Sofia: Ambassador Benazzo receives Bulgaria’s highest award
The Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, awarded Ambassador Stefano Benazzo the First Class Stara Planina, the Republic of Bulgaria’s highest honour, on 31 July 2012. The honour was awarded for the Ambassador’s “exceptional merit in developing and strengthening relations between Bulgaria and Italy”. On 13 July, Ambassador Benazzo had been made an honorary citizen of the […]
Read moreSyria: Terzi launches AGIRE campaign to help the refugees
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi presented a fund-raising campaign this morning on the Uno Mattina programme. The fund is being organised by the Italian Emergency Response Campaign (Italian initials AGIRE), with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to help Syrian refugees. Responding to the major humanitarian emergency in Syria “The first responsibility for us as […]
Read moreViolence sparked by anti-Muslim film – Our embassies are safe, says Terzi
“Our embassies are in a safe position”, said Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, speaking today on the Uno Mattina programme and referring to the anti-Islam film on Mohammad that is deemed to be blasphemous. “However”, added the Minister, “we are exercising the maximum surveillance”. “Our embassies are in a safe situation” Terzi explained that “we have […]
Read morePanama: Italy attended Capac Expo Hábitat 2012
Italy attended Capac Expo Hábitat 2012, the 25th edition of the international construction trade fair. The event brings together, in Panama, the best of the construction industry, a sector that has shown strong growth rates in recent years. In 2011, the sector accounted for 10% of GDP formation and the initial figures for 2012 confirm […]
Read moreMoscow: Over 50 italian companies at World Food 2012
Italy has a notable presence at the 21st World Food Moscow Fair, which runs from 17 to 20 September 2012. The Fair, a leading international event in the sector for Russia and its neighbors, has attracted over 50 Italian companies, 11 of them attending as a group organised by the ICE Trade Agency. The others […]
Read moreItaly-China: Space biology research collaboration agreement
Italy and China are to collaborate in the field of radiobiology and biophysics applied to cosmic radiation, with the emphasis on industrial developments and terrestrial applications of biomedical interest. A framework collaboration agreement has been signed by ENEA, the University of Florence and the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences […]
Read moreBurkina Faso – A priority country, says Terzi. Development Cooperation office to open
Burkina Faso will remain a priority country for Italy into the next 2-3 years in terms of cooperation. Indeed, Italian Development Cooperation will be opening an office in the capital, Ouagadougou. The announcement was made by Minister Terzi at the end of a meeting at the Farnesina with his counterpart from Burkina Faso, Yipene Djibril […]
Read moreRussia: The italian presence at the Investment Forum in Sochi
A group of Italian companies will be attending the International Investment Forum Sochi 2012, in Russia. The Forum, which runs from 20 to 23 September, was organised with support from the government of the Russian Federation. The Italian delegation was coordinated by Confindustria and the Regional Internationalisation Agencies, with support from our Embassy in Moscow. […]
Read moreBrazil, a road-show presenting the Italian university system
UNI-Italia is promoting a road-show to illustrate the Italian university system to Brazilian students and academic staff. The road-show will run from 19 to 23 September 2012 in Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo and will provide new opportunities to develop collaboration agreements between Italian and Brazilian universities. The event was organised by Uni-Italia with […]
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