Paris – 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 moreDiplomazia Economica Italiana – 6 novembre: ultime news dal mondo. Servizio realizzato in collaborazione con Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor
Australia: innalza tetto debito pubblico A poco piu’ di un mese dall’insediamento il governo liberal-nazionale istituisce una Commissione di Audit preposta ad un’approfondita disamina dello stato della finanza pubblica e alla produzione di ogni utile indicazionee suggerimento per ricondurre il budget ad un avanzo fiscale dell’1% entro dieci anni. In linea con quanto proposto nel […]
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 […]
Read moreMontreal – Three young Italian sopranos performing in Gala Concert
Three young Italian opera singers will be performing in Montreal, at the 20th Concert Gala Benefice des Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques. The three sopranos, Chiara Mogini, Federica Spatola and Veronica Lazzeri, will also be taking part in the 20th edition of the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques International Youth Programme organised by Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20. The events are […]
Read moreWashington – Italian Embassy pays homage to veterans
A Grand Night at the Opera to pay homage to wounded American veterans. On Saturday 2 November Finmeccanica and the Italian Embassy in Washington honoured about 100 military personnel, and their families and health professionals, from the Walter Reed National Medical Center, Fort Meade and Fort Belvoir. The concert, now in its 5th consecutive year, […]
Read morePersepolis – Important archaeological discovery by Italian-Iranian team
The Italian-Iranian archaeological mission in Persepolis has announced an important find: a rectangular tower probably dating from the period of Cyrus the Great (6th century BC). Toll-e Ajur (the hill of bricks), where the tower, probably a religious building, was found, is a few kilometres from Persepolis itself. As the Italian Ambassador, Luca Giansanti, commented, […]
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