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10 May 2013
UN – Battaggia candidate for DG UNIDO has Bonino support

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino expressed her “full support” for the candidacy of Diana Battaggia for Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in a message delivered on the occasion of the candidate’s presentation in Vienna of her proposal to relaunch the organisation as a leader in the “development of emerging […]

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9 May 2013
USA – Events in Boston: L’Aquila and Franco Modigliani

Events for the Year of Italian Culture in the USA continue in Boston, where a seminar illustrating the reconstruction of the historic city of L’Aquila was held, as well as two panels: one on the impact of Italian Nobel laureate Franco Modigliani’s studies on economic theory and the other on the future of the euro.

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19 April 2013
SPAGNA – Madrid commemorates Rita Levi-Montalcini

Madrid celebrates Rita Levi-Montalcini, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, with a commemoration organised by the Italian Embassy on the eve of what would have been her 104th birthday. The event, organised in collaboration with the Mensajeros de la Paz association, was intended to highlight not just this extraordinary women but also the ample […]

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17 April 2013
Florence will host the General Assembly of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), a UNESCO body, in 2014

Florence will host the General Assembly of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in 2014. ICOMOS is a UNESCO non-governmental international organisation dedicated to the conservation of the world’s monuments and sites. The General Assembly will be an event of great international significance and will have a great impact on Italy. Indeed, the […]

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11 April 2013
“Italy of the Future”, excellence in research on display in Tokyo

The opening of the “Italy of the Future” travelling exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo has launched a month of seminars, meetings and events designed to showcase Italian excellence to the Japanese research and industry communities in the fields of science, technology and innovation. Coordinated by the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo as […]

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29 March 2013
MOZAMBIQUE – Italy funds university research

Young researchers from Mozambique presented “Biotechnology for Health” and “The Genetic Characterisation of Populations”, at the first symposium of biotechnologies masters of the Eduardo Mondlane University. The symposium was organized within the context of the training and continuing education programme of the biotechnology centre funded by the Italian government, Sardegna Research and the Universities of […]

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19 March 2013
ITALY-USA: Italian Space Agency-NASA collaboration agreement signed

Coinciding with the celebration of the first 50 years of space collaboration between Italy and the United States, the two countries signed a framework agreement today in Washington on cooperation in the use of space for peaceful purposes. The agreement was signed by Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero and Director General for Scientific Affairs of the […]

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28 February 2013
Italy-Usa: The Year of Culture will strengthen ties

The 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 […]

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26 February 2013
WASHINGTON honours Renato Dulbecco

On 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 […]

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25 February 2013
PERU’ – Viaggio “italiano” tra le piramidi di Cahuachi (in translation)

L’Italia protagonista di un emozionante viaggio tra le piramidi della Velle di Nazca. Il professor Giuseppe Orefici, direttore della missione di scavo italiana a Cahuachi, ha tenuto nel centro storico di Lima, in suggestivi locali del ministero degli Esteri peruviano, la conferenza “Le piramidi di Cahuachi: progressi delle ricerche sul centro teocratico Nazca”. Feconda collaborazione […]

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19 February 2013
SPACE: A PRIORITY FOR Italian FOREIGN POLICY, SAYS VALENSISE

For the Italian Foreign Ministry “supporting the entire system that fosters the development of space initiatives is a key priority”, in view of the sector’s “essential role in an increasingly global economy and its impact on international relations in the sector”. The points were underscored by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]

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14 February 2013
Inaugurazione anno accademico – Terzi: riportare la cultura al centro del dibattito politico

Magnifico Rettore dell’Università di Bergamo, Magnifici Rettori, Professori e studenti, Signore e Signori, rivolgo a tutti voi un cordialissimo saluto. Ben ritrovati nella nostra Bergamo! Sono particolarmente grato al Rettore Stefano Paleari per l’invito. Negli ultimi quindici mesi, e ancora in queste ultime settimane di attività di governo, la cultura – nella sua declinazione ampia […]

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