The Hague – A new toast for the “Wine of Peace”
“The true spirit of the world, of fraternity and reconciliation. All in a glass of wine. To the OPCW”. With these words, a toast with the “Wine of Peace”,the Italian Ambassador in the Netherlands, Francesco Azzarello, introduced a very special event that took place on 3 March 2014: an exhibition dedicated to the “World’s Vineyard”. […]
Read moreItaly sponsors debate on new UNIDO report
Structural transformation of the economy is needed if we are to achieve inclusive growth. That is one of the key elements to emerge from the debate on the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) report for 2013. During the event, sponsored by Italy’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and moderated by […]
Read moreItaly-USA – “Energy And Infrastructure” seminar in Washington
The “Global Executive Seminar on Energy and Infrastructure”, an event focusing on technological innovation in the energy and infrastructure field, took place in Washington on Saturday 1 March 2014. The event was hosted by the Italian Embassy. Participants in the seminar, opened by Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, included the Vice President of the Edison Foundation, […]
Read moreCile – Onorificenza per l’ambasciatore Stefano Ronca (in translation)
L’ambasciatore cileno in Italia, Oscar Godoy Arcaya, ha inaugurato oggi a Roma la nuova sede diplomatica di Santiago del Cile, soddisfacendo cosi’ l’antica aspirazione cilena di avere una sede di proprieta’ in Italia.La cerimonia si e’ svolta alla presenza del ministro degli Esteri cileno, Alfredo Moreno Charme, che, sottolineando il profondo legame tra i due […]
Read moreMarines: Pillay (UN) expresses concern for human rights
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concerned about respect for human rights since the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, have been detained in India for too long. Her views were reported today by her spokesperson, Rupert Corville, after her meeting with the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Benedetto […]
Read more“We the people of Ukraine”
Un’immagine incandescente che riecheggia l’esito di una rivoluzione democratica campeggia sulla copertina del numero 36 di ”Longitude”, la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco in edicola dal 6 marzo.“We the people of Ukraine” è il titolo di apertura di questo numero denso di approfondimenti di politica internazionale, in cui il focus è incentrato su un’articolata analisi […]
Read more“We the people of Ukraine”
A fiery image that evokes the outcome of a democratic revolution fills the front page of issue 36 of “Longitude”, the journal edited by Pialuisa Bianco and hitting news-stands on 6 March. “We the people of Ukraine” is the headline of this issue, packed with reports on international policy issues and with the focus on […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore: USA: Trevi wins contracts worth 50 million dollars
Trevicos, a division of the Trevi Group, has won the contract for extraordinary maintenance works on the Bolivar Dam in Ohio (USA), a project worth about 44 million dollars, announced the Group. Trevi has also won a 6 million dollar contract to consolidate a dam for a mining site in Wyoming. Source: Il Sole 24 […]
Read moreArchaeology – Italian-Iraqi campaign to “dig the future”
The Italian-Iraqi archaeology mission in Abu Tbeirah in southern Iraq, coordinated by Professor Franco D’Agostino, from Università La Sapienza di Roma, is not just a scientific project. It’s also an adventure in a land very different from Italy, a land that’s seeking a way out from over 40 years of war. The latest dig focuses […]
Read moreUkraine: 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 […]
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