Diplomatic Historical Archive is created

Efficiency, effectiveness and economy are the bywords of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ new Diplomatic Historical Archive for the efficient, effective and economic access to the immense reservoir of historical and diplomatic material. Users are ensured rapid access to the documentation of nearly 200 years of Italian pre- and post-unification history. A rich patrimony now […]

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SPAIN – The ‘Boot’, from art to food

“The Boot” on display in Spain: for a full week the city of Torrelodones, just outside of Madrid, hosted the best in Italian culture, with concerts, art shows, films and food and wine events. Organised by the Italian Embassy in Spain with the help of the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid, ENIT and the Italian […]

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Deep concern over the news from Turkey

“The news coming from Turkey is a source of deep concern, and the fact that the tensions of recent days have resulted in deaths is very serious”. The statement came from Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, according to whom “excessive use of force by the police cannot be an acceptable response to the protests”. […]

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Congratulations from Minister Bonino for Rami Hamdallah’s appointment as Prime MInister of the Palestinian Authority

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino congratulated Rami Hamdallah on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority. Italy has no doubt it will be able to maintain the same excellent relations with the new Palestinian Prime Minister that it has enjoyed with Salam Fayyad, whom it thanks for his important contribution to strengthening […]

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LOS ANGELES – beautiful Sicily in photos, art and music

The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles hosted the opening of an exhibition by photographer Giuseppe Leone on the beauty of the Sicilian landscape, where salt fields and lush Mediterranean vegetation are interspersed with archaeological sites that bear witness to an ancient culture. The show is part of the larger “Sicilia bedda” (beautiful Sicily) series […]

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Intervento del Vice Ministro Dassù al Convegno “The energy transition in Europe: different pathways, same destination?”

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) · Let me first of all thank Edison and the World Energy Council for inviting me to address you tonight. Considering that this is an opening dinner and that the real conference will take place tomorrow, I will not keep you from your food for too long and […]

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ITALIA-USA – “Boxer at Rest” at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art

Italian ambassador to the United States Claudio Bisogniero announced in the Huffington Post that the bronze “Boxer at Rest” would be displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from early June to 15 July as part of the events for the Year of Italian Culture in the U.S., describing it as “in a word, spectacular”. […]

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Diplomacy, Bonino at SIOI for the masters closing ceremony

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino was the SIOI’s guest of honour at the ceremony for the conclusion of the 2012-2013 Masters in Diplomatic Studies (preparatory course for the diplomatic competitive examination). The minister was welcomed by the organisation’s current President, and former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Franco Frattini. Speakers at the ceremony, which was […]

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Open Doors at the Farnesina

The Farnesina Palace will open its doors to the public on 14 June 2013. “Open Doors at the Farnesina” is the title of the annual event by which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs meets the public, and is part of a mission to promote its art collections both in Italy and abroad. An opportunity for […]

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2 June: Peres at Italian Embassy

President of Israel Shimon Peres paid tribute to two great Italians – Giorgio Napolitano and Rita Levi-Montalcini – in a speech at the residence of the Italian Ambassador in Tel Aviv on the evening of the Festival of the Italian Republic. Describing bilateral relations as excellent from political, scientific and economic standpoints, Peres ended with […]

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LONGITUDE: “Falling on deaf ears”

The dramatic Syrian crisis, in an analysis by Stefano Stefanini that touches on President Assad’s stiff resistance to even the most minimal dialogue, is the central theme of the new issue of “Longitude”, the geo-political magazine directed by Pialuisa Bianco, on newsstands as of 3 June, whose main topics also include world finance, the “case […]

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TIRANA – Young artists exhibit in “Andata e ritorno”

Not just one way, but round trip, is the theme of the exhibition “Andata e Ritorno 2”, that opened in Tirana on 2 June, and which takes a look at how migration is changing in Albania: once upon a time young people left to work or study and never went back, now they are returning […]

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