Mexico – eight new “ambassadors of italian cuisine around the world”
Eight new Italian restaurants in Mexico have received “Italian Hospitality-Italian Quality” certification as “ambassadors” of taste from the Chamber of Commerce. The award ceremony was held at the Ambassador’s residence in Mexico City, which hosted the owners of the restaurants and a large showing from the sector press.
Read moreCapetown – Italian Ambassador’s trophy
Young South African sailing enthusiasts squared off in the first edition of the Italian Ambassador’s Trophy, held in the lake of the Simon’s Town naval base, near Capetown, South Africa. The regatta consisted of 8 young crews from the Izivunguvungu sailing school, which offers free courses for youngsters from 8 to 18 from the poorest […]
Read moreIntegrity Day – 7 December 2012
Asserting a culture of integrity to respond to civil society demands was the spirit with which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs celebrated Integrity Day today, ahead of the UN’s Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December. This year’s meeting is dedicated to the public administration’s new challenges following the entry into force of the anti-corruption law. The […]
Read moreSyria: Terzi meets with Lebanese Premier – Political solution with support for Doha opposition
The international community must continue to promote a political solution to the crisis, based on Assad’s exit from the scenario and, to that end, support the Opposition Coalition set up on Doha. This was the Italian position reiterated today by foreign minister Giulio Terzi in a meeting in Rome with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. […]
Read moreHouston: success for conference of italian researchers
The 8th Conference of Italian Researchers in the World met in Houston to present their latest projects in the sectors of biomedicine, medicine, physics, engineering, aerospace, geology and humanities. The conference was organized by the Committee for Italians Abroad (COMITES) in collaboration with the Tricolour Committee for Italians in the World (CTIM) and the Consulate […]
Read moreItaly-Japan: workshop on economic partnership with the EU
The workshop “Italy and European-Japanese relations: prospects and problems for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)” will be held on Friday 14 December at the Senate’s Palazzo Giustiniani in Rome. Participants will include Lamberto Dini (President of the Senate Foreign Relations Commission), Umberto Vattani (President of the Italy-Japan Foundation), Cesare Cursi (President of the Senate Industry, […]
Read moreMoscow: the Da Vinci Code on the Flight of Birds
The Pushkin Museum inaugurated an exhibition on Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Code on the Flight of Birds”, one of the most exemplary of documents attesting to Italian artistic and inventive virtuosity. As Italian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Antonio Zanardi Landi pointed out, the manuscript was the protagonist of an interesting story that binds Italy to […]
Read moreSyria: humanitarian crisis, Italian initiatives – Terzi: aid to children freezing in border camps
Italy renewed its pledge to support the consolidation of the Syrian opposition to the Assad regime, as well as to “seek to alleviate the serious humanitarian crisis” and gave its consent to the “concrete solidarity” initiative with Turkey involving the deployment of Patriot missiles for the “exclusive defence” of the southeastern borders of NATO. “We […]
Read moreSyria: Monti, pledge to alleviate the humanitarian crisis – NATO: Terzi, concrete solidarity with Turkey
Italy renewed its pledge to support the consolidation of the Syrian opposition to the Assad regime, as well as to “seek to alleviate the serious humanitarian crisis” and gave its consent to the “concrete solidarity” initiative with Turkey involving the deployment of Patriot missiles for the “exclusive defence” of the southeastern borders of NATO. “We […]
Read moreITALY-GERMANY – University Days in Berlin
The fifth annual Italo-German University Days, a traditional event held in Berlin for the purposes of deepening cultural and scientific relations between Italy and Germany, consisted of a series of lectures, roundtable discussions and workshops. The initiative was promoted by the Italo-German University of Trento, in collaboration with the Italienzentrum della Libera University of Berlin, […]
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