Anticipo orario arrivo del Segretario di Stato statunitense John Kerry (Aeroporto Ciampino, 22 ottobre 2013)

Please note the following amendment to the previous announcement concerning American Secretary of State John Kerry’s arrival at Ciampino Military airport on Tuesday 22 October 2013: TV crews accredited to film the arrival should report directly to Ciampino Civil Airport (Aviazione Generale) at 17.50 of Tuesday 22 October 2013 and not at 18.50 as previously […]

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Recall- Convegno “Myanmar, The New Asian Frontier” e conferenza stampa (Farnesina, 23 ottobre 2013)

Mercoledì 23 ottobre 2013, alle ore 9.30, il Ministro degli Affari Esteri Emma Bonino e il Ministro degli Esteri del Myanmar, Wunna Maung Lwin, apriranno alla Farnesina il Convegno “Myanmar, The New Asian Frontier”, promosso dai Ministeri degli Esteri e dello Sviluppo Economico, organizzato da OCSE (Organizzazione per la Cooperazione e lo Sviluppo Economico) e […]

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Freiburg – Boccaccio and Machiavelli celebrated in music and dance

Music and dance from the late-Mediaeval and Renaissance periods to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the birth of Boccaccio and the 500th anniversary of Niccolò Machiavelli’s “The Prince”. The Italian consulate in Freiburg organised a concert by Italian company “La Rossignol” to pay homage to the beauty of the Italian language, past and present, and […]

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Brasilia – “Mestres do Renascimento” exhibition a huge success

The exhibition “Mestres do Renascimento” (Renaissance Masters), the largest featuring the Renaissance ever to be held in Latin America, has been a great success in Brasilia. Featuring works by Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Titian and other Italian masters, the show has attracted 3000 visitors so far. The opening ceremony, commented Italian Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta, “was […]

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Diplomazia Economica Italiana – 21 ottobre: ultime news dal mondo. Servizio realizzato in collaborazione con Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor (in translation)

Cina: successo italiano al Forum su urbanizzazione sostenibile Si ‘ recentemente svolto il “2013 Guangzhou China International Forum on Urban Sustainable Development” appuntamento organizzato in Canton dal China Center for Urban Development in collaborazione con i gruppi editoriali Nanfang e SEEC Media. L’evento ha registrato la partecipazione del sindaco di Guangzhou, Chen Jianhua, e del […]

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Syria – EU Foreign Ministers call for “Geneva 2” with all parties to the conflict taking part

To resolve the Syrian crisis, a political solution that meets the legitimate aspirations of the population needs to be found. The EU welcomes the call for a peace conference in Geneva before the end of November, in which all parties must take part. These were some of the points underscored by the European Union’s Foreign […]

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Montreal – From Vivaldi to Tiepolo: Venetian art and music on display

An exhibition entitled “Splendour in Venice: from the Renaissance to the Baroque, the art and music of the Serenissima” has opened in Montreal.An interdisciplinary voyage through the visual arts, music and political culture of Venice, the exhibition features works by Titian, Tintoretto, Bassano, Giovanni Battista, Domenico Tiepolo, and Francesco Guard. Organised by Montreal Museum of […]

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Arrival of American Secretary of State, John Kerry, Ciampino, 22 October 2013

TV crews interested in filming American Secretary of State John Kerry’sarrival at Ciampino Military airport on Tuesday 22 October 2013 must apply for specific accreditation. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event should: – complete the interactive form available at http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp – attach all required documentation (if not already […]

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Change of opening time – International conference on Action to eliminate female genital mutilation – Auditorium Parco della Musica, 22 October 2013

Please note that the Conference on “Action to achieve commitments in UNGA Resolution 67/146. Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations” will start at 09.30 on Tuesday 22 October, and not 09.00 as previously announced. Foreign Minister Emma Bonino will open the conference on “Action to achieve commitments in UNGA Resolution 67/146. […]

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EUCanadaItalywelcomesagreementonCETAnegotiations

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the political agreement reached by the European Commission and the Canadian Government on the content of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The political agreement crowns an intensive negotiating process that began at the Prague EU-Canada Summit in May 2009 and paves the way for the trade agreement […]

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EU: Foreign Affairs Council – focus on Syria, Egypt and Libya. Myanmar/Burma also on agenda. Bonino-Lwin talks in Rome.

The situation in Myanmar/STRONGurma, Syria, Egypt and Libya will be the key issues on the agenda of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council taking place today, 21 October 2013, in Luxembourg. Nobel Prize-winnerAung San Suu Kyi will be attending the Council, at which Foreign Minister Emma Bonino will express Italy’s political support for the implementation […]

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Italy-Norway – Italian photography exhibition in Tromso

Tromsø, a Norwegian city over 1500 km north of Oslo, is hosting an exhibition entitled “Italiensk Fotografi”, an overview of the photographic works of Gianni Berengo Gardin and Piergiorgio Brazzi. The show was organised with the support of the Forma Foundation in Milan and the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo. Read more, in Italian

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