Operational Convention signed by MFA and National Research Council (CNR)

A significant moment in the meeting of scientific attachés, being held today and tomorrow at the foreign ministry in Rome, came with the signing of an operational convention between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Research Council (CNR) aimed at further strengthening what are already excellent relations. Signed by MFA Secretary General Michele […]

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Intervento del Ministro Emma Bonino Iftar (italian only)

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Ramadan Mubarak a tutti voi. Non ci può essere scenario migliore per questo tradizionale Iftar. Villa Madama è un’espressione architettonica della tolleranza. E’ infatti dedicata a quella straordinaria donna, “Madama” Margherita, figlia di Carlo V e governatrice dei Paesi Bassi, che cercò di mitigare la politica intollerante del […]

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EXPO 2015: Deputy Minister Marta Dassù in Tokyo

On the second leg of her Asia mission, Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù presided in Tokyo, along Japan’s Deputy Minister for the Economy, Masaaki Taira, at the ceremony for the signing of the contract for the participation of Japan in the 2015 Milan EXPO. Japan is an especially important partner as a result of its […]

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Renaissance Masters in Brazil for the first time

Raphael’s Christ, a triptych by Beato Angelico, Lorenzo Lotto’s Adoration of the Shepherds, Botticelli’s St. Augustine: 57 masterpieces of Italian painting from the most prestigious public and private collections tell the story of our Renaissance for the first time ever in Brazil. The exhibition will run in Sao Paolo through 23 September and move to […]

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Bonino meets with Scientific Attachés – Research essential for competitiveness and economic recovery

Research must be the central focus of economic recovery efforts, because it is “an indispensable component in business dynamism”, declared Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino as she opened the meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome of scientific attachés assigned to Italian diplomatic missions abroad. “Diplomacy and science are natural allies”, since there is […]

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Minister Emma Bonino’s Opening Speech at the Meeting of Scientific Attachés Rome, 19 July 2013 (Italian only)

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Sono lieta di aprire i lavori di questa riunione insieme al Ministro dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, Maria Chiara Carrozza. Rivolgo un particolare saluto ai Presidenti degli Enti di ricerca, ai Rettori e ai rappresentanti del settore industriale. Scienza e diplomazia sono alleate naturali. Non c’è sfida globale […]

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Intervista al Vice Ministro Marta Dassù

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Under-Secretary Giro introduces a draft regional convention on the confiscation of illegal assets

Under-Secretary Giro introduced a draft regional convention on the confiscation of illegal assets to the Security Commission of the Central American Integration System ( SICA), prepared with the contribution of the Italian police, anti-Mafia directorate and the customs police. Under-Secretary Giro introduced a draft regional convention on the confiscation of illegal assets to the Security […]

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Il Ministro degli Esteri Emma Bonino offre questa sera a Villa Madama un “iftar”

Il Ministro degli Esteri Emma Bonino offre questa sera a Villa Madama un “iftar”, la cena tradizionale che, durante il Ramadan, interrompe il digiuno quotidiano dopo il tramonto, ai Capi Missione dei 42 Paesi membri dell’Organizzazione della Conferenza Islamica e della Lega Araba accreditati presso il Quirinale, al Rappresentante della Lega degli Stati Arabi, al […]

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LIMA – Italy at the 18th International book fair

Italy will be participating at the 18th International Book Fair in Lima, to take place in the Peruviain capital from 19 July to 4 August. The Italian Cultural Institute will represent Italy with its own stand, and with panels of “Que viva Bibi” by cartoonist Sergio Staino. This year’s fair’s guest of honour will be […]

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DUBAI – Shopping temple hosts Leonardo’s machines

The Grand Atrium of the Dubai Mall, temple of shopping and leisure activities among the most visited in the world, is hosting 40 faithfully reproduced and full-scale models of Leonardo’s machines, based on the drawings in the Codex and chosen as exceptional expressions of innovation and technical ability. The show has already been mounted in […]

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ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF – Recall: Meeting with Scientific Attachés (Foreign Ministry Rome, 18-19 July 2013)

On Thursday 18 July Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino will open a two-day meeting of Scientific Attachés at the foreign ministry in Rome. The meeting will take place within the framework of the ministry’s efforts to support Italy’s economic growth by strengthening the interaction between the scientific research sector and the business world. The […]

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