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    18 September 2013
    Osaka – Italy gaining ground in western Japan

    Italy is “growing” in western Japan thanks to our diplomatic network. Consul General Marco Lombardi recently hosted a promotional event for Ferrari spumante at his residence. President of Cantine Ferrari Matteo Lunelli and approximately 150 food/wine sector operators attended a product tasting event. Mayor of Kobe Tatsuo Yada then invited Ferrari to participate in two […]

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    18 September 2013
    Turkey – Italy takes part in Eurasia Packaging Fair

    A total of 6 Italian firms took part in the 19th edition of Eurasia Ambalaj Packaging, the Turkish sector’s most important trade fair, which was held from 12 to 15 September in Istanbul. The event offered major opportunities for B2B contacts for the Italian firms. Read more, in Italian.

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    Press Releases
    17 September 2013
    Siria; Armi chimiche: Bonino, apprezzamento professionalità ispettori ONU

    Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino expressed her full appreciation for the contents of the report presented and for the professional expertise shown by the UN inspectors in who visited the Syrian sites that were the theatre of the chemical weapons attacks. The minister reiterated the firmest condemnation of the use of weapons of mass […]

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    17 September 2013
    DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 17 September: Latest World News – Angola: Conference/Fair in Luanda on energy and water

    Angola: Conference/Fair in Luanda on energy and water (25-27 Sept) The Angolan Minister for Energy and Water has convened an International conference for 25-27 September whose various topics will include: – priority government and local authority water and energy projects – current status of and future prospects for solar, wind and hydraulic power – energy-efficient […]

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    17 September 2013
    Somalia: Bonino, “progress” toward a “new deal”

    The international community has pledged 2.8 billion euro – 650 million from the EU alone – for the political and social reconstruction of civil war-torn Somalia. As Minister Emma Bonino announced, Italy will take part in these efforts with a contribution of 9 million in 2013, which is to be summed with the Italian Cooperation’s […]

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    17 September 2013
    BULGARIA – Exhibition “Raffaello Sanzio from Urbino to Sofia” opens

    An exhibition dedicated to Raffaello Sanzio that opened in Sofia, Bulgaria included the painting “St. Catherine in Alexandria” along with ten 17th, 18th and 19th century prints of his most famous works, on loan from the Accademia Raffaello in Urbino. The event was organised by the City of Sofia, the Marches region, the city of […]

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    Interviews
    17 September 2013
    Giro: «Così l’Italia accolse i dissidenti» (Il Sole 24 ore)

    Quarant’anni fa il colpo di Stato in Cile fu un momento di svolta nelle relazioni tra l’America latina e l’Italia, sia da un punta di vista politico che di partecipazione popolare. Mai come allora si parlò di Cile e dei drammatici eventi che si susseguirono. Allende e Pinochet divennero personaggi quasi casalinghi, il termine “golpe” […]

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    17 September 2013
    ITALY-USA: The architecture of both countries in the forefront

    “Architecture and Identity”, jointly organised by the Italian Consulate General and the PI-Philly (Italian Professionals in Philadelphia) association, with the participation of American and Italian “archi-stars” Peter Bohlin – designer of, among other things, the New York Apple Store’s glass cube, and Paolo Desideri, noted for Rome’s new Tiburtina railway station, took place over recent […]

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    16 September 2013
    PARIS: Open House at the Italian Embassy

    The Italian Embassy in Paris, under Ambassador Giandomenico Magliano, held an open house to celebrate European Heritage Days. Nearly 5,000 enthusiastic visitors were able to admire the Hôtel della Rochefaucault-Doudeauville, built between 1732 and 1733 on the grounds of the Convalescent Hospital, which underwent various transformations over the centuries to finally become the Louis XV-style […]

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    16 September 2013
    Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – 16 September: Latest World News. Mexico: Interjet introduces the first Alenia Aermacchi-Sukhoi aircraft

    The Mexican airline company Interjet recently introduced the first SuperJet 100 aircraft, produced by Superjet International, a joint venture of Alenia Aermacchi – Sukhoi Civil (SCAC), of a an order for 20 aircraft to be filled by the end of 2014 (the agreement leaves the option of another 10 aircraft open). The SuperJet 100 is […]

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    16 September 2013
    SLOVAK REPUBLIC: celebrates Verdi with concerts in various cities

    A full calendar of events in Slovakia for the celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi: Kosice, 2013 European Capital of Culture will host a concert featuring a repertoire of Verdi works ranging from Don Carlo, to MacBeth to the Sicilian Vespers, and is fruit of a promising bilateral musical collaboration between […]

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