Syria: Terzi meets Ban Ki-moon at UN – A road leading to a solution of the crisis is needed

The need for firmer pressure on the Syrian regime by the international community in order to find a road leading to a solution of the crisis. That was the key point of the discussion between Minister Giulio Terzi and the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, at the UN headquarters. Both agreed on […]

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Bolivia – Italy supports the country’s cultural heritage

Enhancing the cultural heritage and restoring the altar and the works of art housed in the Church in Canton Cohoni, painted by Leonardo Flores in around 1680, and repairing the roof. This is the goal of the “Fortalecimiento de la Capacidad de Gestion del Patrimonio Historico – Proyecto Piloto Canton Cohoni” project illustrated in late […]

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ITALY-EGYPT – Egyptian students under the spell of italian

The number of Egyptians studying Italian has boomed, with enrolments of university students learning the language of Dante rising fourfold in the last two years. The figure rose from 491 in academic year 2011/2012 to 1930 in 2012/2013, making a total of 9322 students enrolled in courses featuring Italian as a first or second language. […]

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Zagreb – Venice on display: history meets technology

The exhibition on “Visualizing Venice, new technologies for urban history” has opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Zagreb. The exhibition, which features the Visualizing Venice university research project, showcases some of the most innovative communications systems telling the story of the city’s transformations over the centuries. The research, which began in 2010, is being […]

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LONGITUDE: “Post-Qaeda – The next chapter of radical Islam”

Headlining the latest issue of “Longitude”, the geopolitical magazine under the direction of Pialuisa Bianco on newsstands as of 6 March, is the post-Qaeda evolution of Islamic extremist groups, (“Post-Qaeda – The next chapter of radical Islam”) and their influence on the nascent democracies of the Arab world. Other analyses include the economic and political […]

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TUNISIA – Italian project for social integration

The goal of a project sponsored by the Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, and financed by the Italian Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is to contribute to the creation of work and social integration opportunities for young Libyans and Tunisians. The short-term aim is a cooperation programme in Tunisia for training geared toward […]

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Terzi in New York – UN and Syria on the agenda, meeting with Ban Ki-Moon

Syria, the UN and cultural and economic promotion will be the principal themes of Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s mission to New York Monday and Tuesday. Meeting at the UN with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and President of the UN General Assembly Vuk Jeremic to discuss the Syrian crisis, he will illustrate the results […]

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Annual Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Bank of Italy Conference

Security, in all its various ramifications – political, economic and financial –will be the focus of the annual conference of senior officials of the foreign ministry and the Bank of Italy dedicated to collaboration, particularly at the level of financial attachés working within the diplomatic and consular network. The challenges to global and European economic […]

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USA – Contemporary italian poetry showcased in New York

Within the context of the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, an encounter was held at New York University with poet Corrado Calabrò – legal expert and President of AGCOM since 2005 – on contemporary Italian poetry, entitled “A life in Its Own Space”. Read more, in Italian.

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Friendship that shaped Kerry is renewed in Rome

ROME — In 1965, John F. Kerry and David Thorne were college-age kids driving around Europe together in a used English cab they bought for $100 and named Baxter. Inspired by Ernest Hemingway, they went running with the bulls in Pamplona. They drove around England, through France, along the Italian coast, two young men with […]

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HOUSTON – Treasures of the Venice jewish quarter

The lost silver treasures of the Venice Jewish Quarter will be displayed, for the first time, through 28 April at the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (MFAH). The objects from the Venice synagogue were hidden away in 1943 and restored by Venetian Heritage Inc after their rediscovery 10 years ago. They include Jewish religious […]

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SOFIA – “Italy of the future” from 4 march

“The Italy of the Future” exhibition opens in Sofia on 4 March, offering the Bulgarian public an innovative and interactive opportunity to view Italy’s scientific/technological face, in a journey through some of our most significant achievements in the fields of robotics, particle physics, medicine, restoration technologies archeology. Read more, in Italian.

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