The Italian Pavilion for the International Fair of Kampala, fruit of collaboration between the ICE and the Business Club Italia in Uganda (BCI-U), was a resounding success with its 110-square metres strategically placed to showcase Italian exhibitors and enchant visitors. Read more, in Italian
Read moreOn Wednesday 16 October 2013 an international conference on “Global food losses and waste: from reduction to prevention for a sustainable agro-food system” will take place at the FAO headquarters in Rome. The conference, a World Food Day initiative, will begin at 14.00. The conference, organised by the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation, […]
Read moreSono fiducioso che il Consiglio europeo del 24 e 25 ottobre porrà le prime basi per cambiare l’approccio comunitario sulle politiche migratorie…». Il vice ministro degli Esteri, Lapo Pistelli, è nel suo ufficio alla Farnesina. Il vertice del governo sulla missione “Mare nostrum” si è da poco concluso: «Abbiamo un dovere d’intervento, che ci deriva […]
Read moreThe capacity for production, stockpiling and risk of the use of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical and bacteriological) have been principal factors in the major international crises of recent years: Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya and now Syria. In reality, these deadly tools are “inert” when in the absence of vectors capable of transporting […]
Read moreThe 2013 edition of Italian Language week will take place from 14 to 20 October in 94 countries around the world. The annual initiative aimed at the promotion of our language and culture, is organised by the cultural and diplomatic networks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the High Patronage of the President of […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today in Rome with Ambassador William L. Swing, Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Their discussions consisted of an exchange of information on matters regarding the management of international migration flows, in light of recent dynamics and of the tragedy at Lampedusa. The head of […]
Read moreDuring the International Astronautical Congress 2013 in Beijing a strategic cooperation agreement was signed between Alta SpA, China HEAD Aerospace and the Lanzhou Institute of Physics (LIP) of the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST). Alta is a Tuscan SME that was recently bought by the Angelo Investments Group, which concerns itself with diagnostics and […]
Read more(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Mister Chairman, Ambassadors,President of the Committee of the Regions, Secretary General of the Central European Initiative, President of the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today’s Symposium focuses on a challenging topic in an appropriate place and time. Appropriate place, because Trieste occupies a […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino will open the plenary session of the Missile Technology Control Regime Meeting (MTCR), on Wednesday 16 October 2013 at 15:00 at the foreign ministry in Rome, on the 25th anniversary of the first plenary session of the Regime, also held in Rome, in 1988. As of October Italy will […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today in Rome with Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Their discussion centred on questions concerning the Vienna-based organisation’s authority, ahead of the ministerial meeting to be held in Kiev on 5-6 December. Ambassador Zannier also met at the […]
Read moreThe themes of the VI Italy-Latin America Conference to be held in Rome in December, and in which President of Peru Humala is to participate, and Peru’s participation in the 2015 Milan Expo, were the focus of Under-Secretary Mario Giro’s mission to Peru, where he was received by the Peruvian Congress on the morning of […]
Read moreFrom 16 October to 9 November the Los Angeles Italian Cultural Institute will provide the setting for the bronze sculpture of Florence’s historic Marinelli foundry, in an exhibition entitled “Of bronze and fire. The art of the foundry – Tuscan works” and, at the same time, a selection of works will be on view in […]
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