Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Turkey: trade deficit reaches 57 billion dollars

Turkey: trade deficit reaches 57 billion dollars In the first 8 months of 2013 the Turkish trade deficit grew by 18%, up to 67 billion USD as compared with 57 billion in the same period of 2012. Italian trade with Turkey was 37% of the total, placing Italy as Turkey’s 4th trade partner after Germany, […]

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New York – “Un caffe con” … Eco

“Un caffe con”, organised by the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations featured special guest Umberto Eco who, speaking before a group of Italian and foreign UN correspondents, introduced Encyclomedia, a digital concept that uses history, literature, sciences, music, philosophy and art, to gather the main historical events in European civilization from ancient to […]

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San Marino – Fellini commemorated in film review

Twenty years on from the death of Federico Fellini, San Marino celebrated the memory of the great Italian film director with a screening of four of his masterpieces at the Titano theatre. Read more, in Italian

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Moscow – Presentation of the Grande Museo Duomo of Milano

On 28 October, Moscow’s Museum of Contemporary History will host the presentation of the November reopening to the public of the Grande Museo del Duomo di Milano and the remounting of the Veneranda Fabbrica archive. The event is being organised with the collaboration of the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Moscow. Read […]

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Modifica ingresso stampa Conferenza Bonino – Aung San Suu Ky

Lunedì 28 ottobre 2013 il Ministro degli Affari Esteri Emma Bonino incontrerà alla Farnesina la parlamentare birmana e Premio Nobel per la Pace Aung San Suu Kyi. Al termine dell’incontro è prevista una conferenza stampa congiunta. I giornalisti e i cine-foto-operatori interessati a seguire la conferenza stampa sono pregati di accreditarsi online compilando il formulario […]

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Italy-Ukraine – Round-table on economic partnership

An Italo-Ukrainian round-table was held at the ICE headquarters on Friday during the visit to Italy by Leonid Kozhara, Ukranian Minister for Foreign Affairs with the remit for economic affairs. The event was organised by the Ukrainian Embassy in Italy and the Italian Ministries for Economic Development and Foreign Affairs, and centred on new prospects […]

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Italia-Polonia: Dassù a Varsavia per incontri bilaterali

Deputy Minister Marta Dassù is in Poland today for bilateral meetings with Minister Sikorski and Under-Secretary Mościcka-Dendys. The visit to Warsaw will offer an opportunity to illustrate the priorities Italy intends to pursue during its duty presidency of the European Union (as of July 2014), as well as to outline actions and synergies on EU […]

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Bucharest – Recital commemorates Verdi and Wagner through the eyes of their wives

The lives of the two composers as seen through the spiritual filter of those who were close to Verdi and Wagner for many years: their wives Cosima Wagner and Giuseppina Verdi. Previously unpublished correspondence and song will make for an elegant and artistic evening with soprano Leontina Vaduva and actress Medeea Marinescu, flanked by pianist […]

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Growing synergy with the academic world – Conventions signed on Mediterranean and El Salvador

The synergy between the MFA’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation and the Italian academic world received a boost through two conventions – one on a programme for the protection of the cultural heritage of El Salvador and another on a technical training programme – signed today by the Ministry with Università RomaTre and the National […]

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Italy-Ukraine: Bonino and Kozhara meet

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today in Rome with Foreign Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara. Their discussions centred on the status of bilateral relations, with an exchange of views on prospects for the signing of an Association Agreement with the EU and the agenda of the Eastern Partnership summit to be held in […]

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Italy-Israel – Strategic dialogue, Valensise in Jerusalem

Italy and Israel’s close relations, common efforts to intensify economic and technological cooperation and topical Middle East issues were the main focus of a strategic dialogue today in Jerusalem, where Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michele Valensise met with Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel Zeev Elkin. The meeting was also […]

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Italy-Japan Business Group: Archi in Tokyo for 25th General Assembly

Deputy Foreign Minister Bruno Archi has visited Japan for the 25th General Assembly of the Italy-Japan Business Group (IJBG) in Tokyo. The IJBG is the annual forum for senior Italian and Japanese business leaders to discuss issues of mutual interest and the outlook for industrial and commercial collaboration. During his opening address, Archi commented on […]

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