Diplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Turkey: trade deficit reaches 57 billion dollars
Turkey: trade deficit reaches 57 billion dollars In the first 8 months of 2013 the Turkish trade deficit grew by 18%, up to 67 billion USD as compared with 57 billion in the same period of 2012. Italian trade with Turkey was 37% of the total, placing Italy as Turkey’s 4th trade partner after Germany, […]
Read moreNew York – “Un caffe con” … Eco
“Un caffe con”, organised by the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations featured special guest Umberto Eco who, speaking before a group of Italian and foreign UN correspondents, introduced Encyclomedia, a digital concept that uses history, literature, sciences, music, philosophy and art, to gather the main historical events in European civilization from ancient to […]
Read moreSan Marino – Fellini commemorated in film review
Twenty years on from the death of Federico Fellini, San Marino celebrated the memory of the great Italian film director with a screening of four of his masterpieces at the Titano theatre. Read more, in Italian
Read moreMoscow – Presentation of the Grande Museo Duomo of Milano
On 28 October, Moscow’s Museum of Contemporary History will host the presentation of the November reopening to the public of the Grande Museo del Duomo di Milano and the remounting of the Veneranda Fabbrica archive. The event is being organised with the collaboration of the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Moscow. Read […]
Read moreItaly-Ukraine – Round-table on economic partnership
An Italo-Ukrainian round-table was held at the ICE headquarters on Friday during the visit to Italy by Leonid Kozhara, Ukranian Minister for Foreign Affairs with the remit for economic affairs. The event was organised by the Ukrainian Embassy in Italy and the Italian Ministries for Economic Development and Foreign Affairs, and centred on new prospects […]
Read moreBucharest – Recital commemorates Verdi and Wagner through the eyes of their wives
The lives of the two composers as seen through the spiritual filter of those who were close to Verdi and Wagner for many years: their wives Cosima Wagner and Giuseppina Verdi. Previously unpublished correspondence and song will make for an elegant and artistic evening with soprano Leontina Vaduva and actress Medeea Marinescu, flanked by pianist […]
Read moreGrowing synergy with the academic world – Conventions signed on Mediterranean and El Salvador
The synergy between the MFA’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation and the Italian academic world received a boost through two conventions – one on a programme for the protection of the cultural heritage of El Salvador and another on a technical training programme – signed today by the Ministry with Università RomaTre and the National […]
Read moreGrowing synergy with the academic world – Conventions signed on Mediterranean and El Salvador
The synergy between the MFA’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation and the Italian academic world received a boost through two conventions – one on a programme for the protection of the cultural heritage of El Salvador and another on a technical training programme – signed today by the Ministry with Università RomaTre and the National […]
Read moreItaly-Israel – Strategic dialogue, Valensise in Jerusalem
Italy and Israel’s close relations, common efforts to intensify economic and technological cooperation and topical Middle East issues were the main focus of a strategic dialogue today in Jerusalem, where Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michele Valensise met with Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel Zeev Elkin. The meeting was also […]
Read morePalestinian refugees: Bonino meets Grandi and underscores Italian support for UNRWA and its programmes
Continuing support from Italy for UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East. That was the assurance made by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino at today’s meeting at the Farnesina with the UNRWA’s Commissioner-General, Filippo Grandi, who is visiting Rome. Topics discussed during the meeting included the Italian contribution […]
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