WASHINGTON – Mostra fotografica Ansa “Tour around Italy” (in translation)

L’Ambasciata italiana a Washington ha ospitato la presentazione di una mostra fotografica digitale dell’agenzia ANSA dal titolo “Tour around Italy”: si tratta di un tour fotografico alla scoperta delle bellezze di ogni regione e dei tesori nascosti dell’Italia. Sei sezioni L’esposizione si divide in sei sezioni, ognuna delle quali è introdotta da un commento di […]

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Message of condolences from Minister Bonino for the victims of the tornado in Oklahoma

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino has sent the following message to the US Secretary of State John Kerry. “Like all Italians, I was shocked by the news and dramatic images of the tornado that has hit the suburbs of Oklahoma City so violently, causing such a high number of victims. Victims who include so many children […]

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ZAMBIA – Fund-raising: from Lusaka to Florence by bike

Travelling from Lusaka to Florence on a bamboo tandem, through 13 African and two European countries, to raise funds to build a school in Zambia. That’s the challenge organised by Sport2build, an Italian non-profit, on which Matteo Sametti, one of the charity’s founders, will soon be embarking with a young citizen of Zambia. The initiative […]

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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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