Ukraine: Mogherini at Foreign Affairs Council – Extraordinary Summit in Brussels. “Political solution only through dialogue”
Italy and its European partners strongly condemn the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity and call on Russia to immediately withdraw its armed forces. They view the political-diplomatic channel as the only way to resolve the crisis. These were the positions to emerge from the extraordinary meeting of the Council of European Union Foreign […]
Read moreArgentina – Pantalla Pinamar celebrates Italy
The Pantalla Pinamar Film Festival’s special guest this year will be Italy. Argentina’s principal celebration of film, now in its 10th edition, will take place in Pinamar, on the Atlantic coast, from 8 to 15 March 2014. Italy will share the “guest of honour” role with India, Switzerland and Hungary. To celebrate the Italian presence […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore: Dubai: Strong Italian participation at Arab Health 2014
About 300 Italian companies took part in the latest edition of Arab Health. The fair, which was held in Dubai, is the Gulf’s most important trade event in the medical and pharmaceutical sector. Over 80,000 visitors from all of the world attended, while over 3,900 exhibitors from 64 countries took part. According to estimates by […]
Read moreItalia- Cina – Premio Shanghai, al via residenza per 3 artisti italiani (in translation)
Italia e Cina fianco a fianco nella promozione dell’arte: ha preso il via a Shanghai la fase di residenza artistica per i tre vincitori italiani del Premio Shanghai. Alessandro Dandini de Sylva, Chiara Principe ed Elisa Strinna saranno ospiti fino al 20 aprile presso la School of Design della East China Normal University, dove elaboreranno […]
Read moreClashes in Ukraine: Italian Development Cooperation to send 100,000 for Red Cross
To provide medical assistance for the many people injured in the recent clashes in Ukraine and help replenish medical supplies, Italian Development Cooperation is to provide the Ukrainian Red Cross with funding of 100,000 euros. The Italian aid is one of the concrete responses by the European Commission and EU member states to the violence […]
Read moreItaly in US is online, the new portal of Italian culture in the U.S.
Washington DC (February 27, 2014) – Italian culture in the U.S. has a new online platform: the website www.italyinus.org, the cultural portal of Italy’s diplomatic network in the United States. Simple to use and with all the information you need, the new site is your guide to the hundreds of cultural events organized or supported […]
Read moreZagabria – “Uno sguardo laterale” sulla Penisola (in translation)
Un viaggio attraverso le venti Regioni italiane, da cui trarre immagini, ricordi e stimoli: e’ lo spunto di partenza della mostra “Venti per una. Venti Regioni per un’Italia. Venti artisti per una mostra. Uno sguardo laterale” che ha conquistato Zagabria. Dopo le tappe di Mosca e San Pietroburgo, l’esposizione e’ approdata nella capitale croata, suscitando […]
Read moreItalia – Russia – Nuovi risultati studi sull’origine della vita (in translation)
I nuovi risultati degli studi italo-russi sull’origine della vita. E’ questo il tema di una conferenza stampa, che si e’ svolta all’ambasciata italiana a Mosca, dal titolo “Lo Spazio e’ sorgente di vita”. L’evento e’ stato caratterizzato, alla presenza di un qualificato pubblico di oltre cento persone, dall’annuncio di alcuni nuovi risultati scientifici di grande […]
Read moreHong Kong – In attesa della Cena in Emmaus di Caravaggio (in translation)
A Hong Kong si scaldano i motori in vista della mostra di Caravaggio che verra’ inaugurata l’11 marzo: l’arrivo in citta’ del capolavoro ‘Cena in Emmaus’, prestato dalla Pinacoteca di Brera, e’ stato preceduto dall’installazione presso il Pacific Place, uno dei maggiori centri commerciali, di grandi pannelli esplicativi della mostra, insieme a un video sulla […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore: Istanbul Bourse continues to attract investors
Mustafa Baltacı, Executive Vice President of the Istanbul Bourse (BIST), stated that Turkey’s recent problems had not negatively influenced foreign investments and that, consequently, the Bourse continued to attract investors. In support of this statement, the Vice President cited both the BIST-Nasdaq OMX accord after the start of corruption investigations, as well as the volume […]
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