Mandela: his lesson of great intellectual honesty is useful to everyone, says Bonino

“What I wish to recall about him is his great intellectual honesty. He gave due credit to De Klerk for overcoming apartheid, laying the foundations, as he acknowledged his adversary, for what went on to become the approach of his entire presidency: reconciliation. This remains a very useful lesson even nowadays, and in many countries”. […]

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Partecipazione del Ministro Bonino alla III Giornata dell’Integrità

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) L’integrità è un tema da difendere e tutelare per qualsiasi ramo della Pubblica amministrazione, in qualsiasi paese. Ma in Italia abbiamo un problema supplementare dovuto ad antichi retaggi e da una frammentazione a livello istituzionale che spesso provocasovrapposizioni dove, alla fine, è difficile capire chi fa cosa. Questo, […]

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Brussels – Tribute to Pasolini with art and poetry

The exhibition “PPP. Una polemica inversa. Omaggio a Pier Paolo Pasolini” opens tomorrow at the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, in celebration of the memory of one of the greatest intellectuals of the 20th century. The exhibition explores the great writer and director’s art and poetry. Read more, in Italian

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Senegal – Growing demand for Italian

The events of the recently concluded 13th Italian Language Week in Senegal, organised by the Italian embassy in Dakar, concerned Italian language instruction in that country, with screenings of Italian films, an exhibition of Italian artists who live and work in Senegal and a concert by one of the best known Senegalese singer-songwriters Souleymane Faye, […]

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Albania – Premier Rama meets Italian business community

Support for Italian investments in Albania was the theme of a meeting between Albanian Premier Edi Rama, accompanied by our ambassador Massimo Gaiani, with the Italian business community in that country. Read more, in Italian

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – EU: Letta meets Van Rompuy, discussion focuses on growth

EU: Letta meets Van Rompuy, discussion focuses on growth Prime Minister Enrico Letta met the President of the European Council, Van Rompuy, yesterday, 4 December 2013, at the Cabinet Office in Palazzo Chigi. The Prime Minister explained to Van Rompuy “how hard Italy is working to achieve a legislature for growth, a legislature that will […]

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Spain – Italian film festival conquers Madrid

Italian cinema has conquered Madrid, with the 6th Italian Film Festival bringing the best of our country’s productions to the Spanish capital. The initiative was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute with support from the Directorate General for Film at the Ministry for Cultural Assets and Activities. As always, the event was a huge success […]

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Berlin – New Iveco vehicle presented at Embassy

An event to present the “Eurocargo Euro VI”, the most recent vehicle to roll off the production line at Iveco’s historic factory in Brescia, has been held at the Italian Embassy in Berlin. Our Ambassador, Elio Menzione, welcomed “this opportunity to provide concrete testimony of the exceptional level of efficiency, technological prowess, quality and environmental […]

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Krakow – A weekend at the opera with Verdi

A weekend at the opera with the genius of Verdi in Krakow, where the city’s Opera Theatre hosted a series of events to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Italian composer. The initiative opened with an exhibition, “Viva Verdi”, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute with the collaboration of Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera […]

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Dassù: «Ma quali privilegi, è solo demagogia» (Panorama)

Invece di chiudere consolati in Svizzera, tagliate lo stipendio degli ambasciatori: questa l’impostazione, alquanto demagogica, della polemica contro la Farnesina ospitata da «Panorama». È una polemica pretestuosa per due ragioni. Primo, la ristrutturazione della rete diplomatico-consolare attualmente in corso è determinata da norme di legge successive ed è dettata dai tempi: non possiamo restare fermi […]

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Giro: “La crisi di crescita del Brasile” (Il Sole 24 Ore)

Il paese del futuro, così Stefan Zweig, scrittore austriaco ebreo fuggito in America Latina, definiva il Brasile in un saggio del 1941 con cui voleva rendere omaggio al paese che lo aveva accolto. Uno slogan efficace che per molti decenni è sembrato quasi una maledizione. Dopo l`indipendenza del 1822, vi è una serie di governi […]

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Marò; colloquio alla Farnesina Valensise-Gupta: procedimento in India si concluda sollecitamente

Today, 4 December 2013, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the agenda to find an appropriate and rapid solution to the case of Navy Riflemen Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone. The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Michele Valensise, has brought the decision to the attention of the Ambassador of India, Basant Kumar Gupta, who had […]

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