DEI/Sole 24Ore: Hong Kong: Italian jewellery exports of 795 mln USD (+ 21% annually)

Jewellery was the 4th goods sector for 2013 Italian exports to Hong Kong (after fashion/apparel, leather goods and artisan items), with a market share of 6.29% and an overall value in products exported of 795 million USD, up 21% over 2012. Especially significant was Italy’s participation in the 31st Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, one […]

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Turchia: Della Vedova, Erdogan si adegui a sentenza corte Ankara su blocco Twitter (in translation)

“C’è un giudice ad Ankara. Auspicio è che governo #Erdogan si adegui a sentenza corte contro blocco #Twitter. Lo chiedono anzitutto i turchi”. Lo scrive su Twitter il sottosegretario agli Esteri, Benedetto Della Vedova.

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Mogherini: making a system to promote Italy – Internationalisation of Lazio – 2014 programme presented at the Farnesina

“Italy has wealth, diversity, and a network of resources and energies that anyone coming from outside knows well. Italy is in demand around the world, and we cannot respond to that demand with national resources alone: there is a diversity of regions, cities, businesses and cultures that are the real wealth and potential of our […]

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Lebanon – Italian water-works project presented

A new Italian intervention in support of Lebanon was presented at Jbeil. The project is being financed with an Italian loan of 30 million euro for the creation of a drinkable water system, sewer network and water purification plant for a provincial village. Read more, in Italian

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Prague – Exhibition by Rachele Bianchi

The Italian Cultural Institute will launch an exhibition today at the Baroque Chapel of sculpture, painting and drawings by Rachele Bianchi entitled “Un lungo viaggio attraverso il pensiero”. The show runs through 22 April and is being promoted by the National Institute of Contemporary Art and the Italian Cultural Institute, with the patronage of the […]

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Buenos Aires – Ferrero presents 4th social responsibility report

The Ferrero group recently presented its 4th social responsibility report at the Embassy of Italy in Buenos Aires. Ambassador Teresa Castaldo pointed out the report’s link with the 2015 Milan EXPO and its themes of environmental and food sustainability and security. Read more, in Italian.

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Mogherini, great attention to case of Italian abducted in Libya

Minister Federica Mogherini spoke this morning by telephone with the wife and sister of Gianluca Salviato, the Italian technician abducted in Libya. She assured them that the foreign ministry was “following the case with great attention”, the minister said while speaking with reporters in The Hague where she was taking part in the Nuclear Security […]

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Support for internationalisation – MFA-INFN protocol of understanding signed

The need for more synergies to support the internationalisation of scientific research and greater collaboration between Italian actors on the global scene led to the signing today of a protocol of understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), intended to provide greater impetus to the two institutions’ […]

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Ukraine: G7, diplomatic channel remains open – Mogherini, next G7 not the definitive end to the G8

In a declaration by the G7 in The Hague, the Group of 7 leaders observed that Russia’s support for the OSCE mission in Ukraine was “a step in the right direction” and that they would “suspend our participation in the G-8 until Russia changes course and the environment comes back to where the G-8 is […]

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Egypt: Farnesina appeals for revision of death sentence sentenze

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep concern over the sentencing to death by the criminal court of Minya in Egypt of 529 Muslim Brotherhood members. The ministry appealed to the Egyptian authorities to review the sentence and ensure all the accused a fair trial according to the rule of law.

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore: Turkey: drop in demand after Ankara government set limits on instalment buying

Turkey: drop in demand after Ankara government set limits on instalment buying The measures adopted by the Ankara government to limit consumer instalment buying have had an immediate impact: according to the data supplied by the banking oversight authority, in the past five weeks the drop in deferred payment purchases amounted to 5.4 billion Turkish […]

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Marines: Mogherini meets with Indian Minister, determination on jurisdiction reiterated

The case of the Italian Marines detained in India was the focus of a meeting today between Minister Federica Mogherini, in The Hague for the Nuclear Security Summit, and her Indian counterpart. Mogherini said she “reiterated our determination to explore all political and legal actions in order to have our right to exercise jurisdiction in […]

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