DUSSELDORF – Ducati wins Mercury Award for contribution to Italian/German industrial synergy

Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. won the Mercury Award 2012 of the Italian-German economic association Mercurio-DIW (Deutsch-italienische Wirtschaftsgesellschaft), which is awarded to outstanding companies or projects that seek to maintain economic and commercial relations between Italy and Germany. Exceptional contribution to the image of high technology and Italian design worldwide The award was for the exceptional […]

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The Italian Cooperation in Pakistan, a success story

The Italian Cooperation’s numerous initiatives in Pakistan were presented during an event entitled ‘Italian-Pakistani partnership for development’, organized in Islamabad in collaboration with the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) of the Pakistani Finance Ministry tasked with coordinating international cooperation. Italian initiatives in remote and unstable areas Participants included high level ministerial and provincial government officials, who […]

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SANTIAGO – Public invited to view the residence of the Italian Ambassador to Chile

The Santiago Residence of the Italian Ambassador to Chile was opened to the public for the Festival of the Republic on 2 and 3 June, for a special viewing of rooms and gardens. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.

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Syria: working to boost the Annan plan – risk of genocide if intervention is not rapid, warns Terzi

Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria “is not dead”, he said as much himself at the end of a meeting of the UN Security Council in which UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, however, affirmed that hopes were fading for the success of the plan such as it is. After a discussion in the General Assembly, […]

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Press notice detail

A reminder that the Central European Initiative (CEI) will hold a meeting at the Palazzo della Regione in Trieste, home to its Secretariat, on Wednesday 13 June 2012. Participants at the meeting, held under the Ukrainian Presidency, will include Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù and the foreign ministers of the CEI Member Countries. The […]

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SLOVAKIA – Mec-art, retrospective on Gianni Bertini in Zilina

A retrospective of 40 works by Gianni Bertini – whose “mec-art” was a precursor to Pop Art – opens at the Municipal Gallery of Zilina (Slovakia). It was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava to celebrate the artist’s 90th birthday and 40 years since the creation of a project in Slovakia with his […]

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Assad non può restare al potere

Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, you have been foreign minister for just under six months. Did you prefer being an ambassador? «It’s not a question of preferences. Having technocrats from various sectors strengthens rather than weakens this government, and I have been given a great honour and responsibility, that’s all I think about». Nevertheless, the foreign […]

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«Observers must be able to defend themselves»

The Friends of Syria are shut up in the Palace of Dolmabahce – where all the clocks perpetually read 9.05, the hour of the death of the father of modern Turkey Kemal Ataturk – when, almost like a dare, the news of the regime’s latest massacre arrives. The quest is on for a political solution […]

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Syria: Istanbul summit, “transition strategy” – toward new sanctions. Involve Russia but not Iran, says Terzi

Something has shifted on the diplomatic front with regard to the Syrian crisis. Today’s meeting of the Friends of Syria in Istanbul produced a “transition strategy” backed by new sanctions and the involvement of Russia (but not Iran) in stopping the ongoing bloodbath in that Arab country. While the Russian-Chinese summit in Beijing announced its […]

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BEIJING – Palazzo Strozzi Foundation in China to promote the cultural treasures of Tuscany

Promoting the historical, cultural and artistic treasures of Florence, Tuscany and Italy to the Chinese was the goal of a mission to Beijing by President of the Association of Partners of Palazzo Strozzi (APPS) Leonardo Ferragamo to propose the Foundation’s inclusion of potential Chinese partners. Ferragamo was received by Ambassador of Italy to the People’s […]

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Cooperation: Steering Committee to set new priorities

Setting new intervention priorities while facing dwindling resources is the goal of the Italian Development Cooperation’s Steering Committee when it meets on 8 June to set 2012-2014 guidelines. Cooperation an essential foreign policy tool Cooperation is one of the most “essential tools of foreign policy”, and in order to maintain its effectiveness it is necessary […]

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Speech detail

(fa fede solo il discorso effettivamente pronunciato) Sono particolarmente lieto che questo Convegno delle Reti e delle Agenzie di Internazionalizzazione del sistema universitario in Europa, organizzato per la prima volta nel nostro Paese su invito di Uni-Italia, si svolga presso il Ministero degli Affari Esteri. Mi rammarico di non potervi assistere personalmente, in ragione di […]

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