Turin bids to host World Chamber Congress
The city of Turin is competing with Belfast, Geneva and Liverpool to host the World Chambers Congress in 2015. The bid was submitted during the visit to Turkey by the Mayor of Turin, Piero Fassino, who visited Izmir and Istanbul. The mission was oranised with support from the Italian Embassy and Consulates in Turkey and […]
Read moreExpo Venlo: award for italian pavilion
Italy has won an award for the best-designed pavilion at the Floriade 2012 Expo in Venlo, along with Azerbaijan, Belgium and Spain. In the view of the Commissioner General for the Expo, Gabor, the award was given for the way our pavilion harmonised perfectly with the Floriade site as a whole. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBelgrade: mathematical physics at the embassy
The 7th international conference on recent developments in mathematical physics, organised by the University of Belgrade’s Institute of Physics, is taking place in Belgrade. The initiative was co-funded by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste and the Serbian Ministry for Education, science and Technological Development with support from the Science […]
Read moreSofia: 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 […]
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