Within the context of the events for the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, prize-winning chef Massimo Bottura of Modena’s dell’Osteria Francescana planned and executed a menu entitled “Come to Italy with us” at the International Culinary Center in the Big Apple. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreNEW YORK. Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata is in New York for meetings at the United Nations. On Monday 4 March 2013 he met the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, to discuss Libya and Somalia and the crises in Syria, Mali and the Sahel. At the end of the meeting, Terzi gave us this long […]
Read moreForeign Minister Giulio Terzi has opened an exhibition entitled “’Piero della Francesca in America” at the Frick Collection in New York. The event came at the end of his two day-visit to the city, during which he met the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, and the President of the General Assembly, Vuk […]
Read moreThe “Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership” (TTIP), the outlook for the eurozone and the G20’s initiatives on international financial stability. These were the key issues discussed at Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s meeting today, 5 March 2013, with American economic–financial experts who are members of the International Economic Alliance (IEA). Minister Terzi is in New York […]
Read moreThe need for firmer pressure on the Syrian regime by the international community in order to find a road leading to a solution of the crisis. That was the key point of the discussion between Minister Giulio Terzi and the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, at the UN headquarters. Both agreed on […]
Read moreWithin the context of the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, an encounter was held at New York University with poet Corrado Calabrò – legal expert and President of AGCOM since 2005 – on contemporary Italian poetry, entitled “A life in Its Own Space”. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreThe lost silver treasures of the Venice Jewish Quarter will be displayed, for the first time, through 28 April at the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (MFAH). The objects from the Venice synagogue were hidden away in 1943 and restored by Venetian Heritage Inc after their rediscovery 10 years ago. They include Jewish religious […]
Read moreThe year of Italian culture in the United States aims to strengthen ties with the American people, with whom Italy “shares the values of democracy, rule of law, identity and respect for people”, asserted Minister Giulio Terzi, who presented the initiative along with US Secretary of State John Kerry. More than 180 events in 40 […]
Read moreAn appeal to the Syrian regime for the immediate cessation of the bombardments and for President Assad to step down, and the promise of increased political and material support to the Syrian National Coalition, recognised as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people. This was the outcome of a meeting Minister Giulio Terzi chaired […]
Read moreOn the first anniversary of the death of Renato Dulbecco, distinguished Italian biologist and physician and winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on oncoviruses, the Italian Embassy in Washington has organized a conference in his honour. “The Dulbecco Legacy from cancer biology, molecular genetics and novel therapeutic applications, to science […]
Read moreItaly is once at the centre of the international diplomatic effort to resolve the Syrian crisis. The spotlight will be on Rome next Thursday, 28 February, for the meeting of the “High Level Group on Syria” organised by Italian diplomacy at the request of the new US Secretary of State, John Kerry. Taking part will […]
Read moreThe “Hats on Film” exhibition, a celebration of Italian style and craftsmanship, opens at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles on 19 February 2013. The event is being promoted by the “Cappello di Firenze” consortium and Artigianato e Palazzo, a fair featuring the best of Italian craftsmanship. On display will be hundreds of straw […]
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