Terzi: micro finance to prevent social fragility
Microfinance is one of the instruments for “addressing inertia and social fragility, which is essential in safeguarding the quality of democracies” in order to prevent “material distress from encouraging populist deviation and citizen regression”. Minister Giulio Terzi thus explained the anti-crisis role of microcredit and microfinance, as he spoke at the second edition of the […]
Read moreEU Foreign Affairs Council, Terzi calls for rapid launch of border control mission in Libya
Italy called for the deployment “as rapidly as possible” of a European border control mission in Libya, explained Minister Giulio Terzi at the conclusion of an EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. “We discussed the EU’s possible collaboration on border control in Libya and the country’s security conditions; my call for the rapid launch […]
Read moreEU Foreign Affairs Council Terzi in Brussels: focus on Syria, Mali, Egypt and Somalia
The crises in Syria and Mali, along with the situations in Somalia and Egypt, will be the main topics of discussion today at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, where Minister Terzi is representing Italy. Syria Italy will stress the urgency to accelerate a political solution hinging on Assad’s exit from the scenario, and […]
Read moreSIRIA – Da donatori 1,5 mld per i civili. Terzi: soluzione crisi resta priorità (in translation)
La comunità internazionale torna a mobilitarsi a sostegno dei civili siriani. La conferenza dei donatori, in Kuwait, con la partecipazione di 59 Paesi e 13 agenzie dell’Onu, ha raccolto promesse di aiuti per oltre 1,5 miliardi di dollari. Lo ha annunciato il segretario generale dell’Onu Ban Ki-moon, aggiungendo che “abbiamo superato l’obiettivo”. Adesso si punta […]
Read moreEdinburgh – Two Shows Of Italian Graphics And Illustration At The College Of Art
The Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh promoted two exhibitions – “Comics, che passion!” on Italian cartoons from the 1930s, and “Le immagini della fantasia” on illustration techniques – in the spacious halls of the Edinburgh College of Art. The historic national institution has been a training ground for many Scots and other artists, and boasts […]
Read moreSyria – New meeting in Brussels. Crisis solution remains priority
The crisis in Syria will be on the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Thursday 31 January in Brussels, discussions that will include a possible review of the arms embargo, although a decision may not be forthcoming until mid-February. The request to end the arms embargo came from the Syrian National Opposition […]
Read moreMontreal – Convenzione per insegnamento italiano in quattro scuole (in translation)
E’ stata siglata a Montreal una convenzione tra la Fondazione Comunitaria Canadese-Italiana (FCCI), che raccoglie rappresentanti della “business community” italo-canadese, la English Montreal School Board (EMSB) ed il Consolato Generale per l’insegnamento della lingua italiana in orario scolastico in quattro istituti di istruzione primaria della città. Promozione e tutela della lingua e della cultura italiana […]
Read moreHong Kong – success for recital by pianist Christian Leotta
One of Italy’s most talented young pianists, Christian Leotta, currently doing an Asian tour, gave a recital at the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong, organised with the support of the Consulate General, to a packed and highly appreciative audience.
Read moreRosario – new italian furniture factory
ARNEG, leading Italian manufacturer of large-scale distribution furniture and insulation paneling recently opened a new factory in Rosario Argentina. Present at the ceremony was Ambassador Guido Walter La Tella, who also met with the Minister for Industry and visited the Consulate General. The company invested approximately €5 million in the high technology, low-environmental impact plant […]
Read moreLjubljana – presentation of the book ‘Pesmi in Pisma’ with the best known poetry of Leopardi
The Italian Cultural Institute of Ljubljana in Slovenia will dedicate an evening to Giacomo Leopardi on Thursday 31 January, and will feature the presentation of the book “Pesmi in pisma”, published by Sanje Publishers with a contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The book collects several of the best known poems that the great […]
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