Cooperation: Education for girls in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Education Minister, the Italian Ambassador to Ethiopia and the Director of UNESCO’s International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) met recently for the signing ceremony for the project on “Retaining Girls in Lower Secondary Schools and Increasing their Learning Outcomes in Ethiopia”. 500,000 dollars allocated The project is a result of a […]
Read moreMomento Italia-Brasile: Gattinoni at Brasilia Fashion Week
The Gattinoni fashion house took pride of place at Brasilia’s Fashion Week, with an international fashion show hosted by the Italian Embassy. The 2-day event attracted key figures from the worlds of politics, diplomacy and fashion, as well as journalists from the sector and young designers and students. Science Without Borders During the pre-show press […]
Read moreMontevideo – the last stage of Written in Italy, an exhibition featuring Italian literature in translation
The travelling exhibition “Written in Italy” has reached its last destination, Uruguay, after a journey of over 100,000 km. The exhibition features an extraordinary collection of works from Italian literature translated into numerous languages. In Montevideo, it opened the Year of Italian Culture in Uruguay. Accompanying the event was a presentation on the work of […]
Read moreSyria: UN Security Council backs Annan plan
The UN Security Council approved a declaration backing Kofi Annan’s mission to Syria and calling for compliance with the 10 April deadline for military withdrawal, to be followed within 48 hours by a ceasefire. Ceasefire within 12 April The declaration demands that the Syrian government comply “immediately, and no later than 10 April next”, with […]
Read moreBosusco kidnapping: “The negotiations are on-going; we feel confident”. Italian marines: “We’re keeping up the pressure on the jurisdiction principle”
The negotiations for the release of Paolo Bosusco, the Italian hostage held by Maoists in India, “are making progress and we feel confident about the outcome”. These were the words of Minister Giulio Terzi, after reviewing with the Crisis Unit the situation of the ten Italian nationals held hostage abroad. As regards the case of […]
Read moreSafe Travel – Understand the risks before you leave, says Terzi
The Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit is handling the cases of Italian nationals kidnapped abroad with “great diligence and commitment, 24/7”. The point was underscored by Minister Giulio Terzi, at the end of a meeting with officials from the Crisis Unit to review the situation. The Minister also underlined that “we remain confident” as to the […]
Read morePrague: Italian and Czech photography students show their work at the Italian Cultural Institute
Over 50 photographs by students of the Institut tvůrčí fotografie in Opava and the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti (LABA) in Brescia will be on display at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague from 2 to 14 April. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBuenos Aires: immigration and identity – a concert at the Park of Remembrance
Immigration, exile and the construction of identity, starting with the memory of the communities who emigrated to America. Questions that are keenly felt in Argentina, as they are in Italy. And which are now the subject of the concert “In the Blood: dreams of water and landfall”. Virginia Innocenti takes centre stage The performance features […]
Read moreASEAN Forum: New investment opportunities in southeast Asia
The Secretary General of ASEAN, Surin Pitsuwan, and the member states’ heads of delegation, have expressed their great satisfaction with the outcome of the ASEAN Awareness Forum. The Forum took place at the Foreign Ministry on 22-23 March 2012. The Forum was the first “awareness-raising” initiative organised in Europe and involving all the ASEAN countries. […]
Read moreMaputo: opportunities in Mozambique, trade mission by Udine Chamber of Commerce
Udine’s Chamber of Commerce has staged a trade mission led by the Chamber President, Giovanni Da Pozzo, and organised in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Maputo and the Italian-South African Chamber of Commerce. The mission includes representatives from 14 Friuli-based companies interested in investment opportunities in Mozambique. The companies took part in B2B meetings […]
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