Italy-Latin America: the aim must be greater integration, says Dassù
“Between Latin America and Europe there’s enormous potential for integration, which Italy has every interest in promoting”. Speaking was Secretary of State Marta Dassù during her talk at the Italian-Latin American Institute during the visit by the Colombian Vice President, Angelino Garzon, on 12 January 2012. In recent years, noted the Secretary of State, Latin […]
Read moreExhibition: “tauromachia” opens in Prague: Picasso, Dalí and Goya
With the support of the Embassy of Italy in Prague and the Italian Cultural Institute, the exhibition “Tauromaquia”, curated by Serena Baccaglini of Milan’s Catholic University, opened at the Prague Town Hall (Obecni dum) and will run through 9 April. The exhibition presents a selection of works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Francisco Goya […]
Read moreUruguay: Italian technology in the treatment of infectious diseases
Italian technology employed in support of healthcare in Uruguary. Equipment produced by the Italian firm Tifone Ambiente s.r.l., based in Cassana (Ferrara), was purchased by the Montevideo Intendencia within the framework of the 2012-2013 campaign against Dengue fever. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.
Read moreNigeria: training for customs police in Orvieto
A course for customs and border police of the Federal Republic of Nigeria began at the Guardia di Finanza Training Centre (CAS) in Orvieto. The course, involving 20 commissioned and non-commissioned Nigerian officers in matters of customs and border control, will run for three weeks and is the result of collaboration between the Guardia and […]
Read moreCooperation: new youth opportunities in Bosnia Herzegovina
Building the foundations for the future and for those who represent it – young people – by promoting and cultivating creativity and the possibility of opening businesses, and with them new horizons. That is the goal of a project for the development of young people in Bosnia Hezegovina launched in 2008 by the Italian NGO […]
Read moreItaly-China: Embassy in Beijing ensures quality of Italian olive oil
Italy reassures China on the quality of olive oil imported from Italy. This was the content of a communiqué from the Embassy of Italy in Beijing after the Chinese customs authorities opened an inquest into olive oil imported from Italy and alleged in an Italian news investigation to have been produced with oil from other […]
Read moreBulgaria: architectural model-making, exhibition on the theme of tolerance
Six million burnt matches and 17 years went into the construction of a model of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Rila, Bulgaria’s most important and famous: and this is only one of many attractions offered by an architectural model exhibition entitled “Tolerance: a beacon for faith and life” that opened at the national archaeological museum […]
Read more“Mettiamoci in rete” per il Burkina Faso (in translation)
“Mettiamoci in rete” per il Burkina Faso. L’iniziativa, a cui parteciperanno diverse decine di ong, si svolgerà il 15 gennaio a Firenze sotto il patrocinio del Ministero degli Affari Esteri, della Direzione Generale Cooperazione Sviluppo e del Comune di Firenze. Nel corso dell’incontro sarà presentata l’attività di Laafi Labumbu ONLUS, capofila del progetto di costituzione […]
Read moreEuropean Union: Italy and France on the same lines for a new pact, say Terzi and Juppé
Rome and Paris are on the same lines on finding a way out of the euro crisis. Both are confident that the new 26-country Treaty will be ready in time for the extraordinary EU Summit in Brussels on 30 January. This was the outcome of the meeting between Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi and his French […]
Read moreCOOPERAZIONE: Afghanistan, giovani imprenditrici crescono, grazie all’Italia (in translation)
Oltre 5700 donne coinvolte, corsi di alfabetizzazione associata all’avvio di attività tradizionali,istituzione dicentri di formazione al Dipartimento degli Affari Femminili di Baghlan e al Women Garden di Kabul. Sono tra i più importanti risultati del progetto di formazione professionale e imprenditoria femminile, finanziato in Afghanistan dalla Cooperazione italiana e che si concluderà ufficialmente a marzo […]
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