Ebola epidemic. Foreign Ministry following the phenomenon, responds to WHO appeal to donors with 200,000 euros for Guinea
The Italian Foreign Ministry is carefully monitoring the Ebola virus epidemic on the African continent, and has responsed to the World Health Organization’s appeal to donors with a contribution of 200,000 euros for Guinea. With the worsening of the situation on a regional scale, further Italian interventions in coordination with the WHO and the other […]
Read moreLibyan parliament convened at Tobruk: Statement by France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States
Statement by the Governments of France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States on the occasion of the opening session of the Libyan Council of Representatives “The governments of France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States commend the members of the [Libyan] Council of Representatives for beginning their work today. […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Thailand: to launch high-speed system in 2015
Thailand: to launch high-speed system in 2015 The government of Thailand’s military junta approved a plan for the construction of a high-speed network calling for 18 million euro in funding between the start of construction and its estimated completion in 2022. Funding modalities have not yet been disclosed, but the junta declared that they will […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – 119 countries now featured on infoMercatiEsteri site
The publication of the entries for Sudan, Nepal and Armenia brings the number of countries featured on the infoMercatiEsteri website to 119. The site is the free tool produced by the Farnesina’s Directorate General for Country Promotion to provide the business and economic communities with broad and in-depth information on internationalisation opportunities. Online since March […]
Read moreBolivia – I militari a lezione di prevenzione degli incendi (in translation)
“Prevenzione e controllo di incendi forestali – tecniche di uso controllato del fuoco”. E’ questo il titolo di un corso di formazione che si e’ tenuto dal 28 al 30 luglio, presso il Collegio militare dell’Esercito Gualberto Villarroel a La Paz. L’iniziativa e’ stata organizzata dal Programma Amazonia sin Fuego (Pasf) e dal locale viceministero […]
Read moreTirana – exhibition featuring the work of Agnese Purgatorio
“Rimani mi dicesti ed io restai” is the title of an exhibition featuring 12 artworks and a video installation by Agnese Purgatorio that has opened in the Albanian capital. The exhibition is the first in a programme entitled “Confini: linguaggi, spazi, cose, persone” organised jointly by the Italian Cultural Institutes of Cologne, Strasbourg, Zagreb and […]
Read moreDubrovnik – Baricco’s “Oceano Mare” performed on the beach
The sea and stones of the beach at Dubrovnik were the setting for a theatrical performance drawn from Alessandro Baricco’s “Oceano Mare” and directed by Mani Gotovac. The initiative was organised with support from the Italian Cultural Institute in Zagreb in collaboration with the Croatian National Theatre in Varazdin and the Dubrovnik Festival. Read more, […]
Read moreLibya: Mogherini in Parliament – Italy engaged in international talks to stop the violence
“New Parliament must meet” “It is unlikely that any winner can emerge from the fighting in Libya. If they continue along this route, they will drag the country into a bloody civil war”. That was how Minister Mogherini described the increasingly worrying situation during her appearance before the Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee today. “The clashes […]
Read moreExpo – Milano 2015 comes to Mar del Plata
The Italian Consulate General in Mar del Plata hosted the presentation of the 2015 Milan Universal Exposition to the Italian community there. Head of marketing and communications for the Buenos Aires ENIT office Veronica Morello made the presentation, whose objective was to offer Italians born abroad an opportunity to visit their country of origin, or […]
Read moreHong Kong – Commemorative retrospective on Mastroianni
Hong Kong will celebrate Marcello Mastroianni by dedicating a retrospective to him in the context of the Summer International Film Festival, with screenings of seven of the great Italian actor’s best known films. The series is called “Marcello Mastroianni: The Great Lover”, and will run from 16 to 26 August at the Hong Kong Arts […]
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