ROME CALLING SOUTH AFRICA – students, invest your talent in us

With an eye on the future, Italy reaches out to the African continent, inviting South African students to study at Italy’s most prestigious universities. The deadline to apply for one of the three study bursaries offered by the “Invest Your Talent in Italy” programme, sponsored by the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Economic Development and […]

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Travel abroad – Be sure to insure before leaving

Be sure you’re carrying your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) for travel within the EU, or else take out adequate health cover for travel outside the EU. These are the Foreign Ministry’s recommendations to all Italian nationals preparing to spend their summer holidays abroad. Avoid nasty surprises The ministry reminds that private healthcare facilities are […]

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The Farnesina confirms that La Stampa correspondent Domenico Quirico made contact with his family today

The Farnesina confirmed that La Stampa correspondent Domenico Quirico made contact with his family today. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to place the highest priority on monitoring developments in the situation in close collaboration with all State institutions concerned, maintaining contact with the journalist and with daily newspaper “La Stampa”. At this particularly delicate […]

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Foreign Minister Emma Bonino meets with Elisabeth Guigou, President of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the French National Assembly

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino met today with President of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the French National Assembly Elisabeth Guigou. Their discussions concerned international and European current events. Ahead of the June European Council, Minister Bonino and Elisabeth Guigou reviewed, first and foremost, the need to effectively link economic recovery with growth, fully agreeing on […]

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Italia-Egitto: primo media forum al Cairo (in translation)

L’esito della transizione in Egitto è fondamentale non solo per la stabilità del Paese, ma anche di tutto il mondo arabo. Si finirà per determinare il successo o il fallimento dell’Islam politico. Gli aspetti economici e politici della transizione politica egiziana e della sua dimensione regionale sono stati al centro della prima riunione del media […]

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NEW YORK – mostre: la Manhattan anni quaranta all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura (in translation)

Un anonimo fotografo che nel 1942 percorre in lungo e in largo Manhattan e cattura nelle sue immagini case, persone, monumenti di un’epoca quando i grattacieli erano giovani: ‘New York: Born Back into the Past’ approda per un mese all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York grazie ai collezionisti Silvia e Stefano Lucchini che a […]

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SIRIA – Political solution to halt escalation, says Bonino

The path must be undertaken toward a political solution in Syria to avoid the risk of the conflict spreading across the region and the proliferation of weapons. On this Minister Emma Bonino and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Ze’ev Elkin agreed today in a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome mainly focused on the Middle […]

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BUCHAREST – Showcase for Tuscany, Chianti on display

Tuscany was showcased in Bucharest, where a presentation of the food and wine specialties that go so well with the excellent art and landscape of the region. The producers of oil, wine and other products of Chianti were the protagonists of the initiative. Read more, in Italian.

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PERU’ – Italian design a leader in Lima

Through mid-June the Peruvian capital will be host to the exhibition “Italian Style Dressing Home”, dedicated to Italian historic and contemporary furnishings. A total of 150 pieces from some of the best-known brands in the world. Read more, in Italian.

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SAN FRANCISCO – Gala for concert by San Carlo theatre

Preparations are under way in San Francisco for the “Concerto delle Due Baie”, a project of the Consulate general of Italy intended to unite the orchestras and choruses of Naples’ Theatre of San Carlo and the San Francisco Opera for a performance of the Verdi Requiem on 25 October of this year. A benefit Gala […]

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Bonino: «Europe is confused. I’m not » (Tempi)

“When they called me I was in Egypt, and thought I had retired”. According to her, Emma Bonino had no idea she would be called upon to be Minister for Foreign Affairs on the cusp of turning 65. Her curriculum vitae is a full one. While her political activism and civil rights advocacy in Italy […]

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Egypt: Foreign Ministry concern over sentencing of foreign NGO members

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed concern over the Cairo Administrative Court’s sentencing of 43 members of foreign non-governmental organizations, 27 of whom were judged in absentia, to a period of detention varying from 1 to 5 years in prison, and to close the Egypt-based offices of 5 NGOs that include the Konrad Adenauer Institute, […]

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