Meeting on the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the US Cancelled

Please be informed that the meeting “2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States: A model for Public/Private Partnership in the Promotion of Italian Culture Abroad”, planned for Wednesday 20 February 2013 and to be chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, has been cancelled.

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“Digital media in war zones” Postponed

Please be informed that the “Digital Media in War Zones” workshop, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with WIRED Italia and scheduled to be held on 19 February 2013 at the foreign ministry in Rome, has been postponed to a data as yet to be announced.

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SYRIA: ARMS EMBARGO MUST NOT EXPIRE, SAYS TERZI

Eventual disagreement among the 27 members on the sanctions in Syria would create “a paradoxical situation, given that the European embargo is intended to impact the regime”, said Minister Giulio Terzi, expressing Italy’s position on the renewal of the sanctions package to be discussed today in the EU Foreign Affairs Council. Our country, he said, […]

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REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Photo exhibition on explorer savorgnan brazza)

A photographic exhibition will be held in Brazzavile, Republic of Congo, dedicated to Italo-French explorer Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza, who lived in the second half of the 19th century and for whom the capital city is named. The exhibition of 40 photos, taken by the explorer’s brother Giacomo, is entitled “The Savorgnan Saga, a journey […]

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FAI – 5 CONTINENTS VOTE ON “BEST-LOVED SPOTS”

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 – […]

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Syria – EU Foreign Affairs Council decides on extending sanctions

The 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 […]

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ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF – Workshop “Digital Media in war zones”

On 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 […]

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Belgrade – Italo-Serbian Partnership

A 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, […]

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Turkey – “Italian Horizons”: 50+ events – music, art and economy

Italy 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 […]

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ITALY-ALBANIA – BOOK ON THE HADRIANOPOLIS EXCAVATIONS

A 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 […]

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Italian aid for palestinian children in Lebanon

A 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.

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ADDIS ABABA – SCHOOL FOR WOMEN’s RIGHTS

A “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 […]

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