Italy: an energy hub in the Mediterranean – Bonino in Baku to sign Azerbaijian-Europe gas pipeline project
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline(TAP), part of the pipeline linking Azerbaijian with Europe, is “a strategic project that represents an important contribution for Italy, both to cover our energy demand and to enable us to become an energy hub for southern Europe and the Mediterranean”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, speaking in […]
Read moreSlovakia – Italian film plays a starring role in Bratislava
The Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava organised Italy’s successful participation in the International Film Festival of Bratislava and the International Documentary Film Festival, as well as events on Federico Fellini and contemporary Italian cinema, and a concert featuring Nino Rota’s film scores. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreManila – A success for Italian Language Week
Manila’s recent Italian Language Week was a great success, with celebrations of Verdi, opera master-classes, and screenings of films such as “Amarcord” and “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso” – to mention just some of the initiatives organised by our Embassy. Ambassador Massimo Roscigno described the Philippines as “fertile terrain” for the promotion of the Italian language, which […]
Read moreItaly “off the beaten track” to be showcased in Tourism Year
Exhibitions, festivals, workshops, cultural events, fairs and meetings with tourism operators will form the “backbone” for the Italian-Russian Year of Tourism. Italy will be promoting less well-known destinations in the Federation’s growing tourism market. As our Ambassador in Moscow, Cesare Maria Ragaglini, explained, the aim is to help Russian visitors discover villages, UNESCO sites and […]
Read moreIraq – Italy working to save the archaeological heritage
The Italian archaeology community is helping restore Iraq’s heritage. On Friday 20 December, the reconstruction project for the Madrasa al-Mirjaniya in Baghdad’s Iraq Museum will be presented in Rome at the Ministry for Culture’s Conservation and Restoration Institute. The project was implemented by Monumenta Orientalia and supported and funded by the Farnesina’s Directorate General for […]
Read moreEU: Foreign Affairs Council – Syrian chemical weapons to pass through Italian port
Syria’s chemical weapons will be passing through an Italian port, with the selection of the precise place being decided – and notified to the Italian Parliament – by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemic Weapons (OPWC). The announcement was made by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino at the end of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs […]
Read moreDestinazione Italia – Plan approved, push toward internationalisation of businesses
Making business internationalisation more effective and, at the same time, making the Italian legislative framework more receptive and efficient for outside investors, are the main goals of the “Destinazione Italia” plan, which looks most specifically at trade relations between Italy and the rest of the world. And all contained in a decree that, as Minister […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Turkey: Alvimedica purchases Italian firm CID
Alvimedica, a Turkish firm operating in 40 countries around the world producing medical apparatus such as stents and angioplasty balloons purchased the Saluggia-based firm CID, an Italian firm that produces equipment for the cardiology sector. Alvimedica will close out 2013 with a turnover of 60 million euro and, with the acquisition of CID, the new […]
Read moreEU Foreign Affairs Council, Bonino in Brussels – Focus on Iran, Eastern Partnership, EU-Russia relations
Iran, Syria, Lebanon, the Eastern Partnership, EU-Russia relations, the Central African Republic, the Western Balkans and Burma, are on the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels – Iran being at the top of the list. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton will outline the contents of the recent nuclear agreement […]
Read moreHelsinki – Finland discovers the Italian crèche
The Italian art of crèche building comes to Finland, with an exhibition that retraces the history and styles typical of various regions. The exhibition runs through 6 January in the Finnish capital. Read more, in Italian.
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