Syria: UN Security Council backs Annan plan

The UN Security Council approved a declaration backing Kofi Annan’s mission to Syria and calling  for compliance with the 10 April deadline for military withdrawal, to be followed within 48 hours by a ceasefire. Ceasefire within 12 April The declaration demands that the Syrian government comply “immediately, and no later than 10 April next”, with […]

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Bosusco kidnapping: “The negotiations are on-going; we feel confident”. Italian marines: “We’re keeping up the pressure on the jurisdiction principle”

The negotiations for the release of Paolo Bosusco, the Italian hostage held by Maoists in India, “are making progress and we feel confident about the outcome”. These were the words of Minister Giulio Terzi, after reviewing with the Crisis Unit the situation of the ten Italian nationals held hostage abroad. As regards the case of […]

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Safe Travel – Understand the risks before you leave, says Terzi

The Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit is handling the cases of Italian nationals kidnapped abroad with “great diligence and commitment, 24/7”. The point was underscored by Minister Giulio Terzi, at the end of a meeting with officials from the Crisis Unit to review the situation. The Minister also underlined that “we remain confident” as to the […]

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Prague: Italian and Czech photography students show their work at the Italian Cultural Institute

Over 50 photographs by students of the Institut tvůrčí fotografie in Opava and the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti (LABA) in Brescia will be on display at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague from 2 to 14 April. Read more, in Italian.

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Buenos Aires: immigration and identity – a concert at the Park of Remembrance

Immigration, exile and the construction of identity, starting with the memory of the communities who emigrated to America. Questions that are keenly felt in Argentina, as they are in Italy. And which are now the subject of the concert “In the Blood: dreams of water and landfall”. Virginia Innocenti takes centre stage The performance features […]

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Terzi: “Now Burma must release all its political prisoners” (La Stampa)

As Mark Twain said, “this is Burma, and it will be different from any other country you know…”. The quote by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata expresses the hope that, with the G8 foreign ministers’ meeting next week in Washington, and then the EU meeting in Brussels on 23 April, a decisive period is […]

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ASEAN Forum: New investment opportunities in southeast Asia

The Secretary General of ASEAN, Surin Pitsuwan, and the member states’ heads of delegation, have expressed their great satisfaction with the outcome of the ASEAN Awareness Forum. The Forum took place at the Foreign Ministry on 22-23 March 2012. The Forum was the first “awareness-raising” initiative organised in Europe and involving all the ASEAN countries. […]

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Maputo: opportunities in Mozambique, trade mission by Udine Chamber of Commerce

Udine’s Chamber of Commerce has staged a trade mission led by the Chamber President, Giovanni Da Pozzo, and organised in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Maputo and the Italian-South African Chamber of Commerce. The mission includes representatives from 14 Friuli-based companies interested in investment opportunities in Mozambique. The companies took part in B2B meetings […]

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Hong Kong: the Italian Academy of Cuisine opens a delegation

The Italian Academy of Cuisine opened a delegation in Hong Kong on 30 March 2012. Hong Kong, a city with over 7 million inhabitants, has over 11,000 restaurants. Of these, over 70 are good or excellent authentic Italian restaurants (i.e., run by an Italian chef or owner). At least 150, however, are defined “Italian” without […]

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Cooperation: new classrooms for South Sudan’s schools

The handover ceremony to deliver the infrastructure for the St. Theresa, East Torit and West Torit primary schools to the South Sudanese Education Ministry is taking place today, 4 April 2012. The structures include toilet facilities, at St. Teresa and West Torit, and a four-classroom pavilion, with offices, in East Torit. The works were carried […]

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Maribor – Exhibition on Missoni opens the “italian month”

The European City of Culture for 2012 is the Slovenian city of Maribor. Part of the programme of events is dedicated to “cultural embassies”, with April reserved for Italy. The Italian month will open at 18.00 on 4 April with an exhibition on “Ottavio Missoni. A genius with colour”, housed in the Vetrinjski dvor Mansion […]

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Snamprogetti wins project for rainwater drainage system

The Province of Mecca has awarded Snamprogetti (Saipem Group) a contract worth 1.319 billion Saudi Riyals (about 263.8 million euros) to build a rainwater drainage system serving King Abdulaziz International Airport to the north of Jeddah. The project will see the construction of a 56 km pipeline of around 3 metres in diameter; 3 outlets […]

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