Italy-Brazil – Cooperation in science, technology and innovation
Taking stock of fruitful collaboration under way and opening new chapters in bilateral interests that include science parks, start-ups, joint nanotechnology laboratories and Earth observation research formed the content of the first meeting of the Mastaldi scientific and technological cooperation commission that met on 24 October during the 5th edition of the Italy-Brazil Cooperation Council. […]
Read moreCooperazione – Via a Piano d’Azione sulla disabilità. Presentato alla Farnesina con Vice Ministro Pistelli (in translation)
E’ stato presentato questa mattina alla Farnesina il “Piano di Azione sulla disabilità della Cooperazione Italiana” nel corso di una conferenza stampa a cui hanno partecipato il Vice Ministro degli Affari Esteri, Lapo Pistelli, il Direttore Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, Giampaolo Cantini, e i rappresentanti della Rete Italiana Disabilità e Sviluppo (RIDS): Pietro […]
Read moreItaly – China: economic potential and pledge for human rights
Relations between Italy and China are good, diversified and rest on a centuries-old friendship, but there is still potential to be tapped and for bilateral economic relations to meet expectations. This was the message that Minister Emma Bonino underscored at the end of a meeting this morning in Rome with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. […]
Read moreDiplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Czech Republic: Brno Engineering Fair
The 55th annual International Engineering Fair, MSV 2013, was held in Brno, where it attracted more than 1500 Czech, European and non-European producers. Turkey was this year’s guest of honour, with a pavilion that showcased power engineering, financial and industrial investment services. Italy returned this year with 66 firms, slightly fewer than 2012. Participants included […]
Read moreSeoul – The best in Italian wines
Italian wine flowed freely in Seoul South Korea for the third edition of the Gambero Rosso Top Italian Wines Roadshow, where 63 Italian wine producers took part in ‘Simply Italian – Great Wines’, an itinerant event that had the patronage of the Italian Embassy of Seoul and will be making future stops at Osaka, Sydney, […]
Read moreOman – Verdi scores on display in Muscat
Celebrations for the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi continued with the opening of an exhibition in the capital of Oman of some of the great composer’s scores. The exhibition was organised with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will conclude on 13 November. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBusiness and Mediterranean – Bonino attends presentation of Euro-Med SME Centre
An international network for the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Euro-Mediterranean area, which, despite the crisis, have shown signs of vitality that cannot go unheeded. This is the main thrust of the new Euro-Med Development Center for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (EMDC), a network for logistical and technical support for […]
Read moreDiplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Turkey: Astaldi launches construction of Etlik hospital complex
Turkey: Astaldi launches construction of Etlik hospital complex A healthcare facility where up to 50,000 patients can be examined daily, that employs 20,000 professionals and has 3,566 beds available: Ankara’s new Etlik Hospital, which is going to be built by a consortium of firms led by Astaldi and the local Turklerler group — a Public-Private […]
Read moreBuenos Aires – The genius of Leonardo on display
An exhibition on Leonardo Da Vinci organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and Embassy in Buenos Aires will come to an end on 2 November. The show is an itinerant one that showcases the great Italian master’s inventive genius through 64 full-scale reconstructions built to the specifications of his actual drawings and manuscripts. Read more, […]
Read moreChina – Region of Tuscany mission to Zhejiang
The Region of Tuscany made a recent mission to the Chinese Province of Zhejiang for the “International innovation achievement matchmaking of Zhejiang province” held in the science and technology city of Qingshan. Head of social policy coordination of the Region of Tuscany Vinicio Biagi led a delegation of approximately 11 Italian textile firms in an […]
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