Lebanon – Italy is the country’s second supplier

The “Made in Italy” brand continues to make headway in Lebanon, for which Italy is the second supplier, behind China. In the first quarter of 2014, Italian exports reached 445 million dollars, or 8.2% of the total, coming after China (637 million, or 12.4%) and before the United States (439 million dollars, or 8.1%). Italy […]

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Bosnia – Sarajevo City Hall re-opens its doors to the public

After years of restoration work, Sarajevo City Hall has once more opened its doors to the public, thanks not least to the assistance provided by the European Union and its member states, Italy included. The Italian Ambassador to Bosnia Herzegovina, Ruggero Corrias, attended the re-opening event. Other assistance provided by Italy includes the reconstruction of […]

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Argentina – Italian stand attracts crowds at Buenos Aires book fair

Italy was one of the leading countries at the International Book Fair in Buenos Aires (FILBA), with a stand organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in the Argentine capital. The University of Bologna (Argentina branch) and the Italian-Argentine University Consortium (CUIA) were also represented. The Italian Cultural Institute’s special guest at the fair, which has […]

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Germany – “Con Verdi nel mondo” tour opens in Cologne

The “Orchestra dell’Opera Italiana” opened its special Verdi project in Cologne. “Con Verdi nel mondo” will take the musicians from the Teatro Regio in Parma on a world tour organised in collaboration with numerous Italian Cultural Institutes. The event, a huge success with the city’s music lovers, was the result of a fruitful collaboration between […]

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Recall Conferenza “Le persone LGBTI nella realta’ odierna” (Farnesina, 16 maggio 2014)

Venerdì 16 maggio, dalle ore 9.30 alle ore 18.30, avrà luogo alla Farnesina la conferenza “Le persone LGBTI nella realtà odierna”, i cui lavori saranno aperti dall’intervento del Sottosegretario agli Esteri Benedetto Della Vedova. L’evento si articolerà in quattro panel: 9.45: “I diritti delle persone LGBTI nel quadro internazionale” 11.30: “Cultura, società e orientamento sessuale […]

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Mogherini–Kerry meeting – First official mission to the USA for Minister Mogherini

The first official visit by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini to the United States opened with a wide-ranging discussion with the American Secretary of State John Kerry. Topics examined included the crisis in Ukraine (“we must support the national dialogue”); the stalemate in Syria; the two Italian marines detained in India; and the schoolgirls abducted in […]

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Il SS Giro partecipa al Consiglio permanente dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani: “Ecco come rilanciamo le relazioni con L’America Latina”

Under-Secretary Mario Giro is attending the meeting of the Permanent Council of Organisation of American States in Washington to illustrate the direction taken by Italy in the region. “The lines followed by our Latin American policy are those proposed by Minister Mogherini. They are based on realism, cooperation, inter-dependence, the accountability of all actors and […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Dubai: Fiera Vicenza to launch gold and jewellery fair with Dubai World Trade Centre

Fiera di Vicenza and Dubai World Trade Centre have set up a joint venture (DV Global Link) to organise a new fair in the Emirates for the gold and jewellery sector. The first edition of the fair, called “Vicenzaoro Dubai”, will run from 23 to 26 April 2015. It aims to attract participants from a […]

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Buenos Aires – European Cinema exhibition returns to Argentina

From 21 to 30 May 2014 Buenos Aires will host the 11th European Cinema exhibition. The event is co-organised by the European Union delegation in Argentina, the Alliance Française and the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires, in collaboration with European embassies. For Italy, the film selected is Terramatta (2012), a documentary by Costanza Quatriglio […]

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Nicosia – A full house in Cyprus for “La Grande Bellezza”

The Italian Embassy in Nicosia, in collaboration with the University of Cyprus and the University of Nicosia’s “Cine Studio”, organised a spring season featuring recent Italian films. A highlight was Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grande Bellezza”, winner of the Oscar for best foreign film, which attracted a full house of film-lovers. Read more, in Italian.

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China – 17th century Rome on show in Beijing

“Roma/Seicento: verso il Barocco” is the title of an exhibition just opened in the National Museum in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square as part of the Italian-Chinese memorandum of understanding on promoting the cultural heritage. The event, which will run until February 2015, includes about 50 works by Rome’s museums and churches. A programme of events focusing […]

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Della Vedova: Sbarchi, il governo è solo «Ci hanno scaricato il problema»

«Dopo i fatti di oggi, le polemiche andrebbero evitate. La priorità deve essere in queste ore la ricerca e il salvataggio delle vittime di quest`ennesima tragedia. Dobbiamo pensare ai disperati partiti dalla Siria, dalla Libia, dal Corno d`Africa. A donne, uomini e bambini che fuggono da guerre e regimi totalitari e corrotti, trasportati da criminali […]

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