Manila – A success for Italian Language Week
Manila’s recent Italian Language Week was a great success, with celebrations of Verdi, opera master-classes, and screenings of films such as “Amarcord” and “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso” – to mention just some of the initiatives organised by our Embassy. Ambassador Massimo Roscigno described the Philippines as “fertile terrain” for the promotion of the Italian language, which […]
Read moreItaly “off the beaten track” to be showcased in Tourism Year
Exhibitions, festivals, workshops, cultural events, fairs and meetings with tourism operators will form the “backbone” for the Italian-Russian Year of Tourism. Italy will be promoting less well-known destinations in the Federation’s growing tourism market. As our Ambassador in Moscow, Cesare Maria Ragaglini, explained, the aim is to help Russian visitors discover villages, UNESCO sites and […]
Read moreIraq – Italy working to save the archaeological heritage
The Italian archaeology community is helping restore Iraq’s heritage. On Friday 20 December, the reconstruction project for the Madrasa al-Mirjaniya in Baghdad’s Iraq Museum will be presented in Rome at the Ministry for Culture’s Conservation and Restoration Institute. The project was implemented by Monumenta Orientalia and supported and funded by the Farnesina’s Directorate General for […]
Read moreEU: Foreign Affairs Council – Syrian chemical weapons to pass through Italian port
Syria’s chemical weapons will be passing through an Italian port, with the selection of the precise place being decided – and notified to the Italian Parliament – by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemic Weapons (OPWC). The announcement was made by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino at the end of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs […]
Read moreDestinazione Italia – Plan approved, push toward internationalisation of businesses
Making business internationalisation more effective and, at the same time, making the Italian legislative framework more receptive and efficient for outside investors, are the main goals of the “Destinazione Italia” plan, which looks most specifically at trade relations between Italy and the rest of the world. And all contained in a decree that, as Minister […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Turkey: Alvimedica purchases Italian firm CID
Alvimedica, a Turkish firm operating in 40 countries around the world producing medical apparatus such as stents and angioplasty balloons purchased the Saluggia-based firm CID, an Italian firm that produces equipment for the cardiology sector. Alvimedica will close out 2013 with a turnover of 60 million euro and, with the acquisition of CID, the new […]
Read moreEU Foreign Affairs Council, Bonino in Brussels – Focus on Iran, Eastern Partnership, EU-Russia relations
Iran, Syria, Lebanon, the Eastern Partnership, EU-Russia relations, the Central African Republic, the Western Balkans and Burma, are on the agenda of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels – Iran being at the top of the list. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton will outline the contents of the recent nuclear agreement […]
Read moreHelsinki – Finland discovers the Italian crèche
The Italian art of crèche building comes to Finland, with an exhibition that retraces the history and styles typical of various regions. The exhibition runs through 6 January in the Finnish capital. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreMacau – Italy a leader in fashion and culture
A gala evening in Macau showcased Italian fashion and culture on 500th anniversary of bilateral relations. The event was organised by the Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM), which holds a majority share of the games market in that Chinese special administrative region with 26.7% of the total, in collaboration with the Italian Consulate General […]
Read moreRomania – Art treasures returned to Italy
Another happy ending in the retrieval of stolen Italian artworks: the Romanian authorities handed over 22 paintings and 18 books to the Carabinieri specialised art-retrieval corps, which had probably been stolen from churches many years earlier. Italian ambassador Diego Brasioli praised the excellent cooperation between the Italian and Romanian police. Read more, in Italian.
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