Afghanistan: future lies in strengthening women’s role, says Bonino

The future of Afghanistan lies in “strengthening women’s role in the society”, Minister Emma Bonino underscored in a speech at the conference “Afghanistan 2014, a year of change: status and prospects for Afghan women”, sponsored by Actionaid, an international NGO working to combat poverty and social exclusion. Major advances but must remains to be done […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Cile: mercato del lusso in crescita (in translation)

Il settore del lusso sta registrando, in Cile, tassi di crescita vicini al 10% l’anno e un volume d’affari, nel 2012, pari a 472 milioni di dollari USA. Il Cile quindi si sta posizionando dietro al Brasile come mercato del lusso in America Latina. L’assenza di dazi all’importazione (che attira acquirenti dai Paesi vicini), in […]

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Italy Vice President of Human Rights Council – Significant recognition of our country in that Geneva forum

The Western Group has named Italy as Vice President of the Human Rights Council for 2014, a significant recognition of our country’s credibility and prominence in that Geneva forum. The task of representing the WEOG in the Council Bureau, with will be ratified during its next session on 16 December, will coincide partly with the […]

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Brazil – Italian firms look to the State of Bahia

Developing partnerships with local Brazilian firms was the goal of a recent economic/trade mission by ten Italian firms to Salvador de Bahia, which was organised by the Italian embassy in Brasilia and included a Brazil-Italy economic forum centred on nautical, energy and infrastructure sectors. Read more, in Italian

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Vietnam – Fashion and Wine, Showcase for Italy

Vietnam provided the setting for a showcase of Italian excellence in the fields of fashion and wine -making. More than 100 “B2B” meetings took place in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Delegations also enjoyed an exhibition on the fashion and stars of the “Hollywood years along the Tiber” that featured costumes and photographs from […]

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Geneva – Innovative technologies in the service of culture

Innovative technologies in the service of culture and the role of the various sectors involved in the conservation of cultural property, was the theme of a conference organised by the Italian permanent mission to the international organisations in Geneva, within the broader context of the exhibition Memory/Future mounted at the Palais des Nations in the […]

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Washington – Stradivarius night

The calendar of 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States was enriched with a new event. “Stradivarius Night” held at Villa Firenze, the residence of the Ambassador to Washington, offered a concert featuring two violins – the Ole Bull of 1687 and the Greffuhle of 1709 – the Herbert Axelrod viola of 1695 […]

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Dassù: L’Expo di nuova generazione (Il Giornale – nea)

Mancano poco più di 500 giorni all’apertura dell’Esposizione universale di Milano. Sono pochi per ultimare la costruzione del sito: da adesso in poi, sarà una lotta contro il tempo, facilitata da norme più flessibili. Ma sono tanti perché un grande lavoro è stato già fatto. Quindi niente panico: l’Expo di Milano, l’Expo italiana, l’Expo europea […]

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Giro at UNESCO agency, a global world won’t survive without identity

“Italy confirms ICCROM’s strategic importance in the protection and recovery of cultural treasures, elements essential to reinforcing and maintaining identities within the current dynamics of globalisation”, commented Under-Secretary Mario Giro during his speech at the28th General Assembly of the International Centre for Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), a UNESCO agency […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Turkey: industrial production index rising

According to the Industrial Production Index prepared by TurkStat, in September the monthly industrial production index rose by 5.8%, and was up 6.4% over the same month of the previous year. In the third quarter of the year, total output was up 3.7% on an annual basis and 1% over the previous quarter. The sector […]

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Historical-Diplomatic Archive, 2 new volumes – The past “connects us better with Europe in the present”, says Bonino

From Sidney Sonnino to Carlo Sforza, and from the years of the Tangiers crisis to those of post-WWII: two new volumes of the Foreign Ministry Historic-Diplomatic Archive were presented today. The conference, entitled “Historical-Diplomatic Documentation: between continuity and renewal” whose speakers included Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino and Secretary General Michele Valensise, offered an […]

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UN – Organised Crime; Italy’s resolution adopted

“I wish to express the appreciation of the Italian government to the numerous Member States that have decided this year to support the resolution against organised crime”, stated Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, permanent representative to the UN, on the occasion of General Assembly third commission’s adoption by consensus of the document championed by our country. Attention […]

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