The Central European Italian film festival MittelCinemaFest has expanded its circuit this year with screenings in Prague, in addition to Budapest and Krakow. Read more, in Italian
Read moreCourses on legal protection in natural disasters and International humanitarian law were the final two offered by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law of San Remo. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreAfghan Minister for Culture Sayed Makhdum Rahin is on a mission to Italy, and met at the foreign ministry in Rome with Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli and the Directors General for Development Cooperation and Country Promotion. Rahin will remain in the capital for other institutional meetings that will include one with Italian Minister for […]
Read moreMinister Emma Bonino opened the first plenary session of the Interministerial Committee on Human Rights today at the foreign ministry in Rome. The committee was reformed in September after having been eliminated by the 2012 spending review. In the words of the head of Italian diplomacy, the CIDU “will make it possible to continue with […]
Read moreAt the end of the 4th session of 2013, Prof. Gianni Buquicchio was re-elected as President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (called the Venice Commission, for the city where it meets). The Venice Commission is an advisory body of the Council of Europe, and is made up of experts on constitutional and […]
Read moreA total of 209 Italian firms participated in the Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) held annually in Amsterdam, one of the most important of its type in the world; the trade shows of Genoa, Dusseldorf and Miami are more important for ship building. The 2013 edition welcomed 20,000 visitors and 1,300 displayers from 38 countries […]
Read moreDeputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli represented Italy at the 9th edition of the Manama Dialogue, a major forum for discussion for policy-makers, business persons, military leaders and members of regional and global think-tanks on issues concerning the Persian Gulf. “These forums for encounter on themes that touch directly on the security of us all make […]
Read moreDeputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù met today in Yangon with leader of the Burmese opposition Aung San Suu Kyi, with whom she discussed the democratic transition under way in Burma, which Italy continues to support. Marta Dassù also passed on Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s invitation to participate on the International Board for Women […]
Read moreIn Ukraine “the absolute priority is to avoid civil war and calm a situation that could become explosive”, asserted Minister Emma Bonino in a meeting with the foreign press, specifying that a representative of the European Union would be in Kiev in the coming days. “Europe will try for new negotiations”, she explained, expressing the […]
Read moreDeputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Lapo Pistelli met today in Rome with the head of foreign affairs of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan Falah Mustafa Bakir, with whom he discussed humanitarian support for Syrian refugees in the autonomous region. Following the deputy minister’s mission to Erbil in October, the Italian Cooperation dispatched emergency humanitarian […]
Read moreThe recently concluded St. Petersburg International Culture Forum launched a variety of initiatives aimed at promoting Italian culture, which included two events organised by our cultural institute: the exhibition “The Architecture of Made in Italy” with a conference dedicated to the same theme, and another devoted to sustainable development and the economic opportunities that can […]
Read moreThe 5th edition of the Italy-Mexico Entrepreneurial Prize, awarded each year to selected Mexican economic leaders that contribute to strengthening bilateral relations was recently held in Mexico City. This year’s choice was the emerging food industry Herdez, Mexico’s Barilla group partner. Read more, in Italian
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