Ministro Mogherini annuncia sblocco adozioni da Bielorussia, congelate da diversi anni

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini announced the end to an impasse on adoptions from Belarus, which had been frozen for many years now. This result, communicated today to the foreign ministry by the Ambassador of Belarus in Italy, is the fruit of confidential negotiations conducted over recent months by Deputy Minister Marta Dassù and […]

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Diplomazia Economica Italiana – 26 February: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor

Turkey: 1.9 billion-euro SACE portfolio, Ankara to work also in Iraq On the occasion of the latest Italian business mission to Turkey, Italian credit insurance agency SACE announced a pipeline of one billion euro of new operations in that country. With a Representative Office in Istanbul for the countries neighbouring on the Middle East since […]

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Minister Mogherini has a series of telephone conversations with her counterparts

Minister for Foreign Affairs Mogherini had a series of telephone conversations in recent hours with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Fabius and, finally, with Greek Foreign Minister Venizelos, whose country currently holds the Presidency of the European Union. Speaking […]

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Expo 2015 attracts business tourism from Russia

According to Director of the ENIT office in Moscow, Domenico Di Salvo, who spoke with the press, Radisson-Ukraine ran a Mice workshop (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Events) in the context of the Italy-Russia year of cross-tourism that officially opened in November 2013. Director of Marketing for EXPO 2015 Lara Maggiore who participated in the workshop, presented […]

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Italian delegation at Bahrain Garden Show

The 10th edition of the Bahrain International Garden Show opens tomorrow, with Italy’s participation being organised by UNIDO ITPO Italy (the UN Industrial Development Organisation Investment and Technology Promotion Office) along with a delegation of participating sector firms. Read more, in Italian

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Argentina discusses “roots not forgotten”

“Roots not forgotten” is the title of a conference on emigration being organised by the Italian Cultural Institute for 20 March. According to the Institute’s website, the descendents of Italian emigrants are showing new signs today of wanting to re-establish the ties that were severed with the mother country, rediscovering the pleasure of speaking the […]

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Italy-Usa: Washington, Italian short film wins at Independent Festival

The prize for best short film at the DC Independent Film Festival, held in Washington from 19 to 23 February, went to Italian brothers Francesco and Neri Ricci Lotteringi for “Halina”. The film, set in Rome, follows the lives of three characters as seen through the eyes of Halina, a young Rom played by Mary […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore: Fashion: The need to defend Italian identity (Armani)

Fashion: The need to defend Italian identity (Armani) Giorgio Armani called for the more decisive intervention of the Chamber of Fashion to protect Italian creativity, and criticised the fashion show calendar. According to the designer, “The Chamber of Fashion must defend the Italian culture and identity without looking at what they are doing in France, […]

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Marò: Ministri Mogherini e Pinotti incontrano famiglie Latorre e Girone

Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers Mogherini and Pinotti met this morning at the Chamber of Deputies with Vania Girone and Paola Moschetti, respectively the wife of Salvatore Girone and companion of Massimiliano Latorre, to whom they assured the government’s determination to do everything possible to bring the two Marines home to Italy. On the eve […]

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Students prepare for classical languages olympics

The date is approaching for the selection of the participants in the National Olympics of Classical Languages and Civilisations: on 7 March the students of Italian schools abroad and all the regions of Italy will compete for the finals to be held in Palermo on 6 May. The students will face off in three sections: […]

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Stop in Sydney for the Social World Film Festival

Vico Equense’s Social World Film Festival continues its world tour and, before arriving on the Amalfi Coast in June and after stops in Berlin, Istanbul, Paris, Los Angeles and San Francisco, will make a stop in Sydney Australia where, on Thursday the Italian Cultural Institute will host a screening of selected short films. Read more, […]

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Expo, two new Italy-Cern accords on research and education

President of the Region of Lombard Roberto Maroni flew to Geneva with a delegation to visit the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest particle physics laboratory and an international organisation that has confirmed it will join the UN and the EU as a participant in the 2014 Milan Expo. In addition to […]

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