MADRID: PRIMO CONCERTO DEL CICLO ‘GRANDI VOCI PER VERDI’ (in translation)
Il baritono Michele Pertusi, accompagnato al pianoforte da Michele Errico, è stato il protagonista del primo concerto del ciclo “Grandi voci per Verdi”, all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Madrid. Alla presenza dell’Ambasciatore d’Italia Pietro Sebastiani, è stato presentato un compatto programma monografico verdiano, spaziando dalle poco conosciute, ma magnifiche, Romanze da camera, un genere molto […]
Read moreLatin America: rich in opportunities for growth, says Terzi
Latin America is a sub-continent rich in opportunities for Italy and the European Union from the perspective – through collaboration following the small and medium-sized enterprise model – of innovation and smart cities. The point was underscored by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the seminar on “The Latin America-EU Strategic Partnership and the Challenges of […]
Read moreKenya: Italian Development Cooperation sends food and medical supplies for the population of Turkana
Italian Development Cooperation has donated food and medical supplies to the population of the Lake Turkana region in north-western Kenya, where communities are suffering extreme conditions and serious shortages of basic supplies. The Italian donation, of 150,000 euros, was used to buy 74 tons of corn, 47 tons of beans and 22,000 litres of cooking […]
Read moreTBILISI ITALY PLAYS A STARRING ROLE AT THE FILM FESTIVAL, WITH GIANCARLO GIANNINI
Italy played a starring role at the 13th International Film Festival in Tbilisi in December 2012. The Italian programme, produced with support from our Embassy, included appearances by Giancarlo Giannini, guest of honour in the “Actor in Focus” section. Read more, in Italian
Read moreItaly-Libya Business Forum: Growth opportunities and support for transition, says Terzi
Libya’s democratic transition “has reached a decisive stage and Italy is intensifying its broad range of actions to support the country on the path to democracy and economic recovery. With the fullest respect for its independence”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi as he opened the second Italy-Libya Economic Forum at the […]
Read moreItaly-Libya – Economic Forum at the Farnesina with Terzi and el-Magariaf
Supporting the transition in Libya and building on our close bilateral relations. This is the approach inspiring today’s Italy-Libya Economic Forum co-chaired by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi and Libya’s Head of State and President of the General National Assembly, Mohammed el-Magariaf. During his visit to Rome, el-Magariaf will also be meeting the President of the […]
Read moreTEL AVIV VISCONTI’S “SENSO” OPENS THE EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL
The Italian Ambassador in Israel, Francesco Maria Talò, the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, Carmela Callea, and Andrea Meneghelli of Bologna’s Cinematheque, will introduce a screening of the digitally restored version of Luchino Visconti’s “Senso” on 10 January 2013. The event will take place at the Cinematheque in Tel Aviv. Read […]
Read moreFreed seamen back in Italy. A positive outcome to a long operation, says Terzi
The three Italian seamen kidnapped in Nigeria on 23 December 2012 and freed during the night of Tuesday 8 January are back home safe and sound. The kidnapping followed an attack on the Asso21 cargo-boat owned by Augusta Offshore.Emiliano Astarita, and the two officers, Salvatore Mastellone and Giuseppe D’Alessio, who arrived in Rome on Wednesday […]
Read moreBando per la raccolta di progetti congiunti di ricerca scientifica e tecnologica nell’ambito del Programma di Cooperazione Scientifica e Tecnologica tra Italia e Giappone per il periodo 2013 – 2015 – Scadenza: 7 febbraio 2013 (in translation)
Bando per la raccolta di progetti congiunti di ricerca scientifica e tecnologica nell’ambito del Programma di Cooperazione Scientifica e Tecnologica tra Italia e Giappone per il periodo 2013 – 2015 – Scadenza: 7 febbraio 2013
Read moreNigeria: Italian seamen are free and will soon be home, says Terzi
“Our three seamen are free and will soon be back in Italy”. The news that the families had been awaiting since Christmas Eve was announced early this morning by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi. The nightmare is over for Emiliano Astarita, Salvatore Mastellone e Giuseppe D’Alessio (respectively, the captain, first officer and engineer of the Asso21, […]
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