Italia-USA – Bronze bust of Verdi donated to Los Angeles Opera

To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, a bronze bust of the renowned composer will be donated to Los Angeles Opera. The event will take place on 9 November on the occasion of the Falstaff première at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at Los Angeles Music Centre. Taking part in the event will […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – webinar on business opportunities, 18 November 2013

The Italian Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Country promotion and the Emilia-Romagna branch of Unioncamere (the Chambers of Commerce organisation) are organising a webinar for Monday 18 November 2013 at 10.30. The webinar will illustrate business opportunities for Italian companies in the Angolan market, in the agri-industry/food processing, construction materials and pharmaceutical sectors. Experienced buyers, […]

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Uruguay – “Italian, a living language” prize awarded

The Italian language was showcased in Uruguay with the award of the “Italian, a living language” prize at our Cultural Institute in Montevideo. Open to all Italian language students in Uruguay, the competition consisted of creating a design and slogan advertising our language. Entries will be displayed on the Italian Cultural Institute’s Facebook page. Read […]

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Bonino: «Sui marò spero in buone notizie ma non sono gli unici italiani in cella» (La Repubblica)

“I hope Staffan de Mistura will be bringing the Chamber good news about the marines on 13 November”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s comment on the Repubblica TV video-forum, where she was answering readers’ questions on key issues on the international agenda. But the foreign minister stopped short of announcing a definitive turning-point in […]

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Torch visits the Farnesina – Sport: an instrument for dialogue amongst peoples, says Giro

The 2013 Winter Universiade Torch visited the Farnesina today, 7 November 2013, and was welcomed by Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro. The visit celebrates the Universiade taking place from 11 to 21 December in Trentino, in which 3600 athletes from 61 countries will be competing. Sport promotes the values of loyalty, team-spirit […]

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Violence against women: joint support needed from government and civil society, says Bonino

“Femicide” must be fought with commitment on all sides, not just political. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, speaking at the presentation of the foreign tour of Ferite a morte, Serena Dandini’s theatre project. The show will be staged in New York on 25 November 2013 at the invitation of the Italian […]

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Paris – UNESCO Conference: Italy in a leading role

Italy is playing a leading role in Paris at the 37th General Conference of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. The French capital is playing host, from 5 to 20 November 2013, to the 195 member states’ representatives, who will be debating the UN agency’s future projects and prospects. Italy is one […]

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Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – South Sudan: Investment conference, 4-5 December 2013

South Sudan: Investment conference, 4-5 December 2013 The government of South Sudan, in collaboration with the South Sudan Investment Authority, is organising an investment conference in Juba on 4-5 December 2013. The conference is expected to be the most important economic promotion event held in the country since it gained its independence. Opening the two-day […]

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Repubblica Centrafricana: SS Giro, soddisfazione e sostegno alla firma del Patto repubblicano, negoziato a Roma

Secretary of State Mario Giro has welcomed the signing of the pact paving the way to a resolution of the conflict in the Central African Republic. The Pact, signed today, 7 November 2013, was negotiated in Rome in September, with the mediation of the Community of sant’Egidio. The Central African Republic delegation was received on […]

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Immigration: Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Working Group with Bonino and Alfano – Joint press release

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino and the Deputy Premier and Minister for Home Affairs, Angelino Alfano, co-chaired a meeting of the Foreign Affairs-Home Affairs Working Group at the Farnesina today, 7 November 2013. Discussion focused on the many aspects of migration and the development of a strategy to prevent the recurrence of tragedies like the one […]

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From Fabriano to Prague – “Planet Paper in the Third Millennium” exhibition

The world of paper, from the manufacturing process to its use in art, will be the subject of an exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague opening on 8 November 2013. “Planet Paper in the Third Millennium. Its origins in the Marches. Paper and Fabriano” was organised by Centro Studi Marche (Cesma) with help […]

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Italy-China – Agricultural tourism brings new opportunities for collaboration

Establishing a global network of “agritourism” districts. That is thegoal of the first World Agritourism Development Forum which took place recently in Changsha, in China. Italy, considered to be the world’s leading country for agricultural tourism, was represented by the Under-Secretary for Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policy, Maurizio Martina,the mayors of 5 Italian towns and […]

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