Italy and Lebanon – together for the revival of design

To produce new object collections in collaboration with Lebanese artisans and designers, reinterpreting and updating traditions through their eyes: that is the goal of a project launched in Beirut at the end of a workshop chaired by Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Morabito, and set to begin in the coming months. The workshop participants included the artists […]

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Copenaghen – Success for the National Academy of Santa Cecilia

The National Academy of Santa Cecilia scored a resounding success in Copenhagen on the first leg of its Scandinavian-Baltic tour, during which violinist Joshua Bell’s performance was met with long and repeated standing ovations.

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Turkey – Major opportunities for Italian firms

The development of economic/trade relations between Italy and Turkey was the main focus of the 2013 “first business committee” meeting organised in Istanbul by the Embassy of Italy with the resident Italian business community. The meeting offered an opportunity to take stock of 2012’s total trade of nearly €20 billion, which, despite a slight dip, […]

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TERZI CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST – THREAT TO GLOBAL SECURITY

“The nuclear test performed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is to be condemned with the most absolute firmness”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s commented from Paris, where he is attending the Conference on Libya. According to the foreign minister, the North Korean nuclear test “is the latest blatant violation of the obligations […]

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Elaborato della studentessa Giulia Janni selezionato e presentato in occasione dell’evento sulla Liberta’ religiosa (in translation)

Elaborato della studentessa Giulia Janni selezionato e presentatoin occasione dell’evento sulla Liberta’ religiosa PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE:the role of Academia and mass media in spreading religious tolerance. by Giulia Janni “Your Christ is a Jew, your pizza is Italian, your coffee is Brazilian, your car is Japanese, your writing is Latin, your holiday is Turkish, your numbers […]

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POPE’S RESIGNATION: HIS MAJOR IMPACT ON CHRISTIANITY, SAYS TERZI

Benedict XVI has been “able to have a major impact on Christianity”. Minister Giulio Terzi commented on the Pope’s decision to resign, effective 28 February next. Recalling the Holy Father’s words at their latest meeting on the occasion of the 900th anniversary of the Papal Bull to the Order of Malta, Terzi explained that Ratzinger […]

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Foibe: persecution remains etched in the memory of all, says Terzi

“Episodes of anti-Italian persecutions in Istria, Dalmatia and Fiume must remain etched in all our memories”, so that “hostile feelings, or tendencies toward racial discrimination, toward peoples and nations who are our neighbours, such as those that led to the 1938 racial laws, will never be resussitated”. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s […]

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Religious freedom – ISPI Conference – Terzi: our battle against extremism in the interests of peace

The defence of religious freedom serves to combat violent forms of extremism that use religion as a pretext for their own dissemination, Minister Giulio Terzi underscored as he opened an ISPI-sponsored international workshop on the promotion of religious freedom today at the foreign ministry in Rome, co-chaired by Italy and Jordan. Italy’s guiding role in […]

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Prague – concert by St. George’s British International School

The student chorus and orchestra of St. George’s British International School in Rome will give a concert on Friday 15 February at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, conducted by Darren Everhart. The performance is part of a musical tour through the Czech Republic by the prestigious international school founded in 1958.

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MOZAMBIQUE – ITALY DONATES €200,000 FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

The Italian government has donated €200,000 for the victims of flooding in the province of Gaza in southern Mozambique. In a communiqué issued by the Embassy of Italy in Maputo, the Italian government announced its intention to make the donation available through the World Food Program (WFP) in response to the recent flooding that has […]

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Promoting Religious Freedom and Peaceful Coexistence

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Ladies and Gentlemen, distinguished Guests, my warmest welcome to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I am particularly grateful to the President of ISPI, Ambassador Giancarlo Aragona, who will join us later today. Shortly, we will listen to a video message by my Jordanian colleague, Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. […]

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ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: RECALL- Events celebrating the Lateran Pacts (12 February 2013)

Please be reminded that on Tuesday 12 February the anniversary of the signing of the Lateran Pacts and the Accord amending the Concordat will be celebrated at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See (Palazzo Borromeo). The event will be attended by senior representations of the Italian institutions and the Roman Catholic Church. The bilateral […]

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