Lebanon: Bonino hails broadly representative new government
“After months of deadlock, and in a complex political and social context, Lebanon has a new government. My sincerest best wishes go out to the Lebanese political forces that have agreed on a broadly representative team”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino stated in a press release. Tension influenced by Syrian crisis On Saturday incoming […]
Read moreUSA and UK: Torino Piemonte Aerospace business missions
The aerospace sector of the Piedmont region is organising two business missions aimed at setting up new contacts in the UK and the USA: from 24 to 26 February, in the Midlands, the heart of England, where Britain’s largest aerospace cluster (including Rolls Royce) is located; and from 10 to 14 March in California’s Silicon […]
Read morePakistan – Italy co-sponsor of the Karachi Literature Festival
The recent Karachi Literature Festival – one of the subcontinent’s most important literary festivals – was a great success, attracting over 60,000 visitors. More than 120 panels were organised over three days with the participation of a large number of Pakistani and foreign authors and speakers. The festival was co-sponsored by the Italian embassy in […]
Read moreBrazil – Italy puts culture “on the field” for the World Cup
Cultural cooperation is growing between Italy and Brazil, and will get a special boost during the World Cup soccer championship. Italian Ambassador to Brazil Raffaele Trombetta met recently with President of the Clube do Choro Henrique Lima Santos in an effort to strengthen collaboration within the context of “Italia na Copa”, a cultural review being […]
Read moreExpo – Road show in the U.S. 26 February – 4 March
The association ItaliaCamp and the EXPO 2015 Italia pavilion will stage a road show in the U.S. from 26 February to 4 March: a delegation of 100 persons from research and business spheres representing every Italian region. A first stop on Wall Street will offer an opportunity for the Italian delegation to attend the presentation […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy: Japan: Italian exports perform strongly in 2013
The Italian-Japanese trade figures for 2013 published by Japan’s customs authorities confirm the strong performance of Italian exports. In spite of the weakening of the yen against the euro, our exports rose by 21.8% in yen (and over 8% in real terms). This produced a trade surplus of 4 billion euros for Italy, even though […]
Read more“Digital Natives”: IT and the Montessori method in the kindergarten – conference at the Farnesina
Teaching information technology (IT) at nursery school to guide children towards an informed use of the new technologies. That is the challenge being tackled by the Farnesina’s Montessori-method kindergarten, which has embarked on an experimental project that was illustrated this morning [14 February 2014] at the “Digital Natives” conference at the Ministry. In his introductory […]
Read moreAngola – 1000 young people helped by Italian Development Cooperation
“Children in safe cities: urban safety and children’s rights”, a 4-year project funded by Italian Development Cooperation and CIES, a non-governmental organisation, is coming to a close. CIES, which this week celebrates its 30th birthday, has been working with Angolan partners on the project. The initiatives have helped over 1000 children and young people through […]
Read moreCairo – A project to conserve Egyptian art
“Conserving Egyptian art. Training initiatives for the restoration of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo’s collections”. This is the title of the publication illustrating the training initiatives conducted by the Restoration and Conservation Institute from 2008 to 2010 thanks to Italian Development Cooperation funding. About 120 curators, restorers and librarians benefited from the programme, which also […]
Read moreBangui – Italy sending 400,000 euros in response to the crisis
In response to the grave humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic, Italian Development Cooperation has allocated 400,000 euros to UNICEF to support initiatives to help children. First tranche of a total of 1 million euros This is the first tranche of a total contribution of 1 million euros announced at the donors conference in […]
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