Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul

The nuclear security summit began in Seoul with a working dinner hosted by President Lee Myung-bak immediately following the welcome ceremony for the 50 world leaders (including Italian premier Mario Monti) and top officials of 4 international organisations. In addition to an update on what has happened since the actions to prevent nuclear terrorism and […]

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Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi met at the Fforeign ministry in Rome today with Vice-President of the National Ssembly of Ecuador Juan Carlos Cassinelli, in Italy for a series of parliamentary diplomacy meetings and with the Ecuadoran community. With Terzi he confirmed the excellent status of bilateral relations, based on the strong bonds of […]

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Prague: Nanni Moretti wins critics award at czech Film Festival

On 22 March Italian Ambassador in Prague, D’Avino, kicked off the 19th International Prague Film Festival (Febiofest) which, from 22 to 30 March is running a broad retrospective of the films of Nanni Moretti, with a showing of several of his most celebrated films, including La messa è finita, Palombella rossa, Caro diario and La […]

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Abu Dhabi: Six Italian artists show their works at “Donne”

Six Italian artists show their works. The Italian Embassy in Abu Dhabi has organised a exhibition entitled “Donne”, along with the city’s Culture and Tourism Authority. The exhibition will run from 26 March to 1 April 2012 at the National Theatre in Abu Dhabi. Read full article, in Italian

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Cooperation: Italian relief air shipment arrives in Yemen

An Italian Cooperation flight carrying a shipment of humanitarian relief to Yemen arrived in Sana’a on Saturday 24 March with 35 tonnes of goods (medicines, general foodstuffs, blankets) to respond to the most urgent humanitarian needs of the Yemenite population. The Embassy of Italy in Sana’a, with the collaboration of the International Migration Organisation, saw […]

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Claudio Colangelo has been released. Our co-national spoke by telephone with Consul General Joel Melchiori in Bhubanesvar, reporting that he was in good health and en route with some Indian journalists who had been able to reach the location where the two Italians were being held. We immediately communicated the news to the man’s family, […]

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Minister Terzi expresses condolences for the loss of an Italian soldier in Afghanistan

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi expressed his personal grief and deep condolences for the sacrifice of an Italian soldier in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan, along with his solidarity with the families of this victim and of all the other Italian servicemen struck down in the fulfilment of their duty, on the front lines […]

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Dassù: «Nel Sudest asiatico grandi opportunità per l’economia italiana» (Il Messaggero)

Sono più importanti le elezioni negli Stati Uniti o la successione in Cina? Mario Monti, dopo il successo della visita americana, concluderà la sua prima missione asiatica, la settimana prossima, con una tappa nell’Impero di Mezzo. La leadership cinese sta «passando» il potere alla quinta generazione, mentre si trova a gestire un certo rallentamento dei […]

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The Italian productive system’s keen interest in the vast Southeast Asian market, and the intention of the ten ASEAN member countries to generate fruitful collaborations with all country system actors by tapping into Italian excellence, was the central message that emerged from the ASEAN Awareness Forum held yesterday and today at the foreign ministry in […]

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Siria: Terzi, qualcosa si muove ma serve risoluzione ONU (in translation)

La situazione resta drammatica ma “qualcosa si sta muovendo” per la Siria. Lo ha affermato il Ministro Giulio Terzi a Bruxelles, in occasione del Consiglio Affari Esteri UE che ha deciso nuove sanzioni nei confronti della famiglia del presidente siriano Bashar Assad. Terzi si è riferito, in particolare, alla dichiarazione della presidenza del Consiglio di […]

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Los Angeles – “Fashion in Italy: 150 years of elegance”. A lecture at the Italian Cultural Institute

Fashion historian Marco Urizzi gave a lecture on “Fashion in Italy: 150 years of elegance” in Los Angeles on 20 March 2012. Organised in collaboration with prestigious local institutions, in this case Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the lecture is one of the Italian Cultural Institute’s events dedicated to fashion. On 21 March, the […]

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San José: Garibaldi in Central America. Casa Italia book presentation

In San José, the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Italian Unity closed with the presentation of a book on Garibaldi’s presence in Central America. The book also features one of his followers who lived for some years in Costa Rica and took part, in 1856, in the defence of the country’s national sovereignty. Read […]

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