Italy-Arab Emirates: growth in trade relations
Recent estimates by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), a Cairo-based, IMF-style regional body affiliated with the Arab League, confirm the top place achieved last year by the Emirates in the Arab world market once again in 2011. The Emirates are the main Arab market for Italy’s exports. According to the ISTAT data for January-November 2011, […]
Read moreSMAU: The MFA wins the Innovation Prize for its @doc project
At the SMAU Business 2012 fair, held in Rome on 21 and 22 March 2012, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has won the ICT 2012 Innovation award in the “Electronic Billing and Dematerialisation” category. The project selected for the award was “@doc”, a computerised file-management platform produced by the Ministry. Extending the digitalisation of document […]
Read moreSYRIA: An “extremely dangerous” crisis, says Ban ki Moon – Consultations at the United Nations to approve a new resolution
The Syrian crisis is “extremely dangerous” and could have explosive repercussions for the region and for the world. This is the view of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban kiMoon, as consultations continue at the UN itself to define a new resolution. The Ambassadors of the 15 Security Council countries finished their meetings yesterday without […]
Read moreEurope: The goal is greater integration, says Terzi
Starting with what have been defined as “the lessons” to be learned from the financial crisis that has swept Europe, 7 European ministers visited Berlin at the invitation of German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, to discuss the “strategic goals” of the European integration project. The Foreign Ministers of Italy, Giulio Terzi, and of Austria, Belgium, […]
Read moreSystem Italy exploring Southeast Asia
Exploring investment opportunities in Southeast Asia. That is the goal of the ASEAN Awareness Forum taking place at the Foreign Ministry on 22 and 23 March 2012 and scheduled to be opened by Minister Giulio Terzi. The initiative is being organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with Confindustria, the employers’ federation. It […]
Read moreSIRIA: Ban ki Moon, Annan torni presto a Damasco – Consultazioni all’Onu per varare una nuova risoluzione (in translation)
Il Segretario Generale dell’Onu Ban ki Moon si aspetta un ritorno “molto presto” in Siria dell’inviato delle Nazioni Unite e della Lega Araba, Kofi Annanmentre all’Onu continuano le consultazioni per arrivare ad una nuova risoluzione. La Siria – ha dettoil Segretario Generale – “deve affrontare una profonda crisi, estremamente pericolosa, che potrebbe avere enormi ripercussioni […]
Read moreAnkara: pianist Mattia Ometto in concerto at the University of Baskent
The Italian Cultural Institute in Ankara, in collaboration with the University of Bashkent and the Orkestra Akademik Başkent, has organized a concert at the University on 22 March 2012 by pianist Mattia Ometto, accompanied by the same orchestra, who will perform music by Mozart and Suk. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of […]
Read moreMexico City: Italian mission to Puebla to boost economic and cultural relations
Italian Ambassador to Mexico Roberto Spinelli made a recent mission to the State of Puebla to meet with the local authorities with a view to boosting economic and cultural collaboration. On that occasion the local ICE office received the Tetraelica Award of the Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP), important recognition of the […]
Read moreServicemen – ruling on jurisdiction postponed, but Italy insists it’s ours
The Indian court’s decision on jurisdiction in the case of two Italian servicemen will have to wait another week, but Italy insists that jurisdiction is ours. At the end of the High Court debate on Italy’s request, legal sources reported that the judge had reserved the right to pronounce his ruling next week, while the […]
Read moreLima: conference on Italy and Andean and Amason Studies Centre
Within the framework of Italo-Peruvian cultural cooperation, the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima is promoting the creation of an Italian Centre for Andean and Amazon Studies, to be housed in the Institute’s own rooms. The centre’s task will be to collect the experiences and data produced over the years by numerous Italian anthropologists, ethnologists, historians, […]
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