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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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DEI/Sole 24 Ore: France: 18.2 million euro contract to Thales Alenia Space for Artes 14

Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67%, Finmeccanica 33%) signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for Phase B in the development of a new generation geostationary satellite platform through the Neosat programme. The 18.2 million euro contract falls within the framework of the Artes 14 programme, and was jointly awarded to Thales Alenia Space […]

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Italian Marines : Meeting at Palazzo Chigi

In a meeting with Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti and the Government’s Special Envoy Staffan De Mistura, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was updated on the case of the Italian Marines still being held in India. Today’s decision by the Supreme Court in New Delhi not to apply the anti-terrorism law is the […]

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Beijing – 15 Italian IT students awarded certificates

Ambassador of Italy in Beijing Alberto Bradanini received 15 of the best Italian students in the field of IT and telecommunications who participated in the Talent Lab project funded by Huawei and promoted by the Italian education ministry, to award them certificates of attendance. Read more, in Italian

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Romania – Business and “social responsibility”, Bucharest reviews Ferrero Report

The 2012 report on social responsibility of the Ferrero Group was presented at the Bucharest Residenza Italia. The presentation was organised with the support of the Italian embassy in Romania, and participants included a large group of Italian and Romanian institutional representatives. Read more, in Italian

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