Italian lyric music debuts in Manila at the celebrations for the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and the Philippines, with a staging of scenes from the Barber of Seville.
Read moreWomen’s rights are pivotal to Italian foreign policy. Our country has always played a key role in promoting efforts on behalf of gender equality and against discrimination on the international arena. That also means raising awareness of the need for women’s greater participation in world governance — beginning with diplomacy — and encouraging women’s professional […]
Read moreThe Italian Embassy in Beijing has opened a visa centre in Ulaan Baatar where Mongolian citizens can obtain information about and apply for visas to enter Italy. The initiative falls within the context of efforts to strengthen relations with Mongolia, with a view to improving services for tourists, students and business persons wishing to visit […]
Read moreSi e’ aperta a Seoul, il 18 luglio scorso, presso il Korea Foundation Cultural Center, la mostra “4 DIVE”, curata da Luciano Calosso ed Enrica Barbano per l’Associazione Culturale Colosseum ed organizzata dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaborazione con la prestigiosa fondazione coreana e con il sostegno della Fondazione Annamode, della Fondazione Allori e dell’Archivio […]
Read moreThe glaciers of Tibet have receded over the past 50 years by 10-15% as a result of climate change associated with human activity. The topic was confronted in Beijing at the bilateral Italo-Chinese Conference entitled “From Glacier to Climate. An Euro-Asiatic perspective in cryospheric sciences”, organized by the Italian Embassy in collaboration with the Bicocca […]
Read moreInternational support for Afghanistan will hinge on the commitment by its institutions to fight corruption and respect human rights, especially regarding the condition of women, Under-Secretary Staffan De Mistura explained to the press after the Tokyo Conference on Sunday, which earmarked 16 billion in post-2014 aid. Massively improving the condition of women Italy “dug its […]
Read moreItalian business persons from the marble sector on a mission to Herat met in early July with Nasim Doost, President of the Equity Capital Group, the main Afghan group in the sector of marble quarrying and cutting, along with the Governor of the Province Daoud Saba and President of the Chamber of Commerce Khatibi. The […]
Read more67 works from Florentine National and municipal museums, galleries and art collections: The exhibition “Renaissance in Florence. Masterpieces and Protagonists” for the 100th anniversary of the National Museum of Beijing on 6 July. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.
Read moreAid, yes, once progress has been made. The “Tokyo Declaration”, adopted by over 80 countries and international organisations that met in the Japanese capital (including Afghan President Hamid Karzai, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Under-Secretary De Mistura represented Italy), clearly verified Kabul’s broad-based progress as a condition for […]
Read moreAfghanistan and the accord between Pakistan and the United States on reopening supply routes for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were the main topics of Minister Terzi’s telephone conversation today with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar. Minister Terzi praised the Pakistani government’s high sense of responsibility in reaching this agreement, underscoring how important […]
Read moreNew development interventions in Afghanistan for the post-2014, the date set for foreign military withdrawal, will be the focus of a conference in Tokyo on 8 July, which follows a meeting in Chicago on security. The Italian delegation will be led by Under-Secretary Staffan de Mistura, and join those of over seventy other countries and […]
Read moreThe Italian NGO “Aiutare i bambini” has organised a visit to Uzbekistan by a medical-surgical team to work for a limited period at Tashkent Vakhidov Centre, a hospital specialising in children’s heart surgery. The initiative was organised as part of the “Cuore di Bimbi” programme in collaboration with the Ospedali Riuniti in Bergamo and Milan’s […]
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