Tunisia – Breast cancer project supported by Italian Development Cooperation

Over 250 health sector professionals from Tunisia attended an international conference in Hammamet on breast cancer prevention and information. The conference also attracted over 30 foreign participants, mainly from the 5+5 countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Malta and the Maghreb nations). Italian Ambassador Raimondo De Cardona also attended. The event was organised by the Tunisian […]

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DEI/Sole 24Ore – FYROM – Italian Embassy–ICE Business Forum

Over 100 business people attended a Business Forum organised by the ICE Trade Agency office and the Italian Embassy in Skopje to discuss investment projects in the infrastructure and energy sectors. Topics examined included the 3 new stretches of railway line, for a total of 620 million euros, on which work will soon begin to […]

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Brazil – Two events to promote Italian innovation

Brazil has seen two events to spread the news about Italian technological excellence. Working in collaboration with the ICE Trade Agency and the Italian business community in Brazil, our Embassy is organising a trade commission to Porto Alegre on 14 and 15 April 2014. The Embassy will also host a seminar in the capital, Brasilia, […]

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USA – Maria Bartiromo wins Urbino Press Award

Maria Bartiromo, a journalist and television presenter with the Fox Business Network, has won the 2014 Urbino Press Award, the Italian prize awarded each year to an American reporter. Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero commented on the “unmistakable style and extraordinary professionalism” of Bartiromo’s economic and financial reporting. He will make the official announcement at an […]

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Dublino – “Pirandello. La famiglia e l’epoca”, dibattito all’IIC (in translation)

Chi dice Luigi Pirandello dice “Il fu Mattia Pascal”, “Uno, nessuno e centomila”, “Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore”, “Il berretto a sonagli”, “Così è se vi pare”. Queste, tuttavia, sono solo alcune delle tante opere dello scrittore siciliano che hanno lasciato un segno nella letteratura italiana. Pirandello è stato scrittore e poeta. Fu il teatro, […]

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Ukraine: NATO calls for more cooperation with Kiev – Moscow urged to adopt immediate measures to respect international law

NATO foreign ministers have decided to intensify cooperation with Ukraine and have agreed on “concrete measures to enhance Ukraine’s ability to provide for its own security”. These were two of the points set out in the conclusions of today’s meeting, where the foreign ministers also met their Ukrainian counterpart. The NATO and Ukrainian ministers agreed, […]

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Mogadishu – 20 Somali police officers trained by Italy’s Finance Police return home

The 20 Somali police officers trained in Italy by our Finance Police corps have returned home. Italian Ambassador Andrea Mazzella and Somali Finance Minister Hussein Abdi Halane were at Mogadishu airport to welcome the 20 officers, who come from Hargeisa in Somaliland, Garowe in Puntland and the capital, Mogadishu. The officers made a great success […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Arrival and Departure of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Ciampino Airport, Rome, 3 April 2014) – Recall

Thursday 3 April 2014: arrival at Rome’s Ciampino Military Airport of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her departure on the same day. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event should: – complete the interactive form available at http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp – attach all required documentation (if not already submitted) to […]

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Melbourne – Intellectual Property guide for business community

A “General Guide on Intellectual Property Law in the State of Victoria”, produced by Giovanni Di Lieto with support from the Italian Consulate General, was presented recently in Melbourne. About 50 legal experts and members of the business community attended the event, during which Consul General Marco Maria Cerbo described how the Guide will help […]

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Italy-Serbia – Twinning agreement by Agriculture Ministries

A twinning agreement on the “Implementation of sustainable use of plant protection products and establishing systems for regular technical inspection of pesticide application equipment” has been signed by the Serbian and Italian Ministries of Agriculture. The agreement is one of Italy’s initiatives to support Serbia’s EU integration process and a strand of the two countries’ […]

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Prague – Umberto Galimberti on nihilism and the young

The Czech translation of “L’ospite inquietante: Il nichilismo e i giovani”, by philosopher and essayist Umberto Galimberti, was presented recently in Prague. Moderated by philosopher Ondrej Svec and journalist and translator Andreas Pieralli, the presentation was attended by the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Giovanni Sciola. Read more, in Italian.

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Giro: «Per una primavera araba ed europea» (Avvenire)

Non è bello essere arabo di questi tempi»: inizia così L’infelicità araba, l’ultimo libro di Samir Kassir, libanese e già caporedattore di El Nahar, uno dei fogli più indipendenti del suo Paese. «Il mondo arabo – si legge – è la zona del pianeta dove l’uomo ha minori opportunità, a eccezione dell’Africa sub sahariana». Kassir […]

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