Italy-Romania: A close and lasting relationship, says Ambassador Cospito

Italy and Romania are linked by a historic cultural bond, as well as by very strong economic relations. This bond was explained by the Italian Ambassador to Bucharest, Mario Cospito, in an interview for “Pasaport Diplomatic”, a programme broadcast on Romania’s DIGI24 satellite TV channel. The programme showcases the work of the diplomatic community in […]

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Poverty: “Longitude” discovers a reversal of trend

The new edition of Longitude, the magazine edited by Pialuisa Bianco will be on sale at news-stands from 4 May 2012. Using data from the World Bank, the analysts at Longitude show that in spite of the economic crisis in the West poverty is decreasing exponentially, even when the population is growing. A reversal of […]

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WASHINGTON: Ceremony for return of artefacts to Italian state

The Italian Embassy acted as host to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, on 29 April 2012. The event was the ceremony for the repatriation to Italy of a number of significant artefacts confiscated in the United States at the request of the Italian authorities. New Italy-United States agreement The ceremony, which followed negotiations […]

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Terzi: “The Europe of the future cannot operate like a ‘Directoire’” (l’Unità)

From the Tymoshenko case to the French election, via the Middle East and Africa. The interview granted to l’Unità by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi is broad in scope. With one unifying strand: the Europe of today and of the future. The first “hot” dossier right now is the “Tymoshenko case”. Your German colleague has threatened […]

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SEOUL: Successo per la Tosca allestita da Paolo Panizza (in translation)

Dal 27 al 29 aprile il pubblico coreano ha applaudito una straordinaria produzione di “Tosca” di Giacomo Puccini per la regia di Paolo Panizza, organizzata in collaborazione con l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Seoul. Tutto esaurito per le cinque rappresentazioni Ad affollare il Seoul Arts Center, il modernissimo tempio della lirica della capitale coreana, ci […]

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Marines: Release of Enrica Lexie a first step to a complete solution of this affair, says Terzi

This is a first step towards a comprehensive solution to the case – which concerns, above all, the return of our two Navy riflemen held in Kerala”. The comment was made by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi during his mission to Africa, referring to the decision by the Supreme Court in New Delhi to authorise the […]

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Cooperation: Guatemala: Nutritional Recovery Centre now opened

The “RAN” Emergency programme conducted by the Italian Embassy in Guatemala is funding 12 projects to reduce food, nutritional and environmental risks for vulnerable categories of the population (first and foremost women and children). The projects focus on the groups most affected by high rates of malnutrition and hit by the devastating effects of the […]

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Terzi in Africa, in Ethiopia and Mozambique (2-4 May) – Mission with entrepreneurs for System Italy opportunities

Minister Giulio Terzi, accompanied by a high-level delegation of business people interested in investment prospects, is visiting Africa, and more specifically Ethiopia and Mozambique, from today, 2 May, until 4 May 2012. Italy is interested in strengthening its bilateral relations with these two countries, from the perspective not just of combating terrorism and piracy but […]

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Interview detail

“What has happened over the last few days is horrific and barbaric”. Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi doesn’t mince his words when he condemns the massacres in Nigeria, just hours after the latest attack on Christians. The authors of the attack are probably Boko Haram, who had already struck out against Christians at Christmas 2011. The […]

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Iniziativa Adriatico-Ionica – Dassu’ al consiglio ministeriale Belgrado: Italia punta a nascita macroregione (in translation)

“L’Italia ha forti interessi primari nei Balcani occidentali e ritiene che l’Unione europea debba rimanere aperta all’insieme dei Paesi di tale regione. Questo è un nostro interesse nazionale e una nostra priorità di politica estera”. Lo ha detto a Belgrado il Sottosegretario Marta Dassu’, che nella capitale serba ha partecipato al 14/mo Consiglio ministeriale della […]

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HONG KONG: Amb. Iannucci promuove il vino italiano (in translation)

“Vendemmia d’Artista”, per unire arte contemporanea e mondo del vino, è il titolo di evento a scopo benefico organizzato dalla famiglia Frescobaldi svoltosi a Hong Kong, a cui ha partecipato l’Ambasciatore italiano in Cina Attilio Massimo Iannucci. Le bottiglie, personalizzate dall’artista Zhang Huang, sono state vendute nel corso di un’asta organizzata da Sotheby’s, il cui […]

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Italian economic mission to Turkey (1-4 May 2012)

“System Italy” is looking for new opportunities in Turkey. From 1 to 4 May 2012 the “Italy in Turkey” economic mission is taking place in Istanbul. The initiative was organised by the Italian Trade Institute (ICE), Confindustria, ABI, Unioncamere and RETE Imprese Italia, under the aegis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the […]

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