Italy-Mexico – Cruzando Fronteras Festival presented
The international “Cruzando Fronteras” Festival will take place from 18 to 24 February 2013. The event aims to bring Italy and Mexico closer together through culture, the ethos of territory and an innovative concept of tourism. The Festival was introduced at the Foreign Ministry in Rome in the presence of Renzo Sicco (artistic director of […]
Read moreBratislava – Roberto Ciotti’s Mediterranean Blues
Blues musician Roberto Ciotti will be appearing at a concert organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy in Bratislava on 7 February 2013. The concert will take place at the “Babylon”. This is a first visit to Slovakia for Ciotti, a leading figure in the blues-rock hall of fame. He has performed […]
Read moreAN ITALIAN “PIAZZA” AT THE TOURISM FAIR IN ISRAEL
A “piazza” measuring 100 square metres to showcase the delights that Italy offers the millions of visitors who chose it as a holiday destination every year. That is the space organised by ENIT, the Italian Tourism Board, at the International Mediterranean Tourism Market, the main Israeli tourism fair currently being staged in Tel Aviv. Over […]
Read more“Laying out a legacy – Can Obama do more the second time?” Il nuovo numero di Longitude (in translation)
In copertina “Laying out a legacy – Can Obama do more the second time?” è il titolo del servizio di copertina del nuovo numero di Longitude, rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco ed in edicola da oggi: un’analisi delle sfide e prospettive del secondo mandato di Obama, con contributi di Christopher Caldwell, del consigliere diplomatico del […]
Read moreHATS ON FILM: TUSCAN CRAFTSMANSHIP IN LOS ANGELES
The “Hats on Film” exhibition, a celebration of Italian style and craftsmanship, opens at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles on 19 February 2013. The event is being promoted by the “Cappello di Firenze” consortium and Artigianato e Palazzo, a fair featuring the best of Italian craftsmanship. On display will be hundreds of straw […]
Read moreBULGARIA – AGREEMENT ON PROMOTING ITALIAN CULTURE
Radio Plovdiv and the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia have signed an agreement on promoting the Italian language and culture in Bulgaria. The agreement envisages seven programmes throughout 2013 dedicated to “Great Italians”, including Giuseppe Verdi, Federico Fellini and Raphael. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBanning female genital mutilation: a battle of civility. Italy in the front line
BACKGROUD THE ORIGINS OF ITALY’S CAMPAIGN A commitment to banning female genital mutilation (FMG) is central to Italy’s international work. Since 2004, in its work at the United Nations Italy has been actively pursuing the goal of eliminating this horrific practice, which is so deeply damaging to women’s dignity. In 2006, Parliament passed a law, […]
Read moreFemale genital mutilation – Abolish this cruel practice as soon as possible, urges Terzi
A new impetus for the campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM), the aim being a worldwide ban in the shortest time possible. This is Italy’s goal in promoting a two-day conference at the Farnesina on policies to combat a practice of which 140 million girls worldwide are victims. A practice that affects not just Africa […]
Read moreWe must promote a USA-EU free trade area, says Terzi
The European Union and the United States must create a trans-Atlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) if we are to emerge more quickly from the tunnel of the crisis. The point was made by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, opening a workshop on trans-Atlantic relations organised by the Farnesina in collaboration with the Institute for International Affairs […]
Read moreFemale genital mutilation – Ban as soon as possible, urges Terzi
“Our goal is a complete ban on this cruel practice in the shortest time possible […] Although there are obstacles, the results so far have been encouraging”. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, at the close of an event on the topic of female genital mutilation. Promoted by “Non c’è pace senza […]
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