America Settentrionale

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21 July 2014

Argentine debt restructuring: Italy following the issue closely after the US Supreme Court ruling, says Giro

“We are following the issue of Argentina’s debt restructuring closely after the UN Supreme Court ruling of 16 June last”, stated Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro with regard to the so-called “holdouts”, i.e. creditors who rejected the bond-swap offer advanced by Buenos Aires after the 2001 crisis. “Italy has been pleased to note the […]

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21 July 2014

Dei/Sole 24 Ore: USA: Almaviva signs business services agreement with Google

Almaviva, an Italian ICT group with 700 million euros in turnover, signed an agreement with Google on the basis of which it will be able to sell its clients a package of on-line services created by the US group in the sectors of sales support, access to funds for co-mareting programmes and a Google University […]

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21 July 2014

EU – Scarpitta exhibit in Washington for Italian Presidency

An exhibition of works by Italian sculptor Salvatore Scarpitta (1919-2007) opened today at Washington’s Hirshhorn modern and contemporary art museum to celebrate the Italian EU presidency. “After bringing Titian’s Danae to the National Gellery for the opening of the presidency semester, we are now participating in the celebration of a great artist of our own […]

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21 July 2014

Italy-Usa – Renewable energy seminar with 100 firms

The Embassy of Italy in Washington held an on-line seminar in which one hundred Italian firms operating in the fields of enewable energy and clean technologies participated. The event, linked to the Gestore Servizi Elettrici Italiano (GSE) in Rome, was promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Confindustria, the GSE and […]

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21 July 2014

United States – “On Stage!” Italian theatre festival in New York

Italian theatre went “On Stage!” in New York with more than 20 performances and readings for an audience of over 1,500 people. The Festival of Contemporary Italian Theatre, now in its 2nd edition, was also staged for the first time in Washington at the auditorium of the Italian embassy. Read more, in Italian

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17 July 2014

Canada – Italo Balbo’s trans-Atlantic flightthe focus of an exhibition in Montreal

To mark the 21st “Italian Week” in Montreal, the Canadian city is celebrating Italo Balbo’s famous trans-Atlantic flight in 1933 with a travelling exhibition entitled “Cieli e mari di Balbo”. The exhibition will open on 26 July 2014 in Orbetello, where Balbo’s journey began on 1 July 1933. From there it will transfer to Canada, […]

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17 July 2014

Bisogniero: “EXPO an opportunity to further develop Italian-US relations”

“Today is a great day because it marks the official start of the US participation in Milan’s EXPO 2015”. The comment was made by the Italian Ambassador in the United States, Claudio Bisogniero, during the ground-breakingceremony for the US pavilion. The event was celebrated by Secretary John Kerry at the Department of Statein a live […]

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15 July 2014

Ue-Usa – Piu’ cooperazione in cyber security grazie all’Italia (in translation)

Le opportunita’ di cooperazione scientifica tra Unione europea e Stati Uniti nella ricerca in ambito della Cyber Security. E’ questo il tema centrale di un seminario, organizzato dall’Ambasciata italiana a Washington, che si e’ appena tenuto. Obiettivo dell’iniziativa e’ stato mettere a confronto esperti e tecnici Ue e Usa per pavimentare la strada verso iniziative […]

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15 July 2014

United States – The Italian crime genre on screen in Los Angeles

The Italian crime genre was featured in a film season organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles in collaboration with the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts. The aim was to showcase one of most controversial Italian genres of the 1970s, which more recently has been re-assessed by the critics, […]

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Press Releases

5 July 2014

USA: Mogherini assures Kerry of Italy’s help in boosting peace and security

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini sent US Secretary of State John Kerry the following message for Independence Day: Dear Mr. Secretary of State, I wish to extend my sincerest sentiments of friendship to the American people as they celebrate Day of Independence. The occasion offers me an opportunity to recall the depth of our […]

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4 July 2014

Usa – Semestre italiano all’Ue si apre all’insegna dell’arte (in translation)

Negli Stati Uniti il semestre italiano di presidenza dell’Unione europea si apre all’insegna dell’arte. Il nostro ambasciatore a Washington, Claudio Bisogniero, lo ha presentato alla National Gallery in occasione dell’inaugurazione della mostra della “Danae” di Tiziano.L’esposizione e’ promossa e organizzata dalla sede diplomatica. Il capolavoro rinascimentale, proveniente dal Museso di Capodimonte di Napoli, rimarra’ nella […]

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1 July 2014

Culture – Italian films conquer Canada. Prize for Carlo Verdone

Italian cinema has been a box-office success in Canada, thanks to the Italian Contemporary Film Festival, now in its 3rd edition. The festival was staged in 5 Canadian cities: Toronto, Hamilton, Vaughan, Montreal and Quebec City. The event opened in Toronto, during the month dedicated to the Italian cultural heritage in Ontario. A guest of […]

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