Programma – ‘Women in Diplomacy’ – Farnesina, 16 luglio (in translation)

International Conference   Women in Diplomacy Building a Network for a Better World   Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Piazzale della Farnesina, 1) Rome, July 15 – 16, 2012   Programme   Sunday, July 15 7:30pm Welcoming reception at Villa Madama (Via di Villa Madama) Keynote Speech by Beppe Severgnini: “Italians: Women in the world” […]

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Women in Diplomacy – Building a Network for a Better World – Speakers (original version)

The Speakers (in alphabetical order)   Lucia Annunziata Lucia Annunziata is an international affairs columnist for La Stampa and hosts a weekly interview show on Rai – Channel 3. She is a member of the Aspen Institute. Recipient of Harvard University Nieman Fellowship. She has been Chairman of Italian Public Television RAI Radio Televisione Italiana; […]

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Sofia: cittadinanza onoraria all’Ambasciatore Benazzo (in translation)

Il Consiglio comunale di Sofia ha approvato la proposta di conferire la cittadinanza onoraria all’Ambasciatore d’Italia in Bulgaria, Stefano Benazzo. Nella motivazione si evidenzia il notevole apporto del diplomatico per la promozione di numerose iniziative volte ad arricchire la vita economica, sociale e culturale della capitale bulgara. Negli ultimi anni l’ambasciatore italiano ha rivolto particolare […]

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Press release detail

“High Representative Ashton’s mission to Asia was a great diplomatic success for the European Union, with which we are delighted and fully identify”. This was Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment on the Declaration of Cooperation between Europe and the United States that Catherine Ashton signed with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the end of […]

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BEIJING – Italo-Chinese conference on climate change

The glaciers of Tibet have receded over the past 50 years by 10-15% as a result of climate change associated with human activity. The topic was confronted in Beijing at the bilateral Italo-Chinese Conference entitled “From Glacier to Climate. An Euro-Asiatic perspective in cryospheric sciences”, organized by the Italian Embassy in collaboration with the Bicocca […]

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MIKULOV: Classical Guitar Festival

Italy is being represented by award-winning musicians Carlo Marchione and Paolo Pegoraro at this year’s edition of the Mikulov International Classical Guitar Festival, one of the most important events of its kind in the Czech Republic and Central European in General.

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Press notice detail

Less than 20% of the world’s decision-makers are women and, despite the important positions they hold in many fields, much remains to be done in terms of equal pay and political participation. Women, increasingly leaders in socio-economic and political transition processes, are a resource that has not yet been fully tapped. These are some of […]

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Italy and the “diplomacy of growth” – support for industry and SMEs is my personal challenge, says Terzi

“Our challenge, as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a ministry dedicated to growth and with a pronounced economic bent, is to provide broad-based support for the activities” of the large-scale, medium-sized and small enterprises of the aerospace and defence industries. Minister Giulio Terzi spoke at the closing of the Finmeccanica stand at the Farnborough air […]

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DETROIT: Amb. bisogniero meets with Italian business community

On 9 July Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero visited Detroit to meet with representatives of the Italian business community there. After meeting with FIAT-CHRYSLER CEO Sergio Marchionne, the ambassador had a working lunch with representatives of Oakland County, where a large number of Italian firms such as – Magneti Marelli, Marposs, Stola Group – are […]

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‘Women in Diplomacy’ – Foreign Ministry Rome, 16 luglio

Less than 20% of the world’s decision-makers are women and, despite the important positions they hold in many fields, much remains to be done in terms of equal pay and political participation. Women, increasingly leaders in socio-economic and political transition processes, are a resource that has not yet been fully tapped. Building a Network for […]

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BEIRUT: writer Paolo Giordano at the Hay Festival 2012

On 4 July Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Giuseppe Morabito participated in the opening ceremony for the 2012 Hay Festival in Beirut, dedicated to the theme: “Imagine the world”. Paolo Giordano present for Italy 2008 Strega Prize winner Paolo Giordano was present for Italy, and spoke about his first novel “The Solitude of Prime Numbers”, translated […]

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EDINBURGH: Italy at Jazz and Blues Festival

A number of prominent Italian musicians will be participating in the upcoming edition of the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, to be held from 20 to 29 July, in a special section called “Jazz Italia”, which opens on 20 July at the “Queen’s Hall” with a concert by Danilo Rea and Flavio Boltro performing jazz […]

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