Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – webinar on business opportunities, 18 November 2013
The Italian Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Country promotion and the Emilia-Romagna branch of Unioncamere (the Chambers of Commerce organisation) are organising a webinar for Monday 18 November 2013 at 10.30. The webinar will illustrate business opportunities for Italian companies in the Angolan market, in the agri-industry/food processing, construction materials and pharmaceutical sectors. Experienced buyers, […]
Read moreUruguay – “Italian, a living language” prize awarded
The Italian language was showcased in Uruguay with the award of the “Italian, a living language” prize at our Cultural Institute in Montevideo. Open to all Italian language students in Uruguay, the competition consisted of creating a design and slogan advertising our language. Entries will be displayed on the Italian Cultural Institute’s Facebook page. Read […]
Read moreTorch visits the Farnesina – Sport: an instrument for dialogue amongst peoples, says Giro
The 2013 Winter Universiade Torch visited the Farnesina today, 7 November 2013, and was welcomed by Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro. The visit celebrates the Universiade taking place from 11 to 21 December in Trentino, in which 3600 athletes from 61 countries will be competing. Sport promotes the values of loyalty, team-spirit […]
Read moreViolence against women: joint support needed from government and civil society, says Bonino
“Femicide” must be fought with commitment on all sides, not just political. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, speaking at the presentation of the foreign tour of Ferite a morte, Serena Dandini’s theatre project. The show will be staged in New York on 25 November 2013 at the invitation of the Italian […]
Read moreParis – UNESCO Conference: Italy in a leading role
Italy is playing a leading role in Paris at the 37th General Conference of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. The French capital is playing host, from 5 to 20 November 2013, to the 195 member states’ representatives, who will be debating the UN agency’s future projects and prospects. Italy is one […]
Read moreDiplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – South Sudan: Investment conference, 4-5 December 2013
South Sudan: Investment conference, 4-5 December 2013 The government of South Sudan, in collaboration with the South Sudan Investment Authority, is organising an investment conference in Juba on 4-5 December 2013. The conference is expected to be the most important economic promotion event held in the country since it gained its independence. Opening the two-day […]
Read moreFrom Fabriano to Prague – “Planet Paper in the Third Millennium” exhibition
The world of paper, from the manufacturing process to its use in art, will be the subject of an exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague opening on 8 November 2013. “Planet Paper in the Third Millennium. Its origins in the Marches. Paper and Fabriano” was organised by Centro Studi Marche (Cesma) with help […]
Read moreItaly-China – Agricultural tourism brings new opportunities for collaboration
Establishing a global network of “agritourism” districts. That is thegoal of the first World Agritourism Development Forum which took place recently in Changsha, in China. Italy, considered to be the world’s leading country for agricultural tourism, was represented by the Under-Secretary for Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policy, Maurizio Martina,the mayors of 5 Italian towns and […]
Read moreBrazil – The best of the Venice Film Festival comes to Brazil’s cinema screens
The 9th Venice Film Week starts today, 7 November 2013, in Brazil, the fruit of a collaboration between our Embassy, TIM, the Italian Cultural Institutes in SãoPaolo and Rio de Janeiro, our consulates in Belo Horizonte and Curitiba and the Venice Biennale. A selection of films from the 70th Venice Film Festival will be shown […]
Read moreCombating Europe’s mood of decline: in pursuing growth, the EU is a good starting point
“The European dimension is the most immediate one, and the most appropriate, in which to pursue growth”. This was the message sent out by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino during the conference on “Combatting Europe’s mood of decline. A new vision for Italian business”. The event, which took place at the Acquario Romano premises, was organised […]
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