Belgrado: medicina, workshop italo-serbo sui trapianti (in translation)

Il 6 febbraio Belgrado ha ospitato un workshop dedicato al tema dei trapianti di organi e tessuti ed al confronto dei sistemi di gestione dei trapianti in Serbia ed Italia. L’evento è stato organizzato congiuntamente dai Ministeri della Salute dei due Paesi e dall’Ambasciata italiana, con la partecipazione della Commissione Europea (DGRI). Durante gli interventi […]

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Giorno del Ricordo (in translation)

“Impegnarsi a coltivare la memoria e a ristabilire la verità storica è stato giusto e importante”. Così il presidente della Repubblica, Giorgio Napolitano, nel suo intervento alla cerimonia in occasione del Giorno del Ricordo, istituito nel 2004 per conservare la memoria delle foibe. “Sì, serve ricordare – afferma Napolitano – anche per ripensare a tutti […]

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Syria: Italy’s aim is to protect the population, says Terzi – The Italian Embassy in Damascus is open for business and is in touch with Italian residents

“There is no hidden agenda” behind Italy’s commitment in the Syrian crisis other than “the motivation to safeguard the population and find a political solution that respects human dignity and leads to deep changes in the country”. These were Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s words at a hearing in Parliament before leaving for Washington, where Prime […]

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“System Italy” in Shanghai

The Italian Foreign Ministry is providing a new instrument to discover business opportunities in Shanghai. The Consulate General has published issue “zero” of the System Italy Newsletter, which each month will cover current affairs economic, and cultural news focusing on relations between Italy and the Yangtze Delta region. Each issue will also carry a calendar […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Signore e Signori,È per me un piacere ed un onore accogliere oggi alla Farnesina la signora Tawakul Karman, Premio Nobel per la Pace 2011, che ringrazio di cuore per avere accolto il mio invito.Ringrazio la Vicepresidente del Senato della Repubblica Emma Bonino, il Sottosegretario Marta Dassù e il […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Signore e Signori,È per me un piacere ed un onore accogliere oggi alla Farnesina la signora Tawakul Karman, Premio Nobel per la Pace 2011, che ringrazio di cuore per avere accolto il mio invito.Ringrazio la Vicepresidente del Senato della Repubblica Emma Bonino, il Sottosegretario Marta Dassù e il […]

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SYRIA: Italy stepping up its diplomatic initiatives – Focus on regional dimension and role of Arab League

Italy is stepping up its diplomatic initiatives to help find a solution to the Syrian crisis under conditions that takes into account, in order of priority, the regional dimension and the role of the Arab League. Conditions that meet with full agreement from our European partners and the countries of the region, as shown by […]

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Dettaglio intervista

«Trovare subito un compromesso per la Siria». È l’appello lanciato da Margherita Boniver, membro della commissione Esteri della Camera e presidente del Comitato parlamentare di controllo sull’attuazione degli accordi di Schengen, in questi drammatici giorni che vedono il popolo siriano quotidianamente bombardato dall’esercito regolare che tenta di contrastare gli insorti, molti dei quali disertori delle […]

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Hidden treasures: 10 years of Italy in Afghanistan

Italy’s civil commitment in Afghanistan is a long and successful story. To recall these successes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is promoting an event entitled “Hidden Treasures: 10 years of Italy in Afghanistan”, which will take place on 10 February 2012 in the MAXXI Gallery in Rome. The event, which will be introduced by […]

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Publishing – Italy to be guest of honour at Madrid Book air

Italy will be the guest of honour at the 71st Madrid Book Fair, which will take place from 25 May to 10 June 2012. The announcement was made by the Italian Embassy in Spain. The Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid will help organise a programme of events at the institutional and cultural […]

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Taipei: Cecco Angiolieri and the eclectic poetry of Lorenzo de’ Medici

After last year’s great success with public readings of Dante, in 2012 the Dolce Stil Novo once again played a starring role at the International Book Fair in Taipei. Taiwan’s reading public were treated to the comic-realist poetry of Cecco Angiolieri and the more eclectic works (carnival-inspired rhymes and songs) of Lorenzo de’ Medici. A […]

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Syria: Terzi and Davutoglu discuss the central role of the Arab League and the regional dimension

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi had a telephone conversation this morning with his Turkish colleague, Ahmet Davutoglu, on developments in the situation in Syria. He underscored the need, in seeking a solution to the crisis, to maintain the leading role played by the Arab League and to focus on the regional dimension. Minister Terzi also reiterated […]

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