Armenia – “The Italy of Knowledge” event in Jerevan
This week’s 13th edition of Italian Language Week in Jerevan, Armenia featured “Research, Discovery, Innovation: The Italy of Knowledge”, an event cited by Ambassador Bruno Scapini as one “focused on Italy’s contribution to centuries of scientific and educational knowledge in various fields of human activity”. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreTbilisi – Italy and restoration arts on display
Tbilisi discovers the art of Italian restoration in an exhibition at Europe House that runs through this Sunday. The itinerant “Restoration in Italy. Art and technology in the activities of the Advanced Institute for Conservation and Restoration” covers the most significant projects completed by the institute since its founding in 1939. Read more, in Italian
Read moreJapan – Osaka hosts education fair
Italy returns to Japan for the second year to present its educational opportunities at the Osaka Study in Italy Fair organised for 10 November by the Italian Cultural Institute of Osaka in collaboration with the Italo-Japanese association, which will also include a two-day exhibit at the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo. Read more, in Italian
Read moreRussia – Italian embassy meets business community
At a recent meeting organised by the diplomatic mission and the Russian industrialists association and Italo-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Italian ambassador to Moscow Cesare Maria Ragaglini met with the Italian business community in Russia to discuss upcoming institutional appointments (bilateral summit in Trieste on 26 November) initiatives to improve trade flows (green corridor and workers […]
Read more3rd Italian Statistics Day
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a member of Sistan (the National statistics system) is one of the organisations celebrating the Third Italian Statistics Day (21 October) promoted and organsised by the Italian National Statistics Institute (ISTAT). Statistical Yearbook 2013 – The MFA in numbers The English version of the Statistical Yearbook 2013 – The MFA […]
Read moreBonino briefs Senate on missions – 23.6 million in aid for crisis areas
In a government briefing of the Senate joint foreign and defence commissions on the status of missions under way and development cooperation and peace and stabilisation interventions, Minister Emma Bonino announced that 23.6 million euro had been earmarked for humanitarian missions on the basis of Enrico Letta’s announcement at the St. Petersburg G20; she added […]
Read moreDiplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Slovacchia: margini in calo per settore agricoltura e salari in crescita (in translation)
Slovacchia: margini in calo per settore agricoltura e salari in crescita Il Ministero dell’Agricoltura ha pubblicato un rapporto secondo il quale il settore agricolo slovacco avrebbe riportato una riduzione di profitti pari 49 milioni di euro nel 2012 (- 34% subas annua), con conseguente diminuzione di introiti per lo Stato per oltre 2 milioni di […]
Read moreGermany – Italy a top and “rising” partner
Italy came out the top partner country at Interlift, the lift industry’s most important trade fair. Hosted in this edition by Agusta Fair, Italy had the highest number of exhibitors (89), second only to Germany (159). Italy’s participation in the fair was organised by the trade association Anica Lift – which groups together firms accounting […]
Read moreUSA – From Florence to Chicago, masterpieces by Artemisia
The Uffizi Gallery of Florence is sending the celebrated “Judith beheading Holfernes” by Artemisia Gentileschi to the Art Institute of Chicago, where it will be included in an exhibition entitled “Violence and Virtue” organised in collaboration with the Foundation for Italian Art and Culture. Read more, in Italian
Read moreWorld Food Day – waste paradoxical, says Bonino
Food waste is paradoxical in our times; over one third of the food produced is lost. If it were possible to recuperate what is lost or thrown away, it would be possible to feed a major portion of the world’s current population”. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s message for World Food Day, […]
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