Ankara: 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, […]
Read moreSYRIA: “unacceptable situation”, says Ban ki-Moon – “The international community must speak with one voice”
The chorus of voices urging the UN Security Council to rule on the situation in Syria is growing; Secretary General Ban ki Moon himself defines it as “unacceptable”, while launching an appeal to the international community and the members of the Security Council to “speak with one voice to show unity”. The UN’s priorities, Ban […]
Read moreBrasilia: economic workshop on italo-brazilian development models
The Embassy of Italy in Brasilia hosted an economic workshop last week “Brazil and Italy in the global context: experiences and models of development”, whose more than two hundred participants represented major Italian and Brazilian economic concerns that included Telecom Italia, Intesa Sanpaolo and Avio. The initiative was organised by the Guido and Maria Carli […]
Read more150 YEARS OF ITALY – Festivities for the “grand beginning”, and cultivating the “legacy of unity”
Head of State Giorgio Napolitano closed the festivities for the 150th anniversary of Italian Unity, underscoring that each and every event that took place over the course of the year had been “an explosion of patriotic participation”. The Head of State defined the event as having been a great success, and how the celebrations had […]
Read moreTbilisi: exhibition of 150 years of images of Italian UNESCO sites
The photographic exhibition “Lens on the landscape – 150 years of images of Italian UNESCO sites” will open on Thursday 22 March at 15:00 at the National Museum of Georgia in Tbilisi, and will be the final event of the celebrations in Georgia for the 150th anniversary of the Unity of Italy. The exhibition will […]
Read moreIndia: Terzi to Krishna, priority the safety of hostages
Any initiative undertaken by the Indian authorities must have the “priority objective of ensuring the hostages’ safety”. This was Minister Terzi’s request of his Indian colleague S.M. Krishna in the course of a telephone conversation concerning the case of the two Italian tourists abducted in Orissa. During the conversation Minister Krishna updated Terzi on the […]
Read moreCairo – steel works: € 70 million in contracts for Danieli
Italy confirmed its role as Egypt’s top economic-trade partner. After the successes of Ansaldo (€245 million in contracts for an electrical power plant) and Technimont ($520 million in contracts for the construction of a fertiliser plant in Aswan), the Danieli firm signed a contract for €50 million for the construction of a “greenfield” steel working […]
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