One million people, not only in Italy but in the rest of the world as well, voted on “best-loved spots” in Italy either at risk or in need of protection. The response to the 6th edition of this annual survey – promoted by the Italian Environmental Fund (FAI) in collaboration with Intesa San Paolo – […]
Read moreThe Syrian crisis will be discussed at today’s meeting in Brussels of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, which will have to decide whether to extend the sanctions against the regime, which expire on 28 February. The weapons embargo will be among the measures discussed On the diplomatic front, Arab League and UN Special Envoy Lakhdar […]
Read moreOn Tuesday 19 February 2013 Minister Giulio Terzi will chair a workshop at the foreign ministry in Rome entitled “Digital Media in War Zones”, organised by the foreign ministry in collaboration with WIRED Italia. Digital strategy experts will meet to compare notes on the “2.0 information” sector in areas geographically distant but which many Italians […]
Read moreA meeting was held of the Italo-Serbian Business Council, an association made up of both countries’ main firms involved in bilateral collaboration and that has become a high-level forum for dialogue between business communities and the presentation of business world proposals to institutions. The workshop offered an opportunity to examine priority sectors for Italo-Serbian collaboration, […]
Read moreItaly goes on display in Turkey with the third edition of “Italian Horizons”, a series of events across Turkey throughout 2013, presented by Italian Ambassador Giampaolo Scarante with a view to stimulating the already extraordinary development of relations between the two countries in the areas of policy, economy and culture, by actively involving the broad […]
Read moreA summary of the five-year archaeological excavation at the ancient Roman city of Hadrianopolis in Albania will be presented on 16 March next during the launch of the book ““Hadrianopolis II” at the library of the Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana. The book was edited by Roberto Perna and Dhimiter Condi who directed the field […]
Read moreA multi-functional centre for children and teenagers in the Nahr el Bared Palestinian camp in northern Lebanon has been reopened. The complex had been badly damaged during the 2007 conflict, and was refurbished within the context of a project co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the NGO Terre des Hommes-Italy.
Read moreA “flashmob” in the courtyard of the Istituto Galileo Galilei in Addis Ababa to promote all too often violated women’s rights. The event was organized in the Ethiopian capital within the context of the “One Billion Rising” project, a day of worldwide mobilisation against violence to women. Over 200 students interrupted their lessons and danced […]
Read moreMagnifico Rettore dell’Università di Bergamo, Magnifici Rettori, Professori e studenti, Signore e Signori, rivolgo a tutti voi un cordialissimo saluto. Ben ritrovati nella nostra Bergamo! Sono particolarmente grato al Rettore Stefano Paleari per l’invito. Negli ultimi quindici mesi, e ancora in queste ultime settimane di attività di governo, la cultura – nella sua declinazione ampia […]
Read moreMagnifico Rettore dell’Università di Bergamo, Magnifici Rettori, Professori e studenti, Signore e Signori, rivolgo a tutti voi un cordialissimo saluto. Ben ritrovati nella nostra Bergamo! Sono particolarmente grato al Rettore Stefano Paleari per l’invito. Negli ultimi quindici mesi, e ancora in queste ultime settimane di attività di governo, la cultura – nella sua declinazione ampia […]
Read moreArtist Stefano Nicolini’s photographic exhibition “Champions” opens on 27 February at the Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels, and is a study in the image of sports champions whose features are blurred in order to foreground the essence of the athletic gesture. The show will remain open to the public through 13 March.
Read moreTo better inform Italian business persons about Kazakhstan, a strategically located country with a new, young market brimming with potential: that is the goal of the Italy-Kazakhstan association presented in Rome during a conference whose participants included Kazak ambassador to Italy Andrian Yelemessov, MFA Director for Internationalisation Inigo Lambertini, Vice-President of the Young Business Persons […]
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