Sao Paulo – Exhibition: all eyes on the Vespa, an Italian icon
Visitors to Sao Paulo have until Sunday 3 August to see the exhibition “Vespa: an Italian icon. History, Culture and Design”, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Museum of the Piaggio Foundation of Pisa and Scooteria Paulista. The show is mounted at the Museu da Casa Brasileira (Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, […]
Read moreTirana – Meeting with Oliviero Toscani on photography
The second meeting of the “Italian photography in Tirana” project will feature Oliviero Toscani on Monday 14 July at 18:30 at the Sala Madre Teresa of the Albanian capital’s Palace of Culture, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and EJAlbum. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreEU: Uto Ughi in Moscow, concert for start of Italian EU Presidency
With the hope that the “next six months will be guided by that which unites and not divides” Russia and the European Union, Uto Ughi conducted a concert yesterday evening at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre for the opening of the Italian EU Presidency, with Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini attending. The power to unite Arriving […]
Read moreUkraine: Mogherini meets with Putin – Support for “truce” also from Moscow. Mission accomplished after talks in Kiev
Mission accomplished, culminating with a meeting at the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin. Abroad on her first journey for the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, holding talks in Kiev and then in Moscow, Minister Federica Mogherini garnered those countries’ leaders’ agreement with the message of Italy and the EU: that the […]
Read moreEU Presidency – Italy says stop to food waste with “Siticibo”
The Italian EU Presidency opened with a watchful eye on food waste. Indeed, an important agreement was recently signed with the Food Bank involving the catering companies providing for the Presidency events. Thanks to the Food Bank’s “Siticibo” programme, it will be possible to recover much of what is left over from official delegation dinners […]
Read moreMidEast: Italian Consul visits murdered Palestinian’s father
Consul General in Jerusalem Davide La Cecilia and other European diplomats, led by EU Representative for the Territories and Gaza John Gatt Rutter, made a visit of condolence to the home of Hussein Abu Khdeir, father of Mohammad, the young Palestinian recently abducted and murdered. “I carried the condolences of President of the Italian Republic […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore: Ethiopia: Forum on hotel/tourism opportunities in late September
The Hotel Sheraton in Addis Ababa will host the 2014 edition of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum from 29 September to October 1st. For more information, visit their website http://www.africa-conference.com/. Tourism is on the rise in Ethiopia according to the Ministry of Tourism, with the number of foreign visitors since 1991 up by 12-13%. In […]
Read moreUkraine: Mogherini in Moscow for talks with Putin – Minister’s meeting with her Russian colleague focuses on ceasefire
The process of finding a solution to the Ukraine crisis cannot be launched without “an immediate ceasefire”. This priority was the central concern of Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini’s mission to Kiev and Moscow, which she shared with Ukraine leaders and now with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, ahead of her meeting today at […]
Read moreItaly-Latin America – Giro cites “new trends to grasp”
A “new cycle has begun” in Latin America that prompts reflection on how to interpret “trends that Italy could get in on and even make a difference”, asserted Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro in a speech at the first meeting of the Italy-Latin America Table at the foreign ministry in Rome. An occasion “intended […]
Read moreOman – Mission to Italy, Stops in Rome and Sardinia
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Oman made a recent mission to Italy. The Sultanate’s delegation, led by Chairman Said Bin Salh Al Kiyoumi, made a stop in Rome for a meeting with the Vice Chairman of Confindustria Assafrica e Mediterraneo Franco Cesarini, before going on to Sardinia for a series of meetings with […]
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