Momento Italia Brasile: a food and drink festival dedicated to Italy

Italian food and drink featured large in the Brasil Sabor Food and Drink Festival 2012, which opened yesterday at the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. The Festival will see events celebrating Italy’s culinary traditions and products that will run for a month in over 200 towns and cities in Brazil’s 27 states. It is an integral […]

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Terzi in Mozambique: “We believe in, and will invest in the country, and continue our cooperation initiatives”

“Italy has always believed in, and will invest in, Mozambique, which has also played a role in regional stability”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, speaking at the end of a meeting with Mozambique’s Prime Minister, Bonifacio Aires Ali. Minister Terzi confirmed Italy’s commitment to and collaboration with Mozambique. He also reiterated […]

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Cooperation: new health sector training course in Albania

Italy is promoting a new training course in Albania for psycho-social rehabilitation professionals. The course was inaugurated in Tirana, in the presence of the Italian Ambassador, Massimo Gaiani, and the Director of the Cooperation Office, Andrea Senatori. Under European regulations, this new occupational profile applies to personnel engaged in local services, for example sheltered housing, […]

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Press notice detail

The Italian-Turkish Government-level Summit will be taking place at Villa Madama on Tuesday 8 May 2012. The Summit will be chaired by Prime Minister Mario Monti and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Taking part will be the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, the Economy, Home Affairs, Economic Development, Employment and Social Affairs, and the Environment. At […]

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Press notice detail

The Italian-Turkish Government-level Summit will be taking place at Villa Madama on Tuesday 8 May 2012. The Summit will be chaired by Prime Minister Mario Monti and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Taking part will be the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, the Economy, Home Affairs, Economic Development, Employment and Social Affairs, and the Environment. At […]

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PRAGA: I profughi della valle di Ledro in Boemia, mostra fotografica (in translation)

Il legame fra la comunità trentina di Ledro e i paesi della Boemia dai tempi della prima guerra mondiale è il tema di una mostra fotografica in programma all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Praga fino all’11 maggio. L’esposizione racconta la drammatica evacuazione senza preavviso dei paesi ledrensi in seguito alla dichiarazione di guerra dell’Italia all’Austria-Ungheria […]

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Pechino: Alberto Veronesi nominato Direttore Teatro Tanjin, soddisfazione Amb. Iannucci (in translation)

L’Ambasciatore d’Italia a Pechino Attilio Massimo Iannucci esprime soddisfazione per la nomina del direttore d’orchestra Alberto Veronesi a direttore artistico e musicale del nuovo Grand Theatre di Tianjin. Veronesi infatti è il primo primo occidentale ad essere chiamato a ricoprire questo incarico in Cina. Importante riconoscimento movimento artistico musicale italiano “Si tratta – ha dichiarato […]

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Terzi – A leading role in the international community in the Horn of Africa

“Italy is second to no-one and must have a leading role in the international community in the Horn of Africa”. This was how Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, who is visiting Ethiopia, summed up the long discussions he had this morning with Prime Minister Meles Zenawu and Foreign Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. “Our two countries”, underscored Minister […]

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Berlin: Audio-visual performance hosted by the Italian Embassy for the Biennale

The Italian Embassy in Berlin is taking part in the Contemporary Art Biennale that opened in the German capital on 27 April 2012 by promoting an audio-visual performance by young Italian artists. Read more, in Italian.

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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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