Under-Secretary Giro concludes the International Institute for Humanitarian Law’s 36th Round Table

Under-Secretary Mario Giro presented the closing address at the International Institute for Humanitarian Law’s 36th Round Table on “Respecting IHL: Challenges and Responses”. In his presentation, Under-Secretary Giro underscored just how topical the subject is and illustrated some of the limitations of the current system. “We need to diversity the tools available to the international […]

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Middle East: Pistelli in Gaza, Development Cooperation and political talks

Development cooperation and political talks to reiterate Italy’s full support for the peace negotiations were the focus of Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli’s visit to the Gaza Strip. Pistelli met the operations director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Robert Turner. He also visited centres […]

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TBILISI: from la Dolce Vita to i Vitelloni. a homage to Fellini

Tbilisi is paying homage to Federico Fellini with a retrospective hosted by the Georgian National Museum to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of this leading Italian director. The films will be shown in Italian with English sub-titles. Read more, in Italian.

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HUNGARY – Film: new initiative by the Italian cultural Institute

The Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest will be showing 4 films/operas for the “’Cinema/Opera’’ season in September, October and December 2013. The initiative is being organised in collaboration with Rada Film and the Puskin Cinema. Cinema/Opera is a unique events that bridges the worlds of live television, film and music. Read more, in Italian

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Economic Diplomacy/ Sole 24 Ore – 5 September 2013: latest news from around the world. Azerbaijan: GDP growth (of 5.3%) exceeds expectations

The new projections for the Azerbaijani economy suggest an average GDP growth of 5.3%, a notable increase on the initial World Bank and IMF forecasts of 3.5% per year. The review can largely be explained by the 9.7% growth in the non-oil sector, which accounts for 52.7% of GDP. The drivers were the construction sector […]

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ROMANIA: The monasteries of Bucovina explored on Radio Rai and Radio Romania

A new tourism-cultural itinerary featuring the painted monasteries of Bucovina, a historic region of Romania, will be explored on Radio Rai3 from 8 to 14 September 2013. The monasteries have been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status. Sergio Valzania, Deputy Director of Radio Rai3, will be following the “Beech Road” in collaboration with Radio Romania. The […]

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UKRAINE: Mission for Italian stone producers

An trade mission for Italian businesses operating in the quarrying and stone-working sectors is taking place in Ukraine. The mission was organised by the Italian Embassy in Kiev, the Trade Promotion Agency (ICE), Tuscany Region and the Provinces of Massa Carrara and Livorno, along with Internazionale Marmi e Macchine Carrara and Carrara School of Art. […]

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ITALY-KAZAKHSTAN: new opportunities for construction businesses

A delegation of 24 Italian construction sector companies, organised by the Italian Trade Promotion Agency (ICE), is taking part in the Kazbuild fair running in Almaty until 6 September 2013. Kazakhstan’s construction sector is seeing strong growth, led in part by the boom in the energy sector and in urbanisation. Read more, in Italian.

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Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore – 4 September 2013: latest news from around the world. Canada: TransCanada plans oil pipeline for exports to the East Coast and Europe

TransCanada has recently announced its decision to build a new 4400-km pipeline, “Energy East”. Linking the oilfields of Alberta and Saskatchewan with the refineries of eastern Canada, the pipeline will extend to the east coast and have a capacity of 1.1 million barrels/day. The project envisages the conversion of an existing pipeline from gas to […]

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Syria: humanitarian emergency, help from Italy

The number of Syrian refugees is now more than 2 million. In one year, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), their numbers in neighbouring countries have increased by 1.8 million. Countries to which, on average, nearly 5,000 Syrians continue to flee each day, and which to date have taken in over 97% of […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTE – Reminder: 68th Session of the UN General Assembly (New York, September 2013)

Reminder: Please note that the website of the United Nations. http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/UNGA68.shtml contains all the information you will need for press accreditation to follow the proceedings of the 68th session of the United National General Assembly in New York, whose ministerial week will begin on 23 September 2013. All media personnel not already accredited with the […]

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Deputy Minister Marta Dassù visiting Washington D.C. (4-6 September 2013)

Deputy Minister Marta Dassù is visiting Washington D.C. to meet Deputy Secretary of State William Joseph Burns to discuss key international policy issues. Topics for discussion include developments in the Syrian crisis and the situation in Egypt. The visit will also be an opportunity to examine the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership […]

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