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    26 February 2014
    Minister Mogherini has a series of telephone conversations with her counterparts

    Minister for Foreign Affairs Mogherini had a series of telephone conversations in recent hours with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Fabius and, finally, with Greek Foreign Minister Venizelos, whose country currently holds the Presidency of the European Union. Speaking […]

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    26 February 2014
    Expo 2015 attracts business tourism from Russia

    According to Director of the ENIT office in Moscow, Domenico Di Salvo, who spoke with the press, Radisson-Ukraine ran a Mice workshop (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Events) in the context of the Italy-Russia year of cross-tourism that officially opened in November 2013. Director of Marketing for EXPO 2015 Lara Maggiore who participated in the workshop, presented […]

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    26 February 2014
    Italian delegation at Bahrain Garden Show

    The 10th edition of the Bahrain International Garden Show opens tomorrow, with Italy’s participation being organised by UNIDO ITPO Italy (the UN Industrial Development Organisation Investment and Technology Promotion Office) along with a delegation of participating sector firms. Read more, in Italian

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    26 February 2014
    Argentina discusses “roots not forgotten”

    “Roots not forgotten” is the title of a conference on emigration being organised by the Italian Cultural Institute for 20 March. According to the Institute’s website, the descendents of Italian emigrants are showing new signs today of wanting to re-establish the ties that were severed with the mother country, rediscovering the pleasure of speaking the […]

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    26 February 2014
    Italy-Usa: Washington, Italian short film wins at Independent Festival

    The prize for best short film at the DC Independent Film Festival, held in Washington from 19 to 23 February, went to Italian brothers Francesco and Neri Ricci Lotteringi for “Halina”. The film, set in Rome, follows the lives of three characters as seen through the eyes of Halina, a young Rom played by Mary […]

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    25 February 2014
    DEI/Sole 24 Ore: Fashion: The need to defend Italian identity (Armani)

    Fashion: The need to defend Italian identity (Armani) Giorgio Armani called for the more decisive intervention of the Chamber of Fashion to protect Italian creativity, and criticised the fashion show calendar. According to the designer, “The Chamber of Fashion must defend the Italian culture and identity without looking at what they are doing in France, […]

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    25 February 2014
    Marò: Ministri Mogherini e Pinotti incontrano famiglie Latorre e Girone

    Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers Mogherini and Pinotti met this morning at the Chamber of Deputies with Vania Girone and Paola Moschetti, respectively the wife of Salvatore Girone and companion of Massimiliano Latorre, to whom they assured the government’s determination to do everything possible to bring the two Marines home to Italy. On the eve […]

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    25 February 2014
    Students prepare for classical languages olympics

    The date is approaching for the selection of the participants in the National Olympics of Classical Languages and Civilisations: on 7 March the students of Italian schools abroad and all the regions of Italy will compete for the finals to be held in Palermo on 6 May. The students will face off in three sections: […]

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    25 February 2014
    Stop in Sydney for the Social World Film Festival

    Vico Equense’s Social World Film Festival continues its world tour and, before arriving on the Amalfi Coast in June and after stops in Berlin, Istanbul, Paris, Los Angeles and San Francisco, will make a stop in Sydney Australia where, on Thursday the Italian Cultural Institute will host a screening of selected short films. Read more, […]

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    25 February 2014
    Expo, two new Italy-Cern accords on research and education

    President of the Region of Lombard Roberto Maroni flew to Geneva with a delegation to visit the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest particle physics laboratory and an international organisation that has confirmed it will join the UN and the EU as a participant in the 2014 Milan Expo. In addition to […]

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    25 February 2014
    London – Italy meets Japanese investors

    Italy  introduced itself to Japanese investors based in London in a seminar on investment opportunities in Italy organised by ICE, Invitalia and Jetro with the help of our embassy in London. The aim was to offer an overview of the factors of political and economic stimulus to possible manufacturing and financial investments in our country. […]

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    25 February 2014
    Diplomacy “On air” – “An Ambassador in Africa”

    Giuseppe Mistretta, presently Italy’s Ambassador in Angola but recently named Ambassador to Ethiopia, will host the 17th instalment of “Diplomazia e Dintorni” on the air on Tuesday 25 February at 21:00. “An Ambassador in Africa” Giuseppe Mistretta is also the author of “Un ponte lungo quattro secoli” (Gangemi editore, 2013) a book of curious stories […]

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