the Red Sea are an uncontaminated wealth of marine life and Italy is committed to conserving that natural patrimony through support for the Egyptian Debt Conversion Programme and the activities of the Egyptian NGO HEPCA. The initiative aims to promote the socio-economic development of the marine area and the coastline, in synergy […]

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Expo 2015 – A design brand for France

The French Pavilion for the 2015 Milan EXPO, dedicated to food security and diversification, was unveiled in Paris. The pavilion, which will be dedicated to farming, fishing and the French agri-food industry will cover 3,600 square metres, 2,000 of which will be covered. Mercato aperto sulla città Like the markets scattered throughout France, the pavilion […]

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Italy-Switzerland – Conference in Lugano on “Italian distress”

A conference was held recently at our Consulate General in Lugano entitled “Italian distress today and tomorrow”, with numerous economists, financiers, bank directors and business persons in attendance, including economist and former CEO of Private Banking UBS Rudi Bogni, former Italian Minister for Culture Lorenzo Ornaghi and Director of Corriere della Sera Ferruccio De Bortoli. […]

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Science – Rizzolatti awaited in Copenaghen to receive the Brain Prize

The Italian Cultural Institute of Copenhagen is preparing to welcome Giacomo Rizzolatti, neuro-scientist of International renown who coordinated the research group in the 1990s that discovered the “mirror mechanism”. This professor of Human Physiology at the University of Parma is among the three winners of the prestigious Brain Prize 2014, and the first Italian ever […]

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Schools abroad – Winners of Italian Olympics from Sofia and Lagos

The winners of the Italian Language Olympics are Elena Kostova of the Gorna Banja secondary school in Sofia and Ibinabo Kilali David-West of the Enrico Mattei school in Lagos. This year’s competition registered a significant increase in participating schools abroad, thanks to its having been opened up to include foreign and European schools. Read more, […]

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