SHANGHAI PRIZE – Young chinese artists show their work in Turin

“Young Chinese Artists in Italy: Italian Atmospheres”. That’s the title of the exhibition bringing the second stage of the first Shanghai Prize to a close. The award envisages six residencies. Three are for young Italian artists who will be hosted by the Fine Art College at Shanghai University, and three are for young Chinese artists […]

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EDINBURGH – Emigration and identity: 3 days of study and debate at the Italian Cultural Institute

Three days of study and debate on the subject of immigration and identity. That was the focus of an initiative organised by the “Stills” photography gallery and the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh as part of the “Second Sight” three-year project. The Stills Gallery is currently holding an exhibition featuring the work of Robert Capa, […]

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ISLAMABAD – Giuseppe Verdi celebrated with Nabucco

Islamabad too is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, with the screening of the Arturo Toscanini orchestra’s performance of Nabucco conducted by Daniel Oren. The event, which took place in the new Italian Embassy building in the diplomatic enclave, confirms Pakistan’s interest in a stronger Italian cultural presence in the country. […]

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New regional powers: what role for Europe

ISPI, and we are very grateful for that, is gathering today a very rich panel of experts to discuss the crucial question of the challenges faced by the EU in an extremely complex world, where international power is changing face: both because it’s now distributed among multiple states and because non state actors are playing […]

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Afghanistan: Italy facilitates EU Ambassadors’ visit to Herat

A group of over 20 European Union ambassadors accredited in Afghanistan took part in an unprecedented visit to Herat province, at the initiative of the Italian Embassy. They met the Governor of the Province, Daoud Shah Saba; the public prosecutor, Maria Bashir; and the head of Regional Command West (RC-W), Brigadier General Ignazio Gamba The Ambassadors […]

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The Interview: Perrone, Made in Italy in California is not just food and fashion

Made in Italy isn’t only food, luxury cars and fashion here in California, but “is perceived in all its many facets”, assured Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles Giuseppe Perrone in an interview for the TG3 news programme “Persone”. There is, the Italian diplomat explains, a continuous network of relations, for example in the […]

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MEDITERRANEAN – Italy-led environmental project becomes “Best practice”

Italy coordinated the MEDEEA Project for the development of energy planning in seven Mediterranean countries with the Ligurian regional agency for electrical power. The project was funded by the European Regional Development Fund and its concluding event took place in Cyprus with the “Medeea international conference – Mediterranean energy cities”. Read more, in Italian.

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HUMANITARIAN LAW – International officeres study in Italy

A course is being held at the Villa Ormond International Institute for Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy for a large delegation of international government officials from Libya and South Sudan, as well as from other Arab-speaking countries: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Qatar and the Palestinian Authority; other participants include officials, legal advisors and […]

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Bonino: «A Federal Europe? It’s now or never» (Corriere della Sera)

ROME – “I take Francois Hollande’s openness very seriously. Whatever the reasons are, for the first time Paris is signaling a willingness to re-examine Europe that I like very much, because until a short time ago it was taboo to even talk about modifying the treaties. Obviously, the French President’s ideas presuppose at least a […]

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‘The ABCs of the United Nations’ in Italian for the first time

“The ABCs of the United Nations” – now available, for the first time ever, in Italian – is concise but detailed handbook for navigating the labyrinth of the United Nations system that explains its founding principles, its various agencies and institutions and its priorities. Read more, in Italian.

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The three pillars of foreign policy – Diplomacy for growth, Europe, managing international crises

Diplomacy for growth, Europe and international crisis management. These are the three pillars of Italian foreign policy, as stated by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino at the press conference held at Palazzo Chigi, the Cabinet Office, at the end of the Council of Ministers meeting. Diplomacy for growth, looking to Expo 2015 The press conference provided […]

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South Korea? Closer to businesses thanks to a ‘webinar’

Is risk-free investment possible in South Korea, the world’s 11th-ranked economy? The “Internationalisation a Click Away” project created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Unioncamere Emilia-Romagna, will be available to Italian firms as of 23 May precisely to answer that question. The project – webinars focused specifically on five countries: Indonesia, South Korea, South […]

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