Montreal – Convenzione per insegnamento italiano in quattro scuole (in translation)

E’ stata siglata a Montreal una convenzione tra la Fondazione Comunitaria Canadese-Italiana (FCCI), che raccoglie rappresentanti della “business community” italo-canadese, la English Montreal School Board (EMSB) ed il Consolato Generale per l’insegnamento della lingua italiana in orario scolastico in quattro istituti di istruzione primaria della città. Promozione e tutela della lingua e della cultura italiana […]

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Ministerial meeting on UN Security Council Reform (Foreign Ministry Rome, 4 February 2013)

On Monday 4 February Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will join Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gonzalo de Benito Secades in chairing a ministerial meeting entitled “New Approaches to the Security Council Reform”. The meeting is intended to foster political dialogue among members of the UN from various areas of the world […]

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Press Point: Minister Terzi with his Pakistani colleague Minister Hina Rabbiani Khar (Foreign Ministry Rome, 1 February 2013)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi will meet with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday February 1st 2013 at 13:30. A joint press point will be held at the conclusion of the meeting, to be followed by the presentation of the Italian version of the book “Churches of Pakistan”. Journalists […]

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Attentato a Mogadiscio: Terzi a collega somala, “Italia al vostro fianco” – Ferma condanna dell’atto

Il Ministro degli Esteri, Giulio Terzi, ha avuto una conversazione telefonica con il Vice Primo Ministro e Ministro degli Esteri somalo, Signora Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adan, per manifestare “la forte vicinanza” dell’Italia alle Autorità somale ed ai familiari delle vittime del sanguinoso attentato compiuto stamani di fronte all’ufficio del Primo Ministro a Mogadiscio, sul quale […]

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Hong Kong – success for recital by pianist Christian Leotta

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.

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Diplomacy for Growth: Foreign Ministry-ENIT Visa Agreement

“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 […]

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Rosario – new italian furniture factory

ARNEG, 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 […]

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Ljubljana – presentation of the book ‘Pesmi in Pisma’ with the best known poetry of Leopardi

The 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 […]

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Terzi and us mid-east envoy agree that working toward revival of direct israeli-palestinian talks.

Minister 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 […]

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Beijin – Dassu’ launches “special 2015 expo project”

The 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) […]

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Taipei – “The divine michelangelo” exhibition opens

In 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 […]

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Terzi: enhancing culture for European integration

In 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 […]

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