America Settentrionale

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27 August 2014

USA – Exhibition on Italian Neoclassicism and Futurism

The National Gallery of Art in Washington has mounted an exhibition on Italian Neoclassicism and Futurism that will run from early September to February 2015. The exhibit is part of the cultural events organised in honour of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. “I am very pleased to see the National […]

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25 August 2014

Montreal – Italy participates in Festival Films du Monde

Montreal is hosting the 38th Festival des Films du Monde. Italy is competing with a variety of offerings, and Italian actor, screenwriter and director Sergio Castellitto is chairing the festival jury. This year’s edition, dedicated to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, aims to promote cultural diversity and understanding among peoples, and spread the knowledge of cinema to […]

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19 August 2014

Dei/Sole 24 Ore: USA: webinar on renewables and clean technologies now available on MFA website

The recording of the webinar on renewable energy and clean technologies which took place in July 2014 has now been published on the MFA website at (/Sala_Stampa/ArchivioNotizie/Approfondimenti/2014/07/20140729_UsaInvestRinn.htm). The webinar was organised by the Italian Embassy in Washington and by Confindustria. Companies who were unable to take part directly will now be able to view the […]

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29 July 2014

Usa – Investment in renewables features in an event organised by our Embassy in Washington

Renewable energy and clean technologies were the focus of a webinar organised by the Italian Embassy in Washington and promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in close coordination with Confindustria, GSE and the World Bank. The event attracted about 100 Italian businesses in the sector, taking part in Rome in an interactive, multi-media format. […]

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Accreditation Notices

24 July 2014

69a Sessione dell’Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite

Si segnala che sul sito delle Nazioni Unite, all’indirizzo http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/UNGA68.shtml, sono reperibili le informazioni relative agli accrediti stampa necessari per seguire, a New York, lo svolgimento della 69a Sessione dell’Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite. In particolare, si sottolinea che i giornalisti e i cine-foto-operatori che non siano già in possesso dell’accredito ONU dovranno registrarsi presso […]

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Press Releases

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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