Hong Kong – Carravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus”
Caravaggio’s masterpiece “Supper at Emmaus” left Milan’s Brera museum for the first time ever for Hong Kong, where it arrived to be part of the exhibition “Light and Shade – Caravaggio, Master of the Italian Baroque” at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center from 12 March to 13 April. The painting, valued at 59 million […]
Read moreIzmir – Italian quartet enchants jazz festival
The Furio di Castri Quartet played at the opening concert the European Jazz Festival in Izmir to an enthusiastic audience of more than a thousand people, and later on in a jam session for a crowd of 400, while Italian jazz history professor at Istanbul’s Bilgi University and the festival’s musical consultant, Francesco Martinelli, held […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Algeria: surplus commerciale 2013 scende a 2013 mld USD (in translation)
The Algerian customs department recently published preliminary 2013 trade data according to which the trade surplus has been halved as compared with 2012, from 21.49 to 11.05 billion USD. Exports levelled off at 65.9 billion USD, as compared with 71.87 in 2012, a reduction of 8.28% associated with the lower price and export volume of […]
Read moreUkraine crisis – Mogherini, curbing escalation also with words
“Putin’s military action” in Crimea “is not acceptable, and to be condemned, but we do not wish to contribute, with words or in any other manner, to the military operation spinning out of control; to causing an all out war”. Thus Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini responded in an interview for La Repubblica online […]
Read moreCooperation – Italian educational project for Palestinian concludes
A 3-year project, promoted by AVSI and financed by the Italian Cooperation, aimed at contributing to the improvement of Palestinian social conditions and encouraging forms of education oriented at dialogue and peace in the cities of Bethlehem, Jericho and East Jerusalem came to an end. The project involved approximately 6,700 students, over 1500 teachers and […]
Read moreBerlin – Palermo’s Teatro Massimo an icon
The Embassy of Italy in Berlin presented the 2015 season of Palermo’s Teatro Massimo as part of a broader range of promotional activities by that venue, an icon of Italian lyric excellence, within the context of the international tourism fair under way in the German capital through Sunday. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreItaly-Hong Kong – Increasingly linked, exports +8%
Good news for relations between Italy and Hong Kong: 2013 trade data confirm an upswing of 8.15% in Italian imports over the previous year, valued at 7.7 billion USD, placing Italy 4th among Hong Kong’s trade partners. Hong Kong was confirmed as Italy’s 3rd in Asia, after China and Japan. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreDiplomazia Economica Italiana – 7 March : Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor
According to the recent data published by Statistics Norway, in 2013 Italian exports to that country rose by 10.55% over 2012, with a market share of 3% (2.6% in 2011) Our exports have increased by more than twice the EU average (+4.4%).The front-runners are agri-alimentary products (+10.1% over 2012), beverages (+8.3%) on the coattails of […]
Read moreUN – 1,500 young people map out the future
A total of 1500 young people will be mapping out the future of the UN at the 5th edition of Rome Model United Nations to be held at FAO from 13 to 17 March. The event is the largest simulation of the United Nations for young people in Europe, rewarding young people wishing to confront […]
Read moreMinisterial Conference on International support to Libya (Rome, 6 March 2014) – Conclusions
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO LIBYA (Rome, 6 March 2014) CONCLUSIONS 1. Libya and International partners met in Rome on 6th March 2014 in order to reaffirm strong international support for a unified and sovereign Libya as it seeks to build a modern and effective state in the face of significant challenges to the […]
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