Rabat: Exhibition “the Farnesina palace and its collections”

The itinerant exhibition “The Farnesina Palace and its Collections” comes to Morocco. The event opened on 23 February at the Ecole Nationale d’Architecture (ENA) in Rabat, in the presence of Minister for Habitat and Urban Development (and former ambassador to Italy) Nabil Benabdellah, ENA Director Bensaid, Italian Ambassador Piergiorgio Cherubini, the acting cultural attaché at […]

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SYRIA: Italy cites “humanitarian truce” as essential. EU, new sanctions package approved

Minister Giulio Terzi expressed the “need to find a way to call a humanitarian truce”, in Syria. Participating in the Council of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels, which approved a new package of sanctions against the Syrian regime, the minister asserted that the Red Cross “is not even able to get in” to Homs. The […]

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Terzi: «In India to get the marines released»

Four days, only four days, ninety-six hours, to conquer the markets of the Asian continent, source of 54% of world GDP, 44% of world trade and 60% global growth. Considering that 50% of Italian economic development hinges on interaction with foreign markets, and that Southeast Asia, one of the most dynamic areas of the world, […]

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Education: The Montessori method is still current, says Massolo

The Montessori method is still current after over a century and can serve as an example for our schools. The topic was the subject of a conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with educators from a number of countries. MFA Secretary General Giampiero Massolo opened the Conference by lauding an educational method that […]

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Ankara: Venetian routes in the Mediterranean. Photography exhibition and book presentation

The book “Percorsi veneziani nel Mediterraneo” will be presented at 18.00 on Thursday 1 March at the Contemporary Arts Centre in Ankara. The photography exhibition of the same name will be opened at the same time. Both events have been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Ankara in collaboration with Cankaya City Council and […]

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Syria: “Friends of Syria” meeting in Tunis. Kofi Annan appointed joint UN-Arab League envoy

Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary General, has appointed his predecessor, Kofi Annan, as international (UN-Arab League) Special Envoy to Syria. The UN comuniqué underscored that “The Special Envoy will provide good offices aimed atbringing an end to all violence and human rights violations, and promotinga peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis” The Special Envoy […]

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Cooperation: Hidden Treasures – Italy rediscovers Afghan culture

Discovering Afghanistan, its history and its culture, as part of the cooperation effort. It is no coincidence that the event on “Hidden Treasures: 10 years of Italy in Afghanistan” was hosted in the MAXXI Gallery in Rome. “The deep respect we feel for this country had led us to refocus our cooperation policies to include […]

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Dettaglio comunicato

Dai rapporti con l’America Latina al legame transatlantico, dalla cooperazione tra Stati Uniti e Unione Europea alla promozione dei diritti delle donne, e alla situazione politica ed economica nei Balcani: questi alcuni dei principali temi trattati nel corso della visita che il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Marta Dassù ha realizzato a Washington dal 21 al […]

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Dettaglio comunicato

Dai rapporti con l’America Latina al legame transatlantico, dalla cooperazione tra Stati Uniti e Unione Europea alla promozione dei diritti delle donne, e alla situazione politica ed economica nei Balcani: questi alcuni dei principali temi trattati nel corso della visita che il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Marta Dassù ha realizzato a Washington dal 21 al […]

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From US-EU cooperation to the promotion of women’s rights: Under-Secretary Dassù’s meetings in Washington

From relations with Latin America to the Trans-Atlantic bond; from United States-European Union cooperation to the promotion of women’s rights, to the political and economic situation in the Balkans. These were some of the key issues discussed by Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù during her visit to Washington from 21 to 23 February 2012. […]

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Havana: Sustainable development: italian universities at the higher education conference

Universities from Rome, Naples and Milan attended the 8th international higher education conference, “”Universidad 2012″, on sustainable development. The aim of the conference was to underscore the role and responsibilities of the higher education sector with respect to today’s society. The delegation from Rome’s “La Sapienza” University entered into agreements with the Universities of Havana, […]

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Somalia – Conferenza Londra. Terzi: chiudere transizione, coinvolgere islamici moderati (in translation)

Chiudere la fase di transizione con nuove istituzioni, coinvolgere gli islamici moderati nel processo di pace, maggiore trasparenza nella gestione degli aiuti: sono le priorità italiane per la stabilizzazione della Somalia illustrate dal Ministro Giulio Terzi alla conferenza internazionale di Londra. “Non accetteremo una ulteriore estensione della transizione” perché “lo status quo non è un’opzione”, […]

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