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9 March 2015

Giro at the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) in Antigua de Guatemala

Under-Secretary Giro will participate tomorrow as an invited observer in the Ministerial Meeting of the Association of Caribbean States, held in Antigua de Guatemala. The under-secretary will meet with the foreign minister of Guatemala, who recently spoke in Rome at a conference for the presentation of Italian initiatives and programmes to ensure security in Central […]

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9 March 2015

Italy-Mexico: Gentiloni in Mexico City, to participate in Bi-National Commission, cooperation accords to be signed

Minister Paolo Gentiloni is in Mexico City for a meeting of the Italy-Mexico Bi-National Commission, the foremost bilateral collaboration body. Gentiloni will meet with Senate President Miguel Barbosa Huerta and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jose’ Antonio Meade Kuribrena, with whom he will discuss international policy concerns. Cooperation accords The Commission sessions will focus on the […]

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9 March 2015

Argentina – Presentation of EXPO pavilion

Argentina officially presented its pavilion for the Milan 2015 Universal Exposition in a ceremony at the Palacio San Martin, where foreign minister Eduardo Zuain and Argentine EXPO commissioner Martin Lettieri addressed the guests. Italy was represented by Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro and Italian ambassador to Buenos Aires Teresa Castaldo. Giro cited Argentina’s participation […]

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5 March 2015

Peru – Three Italian musicians performing with the National Symphony Orchestra

A special musical project organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Lima, in collaboration with the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, is now under way. Three Italian guests will be performing with Peru’s National Symphony Orchestra during is 2015 season. The first event, on 6 March, sees conductor Matteo Pagliari lead the orchestra at the Gran […]

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4 March 2015

Brazil – Meeting of Parliamentary Friendship Group

The first meeting of the Brazil-Italy Parliamentary Friendship Group since the beginning of the South American country’s new parliament has taken place at the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. Chaired by our Ambassador, Raffaele Trombetta, and by deputy Riccardo Barros, the meeting focused on strengthening economic, political and cultural ties between Italy and Brazil. The group […]

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Press Releases

3 March 2015

Under-Secretary Giro’s mission to Uruguay comes to an end

The mission to Uruguay by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, came to an end yesterday evening, 2 March 2015. Under-Secretary Giro attended in the inauguration ceremony for the new President, Tabaré Vázquez. “We’re now working to revitalise Italian-Uruguayan relations, especially economic”, commented Giro. During the inauguration ceremony the Under-Secretary also […]

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3 March 2015

Argentina – “Introvisione” exhibition opens

The “Introvisione” art movement has arrived in Argentina. For a month, starting on 5 March 2015, the Borjes cultural centre will host an exhibition featuring 3 Italian artists: Giovanni Schiaroli and Roberto Giovannetti (painters) and Monica Rafaeli (sculptor). The artists have also invited the Argentinian photographer Daniel Goldberg to exhibit with them. The exhibition was […]

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27 February 2015

Argentina – Italy showcased at Pantalla Pinamar

The 11th edition of the Argentine-European film festival Pantalla Pinamar, named for the same Argentine town located in the province of Buenos Aires, will take place from 7 to 14 March. Italy will enjoy a special showcase for its latest productions in the section “Selected films from the Taormina Festival”. There will be a press […]

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25 February 2015

Argentina – Growth in Medical Cooperation

Italy and Argentina are contributing to the further development of collaboration in the field of medicine. A fourth cooperation framework agreement between the Italian Gastroenterologists Association and its Argentine counterpart, signed in the presence of the Italian ambassador to Buenos Aires Teresa Cataldo, is intended to promote youth training exchanges, joint clinical trials and joint […]

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24 February 2015

Ecuador – Italian kinetic art

A selection of the works ofthe most prominent of the legendary optical and kinetic art movement betweenthe 1950s and 70s, from Bruno Munari to artists still active such as GetulioAlviani will be on display from 28 February through 19 April at the Centro deArte Contemporaneo of Quito. The exhibition of 50 collages, videos, sculpturesand other […]

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23 February 2015

Mexico – The poetry of Massimo Rizzante

The auditorium of Mexico City’s Italian Cultural Institute will host a presentation by poet, academic and translator Massimo Rizzante entitled “Poetry and the world of prose”. Juan Villoro Rizzante, who currently teaches Italian contemporary literature and comparative literature at the University of Trent, will deliver the introduction. He has directed the International Seminar on the […]

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20 February 2015

Buenos Aires‎ – First meeting of EXPO working group

The EXPO Milan–Italian Regions working group has held its first meeting in Buenos Aires. Organised by the Italian Embassy in Argentina, the event was hosted by Feditalia and attended by the Embassy’s Economic Councillor, Stefano Canzio; the president of Fedemarche, Juan Pedro Brandi; the director of the Italian Trade office, Sergio La Verghetta; the ENIT […]

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