Youth and the city, call for innovative projects
In the context of promoting a global partnership of donor countries and developing countries, the Catalytic Fund, a World Bank Trust Fund, has launched the first Call for Proposals centred on youth, entitled “Youth and the City: Challenges of and Visions for Demographic Change” for innovative urban projects. Local bodies, NGOs and Universities The call […]
Read moreDublin: Italian Business Group is led by Amb. Zanini
The Italian Business Group was created in Dublin, and unites Italian and Irish business persons working for Italian businesses in Ireland in various categories. The group, operating under the aegis of the Embassy of Italy and led by Ambassador Maurizio Zanini, offers to provide a point of encounter for Italian business persons as well as […]
Read moreG8: appeal to UN for North Korea and Syria – Italy’s piracy proposal embraced, highly significant, says Terzi
The countries of the G8 agreed to appeal to the UN Security Council for “appropriate measures” against North Korea for its attempt to send a Kwangmyongsong-3 Satellite into orbit; the foreign ministers also urged the UN to send observers to Syria to verify and ensure implementation of the Kofi Annan plan, since what has been […]
Read moreDichiarazione Ministri Esteri G8 (in translation)
We, the G-8 Foreign Ministers, condemn the launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which is a violation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1695, 1718, and 1874. Sharing the view that the launch undermines regional peace and stability, we call on the DPRK to abstain from further launches using ballistic missile technology or […]
Read moreColonia – Festival della Letteratura, Roberto Saviano ospite d’onore (in translation)
L’Italia è stata protagonista alla dodicesima edizione del Festival internazionale delle letterature a Colonia, con Roberto Saviano ospite d’onore. Quest’anno l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura ha presentato tre autori al Lit.Cologne, che si è svolto dal 14 al 24 marzo: Andrea Bajani, che ha presentato la traduzione in tedesco del romanzo ‘Ogni promessa’ vincitore del Premio […]
Read moreISTANBUL – Le relazioni economiche italo-turche viste da un banchiere, conferenza (in translation)
Nell’ambito del programma di eventi “Orizzontitaliani 2012”, promosso dall’Ambasciata d’Italia ad Ankara, l’Ambasciatore Gianpaolo Scarante ha ospitato l’11 aprile scorso a Palazzo Venezia a Istanbul la conferenza tenuta da Ersin Özince, Presidente della Türkiye İş Bankası (uno dei maggiori gruppi bancari turchi), sul tema “Le relazioni economico-commerciali turco-italiane dalla prospettiva di un banchiere”. Dopo il […]
Read moreMyanmar: Italian Senate supports democratic process
Just a few days before Minister Giulio Terzi’s visit to Myanmar (24-26 April), the Senate approved a unanimous motion presented by the senators of various parliamentary groups on democratic reforms in Myanmar, following the recent election results that confirmed the return to parliament of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. “In the context of the […]
Read moreG8: Support and agreement on the incident involving Italian marines, says Terzi – Concrete proposals on counter-piracy
“My G8 colleagues offered their full comprehension and support for the principles that Italy has stated unequivocally regarding this situation”, said Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi in the margins of the G8 ministerial meeting in Washington, in the context of which he had raised the issue of piracy. “I referred explicitly to the question […]
Read moreINDIA: Bosusco released; We worked to ensure his safety, says Terzi
“To ensure, first and foremost, the safety of our co-nationals”, was how Minister Giulio Terzi commented on his “satisfaction” at the news of the release of Paolo Bosusco, the Italian guide abducted on 14 March in the Indian State of Orissa while accompanying Claudio Colangelo on a trekking tour, who was released on 25 March. […]
Read moreGlasgow: five centuries of Italian art on display at the Kelvingrove Museum
On 6 April Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Museum inaugurated the exhibition “The Essence of beauty: 500 years of Italian Art”, one of the most prominent events of the Scottish cultural season. The exhibition will run through 12 August and includes a rich calendar of events organized with the participation of the Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh. To […]
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