The Conference: ‘European integration: an assessment’

The conference will be an opportunity to assess one of the crucial challenges to European integration: ensuring that European citizens can identify with their institutions through instruments guaranteeing decision-making processes based on transparency and participatory democracy. This means that fully applying the principle of European citizenship, in its widest sense, is vital to achieving full […]

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Cooperation: new help for the Palestinian people

Chaired for the first time by Minister Emma Bonino, Italian Development Cooperation’s steering committee has approved three important contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The funding is intended for initiatives on behalf of the Palestinian people. Assistance for refugees Two of the contributions concern emergency initiatives. The first, worth 1.5 million […]

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Syria: in Amman for the Geneva Conference – Friends of Syria meeting: opposition must act responsibly, says Bonino

To find a political solution to the crisis, Italy fully supports the idea of organising a “Geneva 2” international conference that brings all of the interested parties to the same table. It will be vital, in this respect, to strengthen the Syrian opposition coalition at both the political and concrete levels. That was the position […]

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BRAZIL – The Italian economic presence illustrated in booklet form

Italy has illustrated its economic-commercial presence in Brazil in the form of a booklet called “Il contributo dell’Italia allo sviluppo economico del Brasile”. The booklet was produced by our Embassy in Brasilia in collaboration with the Bank of Italy’s financial attaché. Written in both Italian and Portuguese, the booklet summarises the main Italian economic fundamentals […]

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TURKMENISTAN – Italian trade mission

An Italian trade mission to Turkmenistan began on 20 May 2013. The initiative was organised by our Embassy in Moscow with support from the Italian Trade Promotion Agency (ICE) and Confindustria. The delegation, led by Ambassador Antonio Zanardi Landi, met the Deputy Premier and advisers to the President on the gas and oil industry, Yagshygeldi […]

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JAPAN – Italian exports booming: up 33.5%

Italian exports to Japan are booming, with the first three months of the year seeing an increase of 33.5% year-on-year, and of 9.8% on the previous quarter. Commenting on the trade figures published by the Japanese Finance Ministry, the Italian Embassy in Tokyo underscored that our exports are notably higher that the European average for […]

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RIAD – Italian wins prize for translation of Plato from arabic

One of the winners of the “’King Abdullah International Prize for Translation 2013” is an Italian. Cecilia Martini, from the University of Padua, won the award in the humanities sector with her translation from Arabic into Italian of the mediaeval text “L’armonia delle opinioni dei due sapienti: il divino Platone e Aristotele”, written in the […]

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ITALY-ROMANIA – Work of art returned thanks to bilateral collaboration

The hunt for stolen works of art has seen another success story. A ceremony has been held in Târgu Jiu to mark the return of a silver monstrance taken in 2007 from the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Orta Nova, in the province of Foggia. The monstrance was discovered in Romania in May […]

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LEBANON – A showcase for Italian products

Italy showcases its unique qualities in Lebanon, with the “Taste of Italy” event in Beirut. The initiative, designed to promote our country’s image abroad and encourage tourism, was organised by the Lebanese-American university (LAU) in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Beirut. Lebanese importers and distributors of Italian food and drink products, and Italian producers […]

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ITALY-SERBIA – Anniversary of edict of Milan celebrated with Verdi’s Aida

Italy and Serbia are drawing ever-closer through culture. The celebrations for the anniversary of the Edict of Milan were marked by a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, staged by the National Theatre of Belgrade in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. The audience included the President of the Republic of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolic; Foreign Minister […]

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HERAT – Cutuli Foundation School Long-Listed for the Aga Khan Award

An Italian school is one of the 20 candidates for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013. A school that is very special, in view not just of its location but also of its creators. The primary school in Herat was set up thanks to the Maria Grazia Cutuli Foundation, named after the journalist killed […]

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Friends of Syria meeting in Amman – Utmost effort needed for diplomatic solution, says Bonino

A new round of diplomatic meetings on the Syrian crisis. Today a meeting of the Friends of Syria group is being held in Amman, with the foreign ministers of 11 countries taking part: Italy, with Emma Bonino, the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. The […]

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