Seven refugees from Camp Hurriya (formerly Camp Ashraf) received by Italy

As part of the humanitarian effort by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the Ministry for Home Affairs, 7 Iranian refugees arrived in Italy today from Camp Hurriya, in Iraq. Their arrival in our country is a response to the numerous appeals by the United Nations to find an agreed solution, one that is […]

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Giro: congratulazioni a Sorrentino per l’Oscar. Cultura e lingua strategici per ruolo Italia

“Congratulations to Paolo Sorrentino, who has once again shown, with the Oscar for his film ‘La Grande Bellezza’, just how much demand for Italy there is in the world”. The comment was made by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mario Giro, on hearing of the Italian director’s success in Los Angeles. “Italy attracts people for […]

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Marines: Pillay (UN) expresses concern for human rights

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concerned about respect for human rights since the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, have been detained in India for too long. Her views were reported today by her spokesperson, Rupert Corville, after her meeting with the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Benedetto […]

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“We the people of Ukraine”

A fiery image that evokes the outcome of a democratic revolution fills the front page of issue 36 of “Longitude”, the journal edited by Pialuisa Bianco and hitting news-stands on 6 March. “We the people of Ukraine” is the headline of this issue, packed with reports on international policy issues and with the focus on […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore: USA: Trevi wins contracts worth 50 million dollars

Trevicos, a division of the Trevi Group, has won the contract for extraordinary maintenance works on the Bolivar Dam in Ohio (USA), a project worth about 44 million dollars, announced the Group. Trevi has also won a 6 million dollar contract to consolidate a dam for a mining site in Wyoming. Source: Il Sole 24 […]

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Archaeology – Italian-Iraqi campaign to “dig the future”

The Italian-Iraqi archaeology mission in Abu Tbeirah in southern Iraq, coordinated by Professor Franco D’Agostino, from Università La Sapienza di Roma, is not just a scientific project. It’s also an adventure in a land very different from Italy, a land that’s seeking a way out from over 40 years of war. The latest dig focuses […]

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Ukraine: Mogherini at Foreign Affairs Council – Extraordinary Summit in Brussels. “Political solution only through dialogue”

Italy and its European partners strongly condemn the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity and call on Russia to immediately withdraw its armed forces. They view the political-diplomatic channel as the only way to resolve the crisis. These were the positions to emerge from the extraordinary meeting of the Council of European Union Foreign […]

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China: Italy condemns the savage attack in Kunming station

Italy condemns the savage attack on 1 March in Kunming station, in China’s Yunnan province. Like any other act of violence against unarmed civilians, this was an appalling and unjustifiable action. The Italian Government offers its condolences to the People’s Republic of China and expresses its sympathy to the families of the victims and its […]

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Argentina – Pantalla Pinamar celebrates Italy

The Pantalla Pinamar Film Festival’s special guest this year will be Italy. Argentina’s principal celebration of film, now in its 10th edition, will take place in Pinamar, on the Atlantic coast, from 8 to 15 March 2014. Italy will share the “guest of honour” role with India, Switzerland and Hungary. To celebrate the Italian presence […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore: Dubai: Strong Italian participation at Arab Health 2014

About 300 Italian companies took part in the latest edition of Arab Health. The fair, which was held in Dubai, is the Gulf’s most important trade event in the medical and pharmaceutical sector. Over 80,000 visitors from all of the world attended, while over 3,900 exhibitors from 64 countries took part. According to estimates by […]

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Italia- Cina – Premio Shanghai, al via residenza per 3 artisti italiani (in translation)

Italia e Cina fianco a fianco nella promozione dell’arte: ha preso il via a Shanghai la fase di residenza artistica per i tre vincitori italiani del Premio Shanghai. Alessandro Dandini de Sylva, Chiara Principe ed Elisa Strinna saranno ospiti fino al 20 aprile presso la School of Design della East China Normal University, dove elaboreranno […]

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