JAPAN – Michelangelo’s “Madonna of the Stairs” on display in Fukui

The exhibition on “Michelangelo: The Making of a Genius and the 500th Anniversary of the Sistine Chapel” has opened in Fukui, as part of the Year of Italy in Japan. The event, organised in collaboration with the Casa Buonarroti Foundation, has been a huge success with the media and public, with visitors arriving from all […]

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SOUTH AFRICA – Italy helping to celebrate Mandela sports and culture day

Italy will be sharing the sports field in events in honour of Nelson Mandela taking place on 17 August 2013 in Soweto, where Mandela gave his first speech after his long years in prison. “Mandela Sports and Culture Day” will include a football match featuring the Italian “masters” team, who will be playing South Africa. […]

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MADE IN ITALY: Continuity and a change of pace, urges Pistelli. Rome can do great things in the EU, Middle East and Asia.

The Italian “system” can succeed, but we need “a change of pace and continuity in our commercial foreign policy in the international markets and, above all, in China. There’s a great demand worldwide for the ‘Made in Italy’ brand, a demand that exceeds our capacity to respond. Italy can offer much more than the Four […]

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Italy-Iran: Meetings at the Farnesina for consultations on consular matters

“We feel it is vital to engage in dialogue with Iran on issues for concrete collaboration and today’s meeting reflects the encouraging developments arising from the election of President Rohani”. This was the comment of the Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General, Michele Valensise, as he welcomed the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Consular Affairs, Seyed […]

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Foreign Minister Emma Bonino meets Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Mrs. Maria Van Der Hoeven

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s meeting today with the Executive Director of International Energy Agency (IEA), Mrs. Maria Van Der Hoeven, was an occasion of cordial relations and concrete discussions. Mrs. Maria Van Der Hoeven was in Rome to take part in the workshop organised by the Foreign Ministry on “Energy and the Environment: synergies for […]

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Diplomacy for growth in Oman and Kuwait – Bonino mission: it’s up to Italian businesses to grasp new opportunities

Minister Bonino’s mission to Kuwait and Oman is a new, important diplomacy for growth initiative. Politics has paved the way for revitalised economic collaboration with two countries rich in energy resources and which wish to diversify their economies. The Minister’s message is that it is now up to Italian entrepreneurs to embark and build upon […]

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Mediterranean: more women leaders to promote democratic and economic growth

Increasing women’s presence in the political and democratic life and labour markets of the countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean is a key component in fostering “a virtuous cycle of development”. For Deputy Foreign Minister Dassù, speaking at the Women Leaders in International Relations summit organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, the […]

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Recall – Presentation of Statistical Yearbook 2013 (Farnesina, 10 July 2013)

The Statistical Yearbook 2013 will be presented at the Foreign Ministry in Rome on Wednesday 10 July 2013 at 12.00, with an opening address by Secretary General Michele Valensise. The Yearbook contains a detailed numerical picture of the work done by the Foreign Ministry to protect and support Italian citizens and enterprises, as promote the […]

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ITALY-SERBIA – new FIAT 500 introduced at Kragujevac

FIAT in Serbia: the new model of the 500L (Living), produced by FIAT’s Srbija (Fas) plant, was introduced at Kragujevac in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy to Belgrade Giuseppe Manzo, on his first visit outside the capital since his recent appointment. “Many Italian firms, even small and medium sized ones, are finding new […]

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BULGARIA – italian night at the Plovdiv cultural heritage festival

It was Italian night for the opening of the first edition of the Plovdiv international cultural heritage festival, a week of events to be held from 15 to 21 July in the ancient Roman stadium of Bulgaria’s second city. Read more, in Italian.

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Energy: Pistelli, common policies against climate emergencies

We need to adopt global energy policies focused on sustainability in order to slow the earth’s warming, asserted Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli speaking at the “Climate and Energy” conference at the foreign ministry in Rome, where three reports by the International Energy Agency (IEA) – on climate change, renewable energy and gas – were […]

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Italy is closely monitoring developments in the Egyptian situation, which will be the topic of tomorrow’s European meeting in Vilnius

Italy is closely monitoring developments in the Egyptian situation, which will be the topic of tomorrow’s European meeting in Vilnius. ‪Meanwhile we are calling for the cessation of all forms of violence and the immediate launch of an inclusive political process open to the concrete participation of all the political forces. Egypt urgently needs to […]

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