Italy–Thailand – Synergy and collaboration for Palazzolo extradition

Collaboration and synergy between the Italian Foreign Affairs, Justice and Home Affairs ministries and the Thai authorities has led to the extradition to Italy of mafia boss Vito Roberto Palazzolo. Palazzolo has been on the international “Wanted” list since the early 1990s for mafia-related crimes, and had been sentenced to 9 years in prison. He […]

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Italian schools abroadThe “Olympiad in Italian” is back – registration by 31 January

The “Olympiad in Italian” is back. After the success of the last edition, which attracted numerous Italian schools and students abroad, the initiative returns with an online competition for secondary school pupils to test their Italian grammar, spelling and vocabulary. The deadline for registration – through the dedicated website www.olimpiadi-italiano.it – is 31 January 2014. […]

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We hope to see more EU coordination in defence sector, says Bonino

European defence policies, the crisis in South Sudan, Egypt’s transition and the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons. These were the main issues covered by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in her address to the Senate and Chamber’s joint Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees. The hearing, in which Defence Minister Mario Mauro also took part, was intended […]

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Serbia-EU: Bonino welcomes Brussels’ decision to open accession negotiations

“Great satisfaction” was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s reaction to the decision by the European Union’s General Affairs Council of 17 December 2013 to open negotiations for Serbia’s EU accession. The talks will start in January 2014 with the first Inter-Governmental Conference. “This is a historic moment for Serbia and the Balkans”, declared Minister Bonino. “Italy […]

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Intervento del Ministro Bonino alla X Conferenza degli Ambasciatori d’Italia

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Signor Presidente del Consiglio, Cari Ambasciatori, gentili ospiti, sono molto lieta di darvi il benvenuto oggi a questa decima Conferenza degli Ambasciatori d’Italia nel mondo. Quando l’anno scorso ho assistito alla sessione inaugurale della Conferenza, alla presenza del Signor Presidente della Repubblica, non avrei certo immaginato che mi […]

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Italia-Serbia – Cooperazione per formazione chirurghi (in translation)

Cooperazione a tutto campo fra Italia e Serbia nel settore della formazione dei chirurghi: nel quadro dell’azione di intensificazione dei rapporti scientifici fra i due paesi, si e’ tenuto presso la Facolta’ di Medicina dell’Universita’ di Belgrado, il convegno/workshop ‘Mini invasive Surgery: Italy meets Serbia’, organizzato dalla nostra ambasciata in collaborazione con la facolta’ di […]

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Tallinn – Un concorso per studenti per celebrare Verdi (in translation)

Iniziativa originale in Estonia dove, in occasione del bicentenario della nascita di Giuseppe Verdi, l’ambasciata italiana ha organizzato il concorso ‘Verdissimo Junior’ rivolto agli studenti delle scuole superiori. Oltre 400 alunni, provenienti da tutto il Paese, hanno assistito a una prova generale del ‘Rigoletto’ allestita nell’ambito del Festival verdiano del Teatro dell’Opera di Tallinn lo […]

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Italiy-Usa – The “Dying Gaul” arrives in Washington

The “Dying Gaul”, one of the Capitoline Museums’ greatest masterpieces, has arrived in Washington for an exhibition that will run until 16 March 2014 at the National Gallery of Art. The event was opened in the presence of the Director of the Capitoline, Claudio Parisi Presicce, and the Mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, who met […]

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Afghanistan – Alla Farnesina una finestra su societa’ civile afghana (in translation)

Una finestra sulla societa’ civile afghana e le sue aspirazioni: e’ la ricerca “Aspettando il 2014: la societa’ civile afghana su pace, giustizia e riconciliazione” presentata alla Farnesina. L’analisi, condotta sul campo per cinque mesi da Giuliano Battiston, fa parte del piu’ ampio progetto “Afghanistan: attivita’ di formazione e sostegno alla societa’ civile afghana nel […]

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Cile – Il nuovo design italiano in mostra a Santiago (in translation)

Il nuovo design italiano arriva in Cile. E’ stata inaugurata nei giorni scorsi a Santiago, presso il Centro Culturale La Moneda, l’esposizione “El Nuevo Diseno Italiano”, che accomuna il lavoro di 133 designer italiani contemporanei con 288 progetti di proprieta’ della Triennale Design di Milano. La mostra, organizzata con il sostegno della nostra ambasciata e […]

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Napolitano: Ambassadors a resource for Italy’s growth Bonino: A presence in emerging and difficult countries to help our enterprises

Italy in the world and the world in Italy: interviews with the ambassadors Italy’s commitment in Libya, a nation still striving for peace almost three years after the fall of a long-lived regime; or in Afghanistan and in Iraq, to help with the reconstruction after years of war, while also paying a high price in […]

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10th Ambassador’s Conference – “Italy attracting the world”: focus on diplomacy for growth

Diplomacy for growth, attracting foreign investment, internationalisation of Italian firms. These will be the topics for the 10th Ambassador’s Conference taking place on 18 and 19 December at the Farnesina. An event which, this year more than ever, will focus on the role of Italian diplomats on the road to growth that Italy intends to […]

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