Italy-Romania: Mogherini in Bucharest, Italian presidency a new phase for EU

Italy is working to see to it that its duty presidency will mark a turning point in the European Union, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini said in bilateral meetings today in Romania, which offered an opportunity to reconfirm Rome’s excellent relations with Bucharest. From now until the end of the year, community institutions are […]

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Diplomazia Economica Italiana – 28 May: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor

Dubai: 2014 Gulf furniture market valued at 2.73 billion USD The 2014 interior furnishings market of the United Arab Emirates at valued at 2.73 billion USD, according to the data that emerged at the International Design Exhibition (INDEX), where more than 700 vendors from 44 countries (up 15% over last year) displayed their wares. Italy […]

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Recall – Giornata della trasparenza – Inaugurazione nuova Collezione Farnesina (Farnesina, 29 maggio 2014)

On Thursday 29 May 2014 at 9:30, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini will join Minister for Culture Dario Franceschini at the foreign ministry in Rome in inaugurating the new mounting of the Farnesina Collection, within the framework of the 3rd annual Transparency Day. The “Farnesina Art Collection” was set up in 2001, and has […]

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Italy-Romania, Mogherini in Bucharest – Talks centred on bilateral relations and international agenda concerns

The status of bilateral relations and major international agenda concerns, beginning with the Ukraine crisis and the consequences of Sunday’s European vote, will be the focus of the talks Minister Federica Mogherini has planned for today in Bucharest with Romanian leaders.

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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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