ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Speech by Minister Bonino at the MTCR Plenary Session (Farnesina, 16 October 2013)

Minister 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 […]

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OSCE: Bonino – Zannier Meeting

Minister 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 […]

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Giro in Peru, progress on partnerships

The 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 […]

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Los Angeles – Marinelli foundry sculpture on display

From 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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Russian Federation – Russian tourists introduced to “Italy minor”

With the goal of encouraging tourism in what could be called “Italy minor”, consisting of lesser known attractions than those of the classic tourist routes, the Mirabilia project was introduced at the Italian embassy today in Moscow: a network of nine cities that are home to Unesco sites –Brindisi, Genoa, L’Aquila, La Spezia, Matera, Perugia, […]

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Giro: «La reputazione della lingua fa bene al Paese» (Il Sole 24 ore)

Oggi inizia la settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo. Si tratta di un’occasione per riflettere sul valore della nostra lingua come accesso alla cultura italiana, creatrice di simpatia, di legami e di molteplici interessi verso il nostro Paese. Le 1.200 iniziative in più di 94 Paesi che compongono la settimana della lingua mettono in luce […]

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Farnesina hosts Conference “The Way Ahead”, third encounter between countries under Italian command Afghanistan

The foreign ministry hosted the third political-military meeting of the ISAF partners present in Western Afghanistan and operating under Italian command, enlarged on this occasion to possible future contributors to the post-ISAF mission known as “Resolute Support”. The meeting’s purpose was to maintain a coordinated approach to the completion of the transition and to the […]

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Italy–Mozambique – Jazz Festival to celebrate peace agreements

Celebrating the peace agreements to the sounds of jazz, at an initiative organised by the Italian Embassy in Mozambique to mark the anniversary of the accord signed in Rome in 1992 that ended the civil war in the country. Now in its 9th year, the Italy-Mozambique Jazz Festival is an eagerly anticipated event in Maputo’s […]

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Brasilia – “Renaissance Masters” on display

The exhibition “Mestres do Renascimento” (Renaissance Masters) opens in Brasilia today, 11 October 2013, and will run until late January 2014. The show is the largest featuring the Renaissance ever to be held in Latin America. As Italian Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta commented, “the exhibition underscores the excellent state of Italian-Brazilian relations, where we are advancing […]

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European Union – Dassù in Trieste: macro-region part of EU strategy

“The macro-region is a precise European Union strategy. A strategy that perhaps has not been all that evident until now”. The point was made by Deputy Minister Marta Dassù, speaking at a conference on Macro-Regions organised by the Minister for Territorial Cohesion, Carlo Triglia, and the President of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Debora Serracchiani. “When […]

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Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore – China: Pro Ship to build new shipyard for KingKey

China: Pro Ship to build new shipyard for KingKey China’s KingKey Group has awarded the Italian Pro Ship the contract to design and build a shipyard and small marina in the Fang Cheng region, about 150 km south of Nanning. The yard will build yachts for the Asian market, with an investment of 500 million […]

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ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: World Food Day (Rome, 16 October 2013) – Accreditation

On 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, […]

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