A reminder that the Guide for Italian Businesses Operating in the Russian Federation will be presented in Rome and Milan on 17 and 18 May 2012. The Rome presentation will take place in the Sala Zuccari at the Senato della Repubblica (Via della Dogana Vecchia 29) at 11.00 on Thursday 17 May and the Milan […]
Read moreThe President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, accompanied by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, is on an official visit to Tunisia until tomorrow, 17 May 2012. Napolitano will be meeting President Moncef Marzouki, with whom he will discuss the most important issues on the bilateral relations and international agendas. President Napolitano will also be seeing the […]
Read moreOn 8 May 2012 Amsterdam hosted the first promotional event in the Netherlands organised by Udine Chamber of Commerce to showcase products and tourism offerings from Friuli-Venezia Giulia The promotion included a technical seminar devoted to interior design, which illustrated the history of the “Chair District” as a example of excellence that marries tradition with […]
Read moreAn exhibition on “Our Land: Italian photography and video from 1970 to today” is currently being staged at the Stills photography gallery in Edinburgh. The show, a collective, interprets Italy, its land and the use of that land since the years following the “economic miracle”, when the impact of rapid industrialisation wrought radical changes on […]
Read moreLectio Magistralis by Minister Terzi “Responsibility to protect” (John Cabot University, Rome, 15 May 2012) President Pavoncello, Chairman Hagan, Members of the Board of Trustees, Distinguished Faculty, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, And – above all – you, the best and the brightest: the graduates of the class of 2012, Thank you for awarding me […]
Read moreThe training and social-educational rehabilitation project for disadvantaged young people from Panciu, in Romania’s Vrancea region, will come to an end on 31 May 2012. The project was financed by Italian Development Cooperation and implemented by COMI, a non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with local partner organisation ROM PENTRU ROM. 350,000 euros for training initiatives and […]
Read more“Both Italy’s international partners and the Afghan population have been unanimous in their appreciation of the role played by our country in Afghanistan. Thanks to our contribution, goals that just 10 years ago seemed impossible have been achieved: we need only think that 69 women now sit in Parliament”. These were some of the comments […]
Read moreA reminder that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will be taking part in the Forum della Pubblica Amministrazione 2012, which will run from Wednesday 16 to Saturday 19 May 2012 at Rome’s trade fair centre, the Nuova Fiera di Roma. The MFA will be exhibiting in Pavilion 8, stand 10B, where citizens and businesses […]
Read moreWith more than 100 countries taking part and over 7000 foreign visitors registered to attend, AGRITECH 2012 is one of the most important international events organised in Israel. Italy is taking part with about 100 participants. These include representatives of numerous institutions: the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, the Council for Research and Experimentation in Agriculture […]
Read more(valid only the actual speech delivered) Dear friends, distinguished guests, It is a great pleasure for me to host you here. I am very grateful to President Fiamma Nirenstein for her great contribution to the organisation of this event. I know that some of you have had a long day of travel, and that all […]
Read moreThe European Union foreign ministers have approved a new package of sanctions (the 15th) against the Syrian regime. The EU has added 2 companies and 3 individuals to the list of entities and persons whose assets have been frozen because they are considered as “funding sources”. With today’s decision, taken at the Foreign Affairs Council […]
Read moreThe EU Foreign Ministers have agreed with Italy’s call, voiced by Foreign Minister Terzi at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, for closer coordination with Libya at the European level on border security and immigration issues. The FAC agreed, too, with the Italian call for a change of pace by the EU with respect to […]
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