Minister Giulio Terzi chaired a meeting today in Rome with representatives of prominent Italian firms operating in the United States and various cultural institutions to present the Year of Italian Culture in the USA: a calendar of over 100 cultural and promotional events to be presented in a range of American cities throughout 2013. The […]
Read moreWhat emerged from the meeting with Obama and the top EU leaders at the G20 meeting that just ended in Los Cabos in Mexico was “agreement on both sides of the Atlantic on the need for growth, financial stability and fiscal responsibility”, according to Minister Giulio Terzi, who explained the “deep US concern for the […]
Read moreCaro Direttore, sappiamo ormai con certezza due cose, che incidono sull’agenda del G20 di Los Cabos. La prima è che i Brics stanno incontrando – in misura maggiore India e Brasile, in misura minore la Cina – i loro problemi: l’idea di una espansione economica praticamente ininterrotta di queste economie era poco fondata dall’inizio ma […]
Read moreThe Italian Cultural Institute in New York is organising a conference on the changes in Italy since World War II as viewed on the big screen. The conference will take place on 19 June 2012. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreKofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria “is not dead”, he said as much himself at the end of a meeting of the UN Security Council in which UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, however, affirmed that hopes were fading for the success of the plan such as it is. After a discussion in the General Assembly, […]
Read moreThe June issue of the English-language world affairs magazine “Longitude” (Editor-in-Chief Pialuisa Banco) will be on newsstands as of 4 June 2012, featuring a panorama on the European crisis and its strategic repercussions, the West and its new partners, and the aerospace industry’s power to drive the economy. Also included are a close look at […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi issued a statement from the UN in New York on the occasion of the 20° anniversary of the Capaci killings. “Giovanni Falcone is a hero in the struggle against organised crime on Italian soil and beyond and through international collaboration. Honoring the memory of Giovanni Falcone, Francesca Morvillo and […]
Read moreThe 25th NATO summit, which will be taking place in Chicago on 20 and 21 May 2012, will be “the biggest in the Alliance’s history”, commented NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The Secretary General underscored that during the maxi-summit, which around 60 countries and organisations will be attending, a further 20-30 multi-national projects will […]
Read moreLectio Magistralis by Minister Terzi “Responsibility to protect” (John Cabot University, Rome, 15 May 2012) President Pavoncello, Chairman Hagan, Members of the Board of Trustees, Distinguished Faculty, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, And – above all – you, the best and the brightest: the graduates of the class of 2012, Thank you for awarding me […]
Read moreFrom 8 May to 7 June the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles will be hosting “150 years of Italian Genius”, a travelling exhibition curated by the Rosselli Foundation. The exhibition showcases the most important scientific discoveries from the year of Italy’s unification up to our own day and highlights their contribution to the quality […]
Read moreThe Italian Embassy acted as host to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, on 29 April 2012. The event was the ceremony for the repatriation to Italy of a number of significant artefacts confiscated in the United States at the request of the Italian authorities. New Italy-United States agreement The ceremony, which followed negotiations […]
Read moreItaly’s contribution to the fund to support Afghanistan’s security forces at the end of the transition in late 2014 will be “substantial and in line with the size and quality of its presence in Afghanistan over the last decade”. The assurance was given by Minister Giulio Terzi, speaking in Brussels during the meeting of NATO […]
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