Belgrade – Italian firms at the Green Building Expo 2013
A group of approximately 30 Italian firms and authoritative representatives of our country participated in the Green Building Expo sponsored by the Embassy of Italy in Belgrade, held in that city from 27 February to 1 March 2013 at the BELEXPO Center, where green urban development was analysed as a vehicle for sustainable growth. Read […]
Read moreDiscorso del Segretario di Stato John Kerry in occasione dell’evento di presentazione dell’Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti (Versione originale) (in translation)
Giulio, thank you very, very much, and buon pomeriggio to everybody. Thank you for being patient. I apologize for being a little bit delayed. But as I think you all know, we were under the great leadership and tutelage of Giulio. We were doing important diplomatic work this morning, and I might say that I […]
Read moreItaly-Usa: The Year of Culture will strengthen ties
The year of Italian culture in the United States aims to strengthen ties with the American people, with whom Italy “shares the values of democracy, rule of law, identity and respect for people”, asserted Minister Giulio Terzi, who presented the initiative along with US Secretary of State John Kerry. More than 180 events in 40 […]
Read moreSHANGHAI – History of italian presence
An historic map has been published in Italian on the presence of Italians in the city of Shanghai “Gli Italiani a Sciangai, 1608-1949”, offering Italians working in Shanghai documentation of an historic memory in addition to making a contribution to the reconstruction of the history of the city itself. The map is to be published […]
Read moreClosed Ministerial Meeting on Syria: Aid to opposition. Halt violence, Assad out
An appeal to the Syrian regime for the immediate cessation of the bombardments and for President Assad to step down, and the promise of increased political and material support to the Syrian National Coalition, recognised as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people. This was the outcome of a meeting Minister Giulio Terzi chaired […]
Read moreSOFIA – Taviani retrospective at Cinema Festival
The 17th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival (Siff) will showcase a retrospective dedicated to the Taviani brothers and 12 of their best known films from March 1st to 27th at the Bulgarian capital’s House of Cinema. Paolo Taviani will be on hand for the screening of “Cesare deve morire”. The event’s organisers are […]
Read moreBRUSSELS – “Champions” photo exhibition opening
The Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels will host the opening of “Champions”, an exhibition of photographs by Stefano Nicolini, whose work, entirely without digital manipulation, depicts the sports champion and the role the artist has attributed to it in a nascent global society.
Read moreBRAZIL – Infrastructure Collaboration Workshop
Italo-Brazilian collaboration on infrastructure will be the central theme of a technical-operational workshop scheduled for 13 March in Brasilia and organised by the Italian embassy there. Participants in the event (sponsored by Azimut, Cogip, Ever Green Power, Ghella, Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Impregilo, Rina, Trevi) will include, among others, Minister for the Environment Corrado […]
Read moreA green foreign Ministry – refurbished canteen environmentally-friendly
As part of its newly implemented environment-friendly policy – “A Green Foreign Ministry” – the foreign ministry recently refurbished its staff canteen in an effort to modernise and streamline what is now an environment fully attentive to the latest in eco-responsible requirements. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreWASHINGTON honours Renato Dulbecco
On the first anniversary of the death of Renato Dulbecco, distinguished Italian biologist and physician and winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on oncoviruses, the Italian Embassy in Washington has organized a conference in his honour. “The Dulbecco Legacy from cancer biology, molecular genetics and novel therapeutic applications, to science […]
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