Migrant women, the road towards a fairer society
On the day that reminds us that we must continue on the road towards achieving an effective gender equality, women are not only metaphorically ‘en route’. In fact, an ever-larger number of women, often with children, are coming to Europe: 170,000 from June 2015 to date. As also reported by the UNHCR, all migrants face […]
Read moreWomen, the focus of development: a priority for Italian Cooperation
In celebrating International Women’s Day, Italian Cooperation confirms its commitment in favour of gender equality also in the areas of the world most at risk. Many women in Italian Cooperation’s partner countries face a life full of violence and discrimination. In most of these countries, women represent 70% of the labour force in agriculture, are […]
Read moreCooperation agreement between Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministries on the AT electronic cards issuance
A cooperation agreement is in place for the issuance of electronic AT identification cards, approved by Eduardo Brunetti, Director General of the Administration and ITC of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), and Ruggiero Di Biase, Rear Admiral and General Director of Automated IT Systems at the Ministry of Defense. The cards will be […]
Read moreDiplomazia e Dintorni – Being a European diplomat. Part II
On Tuesday, March 8, at 8 p.m. Radio Luiss will air the 53rd episode of “Diplomazia e dintorni” (“Diplomacy and the Like”) entitled “Being a European diplomat. Part II”. The star guests of this episode will be three young foreign colleagues on visit at the Farnesina under the European Diplomatic Program. Dario Jovic and Johannes […]
Read moreTirana – Literature, Chiara Gamberale meets the Albanian public
Chiara Gambarale in Tirana: the meeting with the writer is scheduled at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 31 March at the Unesco Hall of the National History Museum of Tirana, where she will present the Albanian translation of her two novels “Per dieci minuti” and “Le luci nelle case degli altri”. The presentation is promoted by […]
Read moreBeirut – “Middle Eastern Musical Dialogues” between Italy and Lebanon
The Lebanese tour of the Stefano Maurizi-Luciano Biondini-Mohammed Abuzekry trio entitled “Middle Eastern Musical Dialogues” has just ended. It expressed a musical dialogue between the cultures of the West and of the Middle East. The tour was organised by the Italian Institute of Culture in Beirut together with several Lebanese partners. The project, born from […]
Read moreNew York – Art, on show the visionary world of Verdiana Patacchini
In the visionary world of Verdiana Patacchini, any work of art becomes a continuous research and converts into a poetic and imaginary vision. Umbrian of birth and Roman of adoption, during the past few years Verdiana, also known as “Virdi”, has lived between Italy and the United States, where her works are greatly appreciated. The […]
Read moreItaly puts forward the traditional art of pizza-making for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List
The Italian National Commission for UNESCO unanimously voted to submit the Art of Naples “Pizzaiuoli” for inclusion in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List on Friday. The decision reaffirms the central role of nutrition-related matters in the framework of Italy’s cultural, economic, and innovation promotion abroad, which has been spurred by the EXPO 2015. The […]
Read moreThe OSCE’s challenges: “Migrants and Security”
“We’re under a moral obligation to save human lives. Building walls cannot be the answer, nor can viewing today’s migrant crisis from a security perspective alone. We cannot equate migrants and terrorists,” Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Paolo Gentiloni, said this morning when opening the OSCE conference on “Refocusing Migration and Security: […]
Read moreErasmus, Italian student wins first European scholarship to Iran
A 21-year-old woman from Cagliari, Valentina Simeone, is the first European student to enter Tehran University with an Erasmus scholarship after she outclassed colleagues from other nine EU universities. The European Union has decided to broaden the horizons of cultural exchange by granting 136 funded scholarships to young people from Iran, Iraq and Yemen for […]
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