COOPERAZIONE – Italia in campo per Sanita’ Pubblica Palestinese (in translation)
Contribuire allo sviluppo della sanità pubblica palestinese e, attraverso il miglioramento delle condizioni di vita, favorire la distensione tra i popoli in Medio Oriente. Queste la finalita’ del progetto di cooperazione italo-palestinese promosso dalla Seconda universita’ di Napoli (Sun). In collaborazione con altri atenei e istituzioni scientifiche, i docenti della Sun si occuperanno della formazione […]
Read moreMOSCOW – Italian school turns 40
Originally intended for the children of Italian embassy staff during the years of the USSR, the “Italo Calvino” School of Moscow – which turns 40 this year – is now frequented predominately by Russians with a passion for Italy and is the only Italian school in the Russian Federation. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreEU Foreign Affairs Council – Dassù in Luxembourg. Agenda includes Syria, Lebanon and Balkans
Developments in Syria, Lebanon and Mali, as well as the Serbia-Kosovo accord, will be topics of discussion by the European Union’s foreign ministers, with Deputy Minister Marta Dassù representing Italy, meeting today in Luxembourg. It is expected that last Thursday’s decision in Brussels to lift the embargo on oil sales by the Syrian opposition will […]
Read moreSyria: Friends of Syria meet in Istanbul, political solution to end bloodbath
At the end of a marathon meeting in Istanbul that ended at 1:00 in the morning, the foreign ministers of the 11 Westerns and Muslim country members of the Friends of Syria, Italy included, called for the launch of negotiations toward a political solution capable of ending the bloodbath. 123 million dollars in non-lethal aid […]
Read moreSYRIA: Friends of Syria Summit. Deputy Minister Marta Dassù represents Italy
The ministerial meeting in Istanbul of the representatives of the 11 country members of the Friends of Syria follows on the heels of the Rome meeting in late February. Italy is represented by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù. Primary goal remains political solution In line with the conclusions of the Rome meeting, the […]
Read moreITALY-USA – Urbino Award to Wolf Blitzer
Italian ambassador to the U.S. in Washington Claudio Bisogniero announced Wolf Blitzer, conductor of the CNN television programme “The Situation Room” Wolf Blitzer, as winner of the 8th annual Urbino Press Award – this year’s being a special edition as one the many events organized for the 2013 “Year of Italian Culture in the USA”. […]
Read moreITALY-POLAND – Green Energy and economic cooperation
Ecological/economic development, with a focus on low-environmental impact alternative energy sources, was the theme of the Italo-Polish seminar “Green Energy for Aeronautic and Automotive Applications” held on 17 April in Warsaw and fruit of a joint effort by the Ice office, the Italian embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in the Polish capital. Read more, […]
Read moreALBANIA – Appealing market for Italian firms
Relations between Italy and Albania and prospects for an economic partnership and “productive integration” were the focus of an interview our Ambassador in Tirana Massimo Gaiani granted to the on-line daily Shqiptarja.com. The ambassador underscored how Albania had made impressive progress over the past 20 years, pointing out that Italy had always supported that process; […]
Read moreMOSCOW – A “Golden Bridge” uniting Italy and Russia
The “Ponte d’Oro” award ceremony has taken place at the Italian Embassy in Moscow, in what has become a traditional “get-together” for the Russian population and Italian community in the Russian capital. Founded and organised by the magazine “Italia – La vita come arte”,the award goes to “representatives of the cultural and economic communities who, […]
Read moreUSA – The human figure in italian art showcased in New York
Italian art is again in the limelight in the Big Apple, with the Assonance/Dissonance” exhibition focusing on the human figure through the history of Italian art. On show are 14 masterpieces, ranging from archaeological finds to works by 16th and 17th century masters (Jacopo Bassano, Luca Giordano, il Cigoli and others) to contemporary artists (Chia, […]
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