One of Italy’s most talented young pianists, Christian Leotta, currently doing an Asian tour, gave a recital at the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong, organised with the support of the Consulate General, to a packed and highly appreciative audience.
Read more“Italian visa policy is essential to diplomacy’s efforts to support the country’s growth. It encourages the influx of tourists attracted by Italy’s unique cultural heritage, as well as of businesses interested in investment opportunities”, commented Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Amb. Michele Valensise as he signed a protocol of understanding to promote tourism in Italy with President […]
Read moreARNEG, leading Italian manufacturer of large-scale distribution furniture and insulation paneling recently opened a new factory in Rosario Argentina. Present at the ceremony was Ambassador Guido Walter La Tella, who also met with the Minister for Industry and visited the Consulate General. The company invested approximately €5 million in the high technology, low-environmental impact plant […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute of Ljubljana in Slovenia will dedicate an evening to Giacomo Leopardi on Thursday 31 January, and will feature the presentation of the book “Pesmi in pisma”, published by Sanje Publishers with a contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The book collects several of the best known poems that the great […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi received US Special Envoy for the Middle East David Hale in Rome today. The minister assured Hale of Italy’s continuing and “strongly convinced” support for US efforts at encouraging the resumption of direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, referring to this as “the only path to relaunching the peace […]
Read moreThe goal of the “China Special Project for the 2015 Milan Expo”, launched today by CEO Giuseppe Sala and Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù, is to facilitate collaboration between Italy and China in meeting the challenge of sustainable food. The event was held at Beijing’s Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) […]
Read moreIn the presence of Vice-President of the Republic Wu Dunyi and of the Academy Sinica Wang Fansen, the Taipei History Museum opened the exhibition “The Divine Michelangelo” on 25 January. Its intention is to offer the Taiwanese public a chance to view the highly skilled reproductions of Michelangelo’s masterpieces executed by the Niccolai-Teknoart studio in […]
Read moreIn order to strengthen European integration it is necessary to begin with culture and Italy “is a major power” in that sense. This was Minister Giulio Terzi remark as he spoke to the French Academy at the presentation of the “Portraits in motion: culture, restoration and training exchanges between Italy and France”, organized by the […]
Read moreFrench and Malian troops are advancing in their objective to regain the territory in the north now occupied by armed Islamic groups, and the Bamako authorities are convinced that the war will soon be over. Nevertheless, the humanitarian situation is a deep concern, with over 370,000 displaced persons and a serious food crisis, as the […]
Read moreEU- CELAC Foreign Ministers meeting “Working together towards growth and stability” Santiago, January 25th, 2013 Intervention by the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Marta Dassù Many speakers have remarked that the relationship between Europe and Latin America deserves, perhaps more than others, the definition of strategic partnership, due to the intense historical relations […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi described himself as “deeply struck by the tragic news from Santa Maria, and by the dimensions the tragedy is assuming in terms of human lives involved”, and he expressed his “most heartfelt and sincere condolences”, to his Brazilian colleague Antonio Patriota following the incident in a discotheque in the […]
Read more“Remembering is a duty, and we must see to it that, first and foremost, we render homage to the many women and men who acted as heroes in that extraordinary situation and stood up to the negation of humanity”. With these words Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi commemorates the Day of Remembrance, a solemn, […]
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