Seoul: ”4 dive” italiane in mostra (in translation)
Si 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 moreInternationalisation – first meeting of new “Control Panel”. A key instrument to coordinate export promotion and support strategies. Joint communiqué from chairpersons
A common and concrete effort by Government, local institutions and the business world to coordinate our country’s internationalisation policies and strategies to best effect. Placing promotional initiatives and instruments for analysis and market penetration on a systematic footing. And focusing financial resources on specific, agreed objectives. These were the topics discussed at the first meeting […]
Read moreRossella Urru is free, announces Terzi
After 270 days in captivity, Rossella Urru is free. The release of the aid worker kidnapped in southern Algeria on 23 October 2011 was announced by Minister Giulio Terzi. “This is wonderful news”, the Minister told journalists at the Farnesina. He explained that he had conveyed a message from President Napolitano to the relatives of […]
Read moreLondra: Maestro Pappano suona Verdi all’Ambasciata Italiana (in translation)
Il 17 luglio l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Londra ha ospitato una grande serata musicale per il lancio delle nuove produzioni delle Opere Nabucco, Don Carlos e Simon Boccanegra, in calendario nella Stagione 2012/2013 della Royal Opera House di Covent Garden. Al ricevimento offerto dall’Ambasciatore d’Italia, Alain Giorgio Maria Economides, nei saloni della residenza di Grosvenor Square […]
Read moreBarcelona – An exhibition on the Catalan presence in Sardinia
An exhibition of photographs and documents illustrating the story of the Sardinian-Catalan nobility has opened at Montjuïc Castle in Barcelona. The event was followed by the 8th series of “Els Plenilunis al Castell de Montjuïc” concerts, organised by the Amics del Castell de Montjuïc and the Salvador d’Horta “Sardinians in Spain” Association, with the collaboration […]
Read moreControl Panel for International Italy – Farnesina, 18 July 2012
Today the Farnesina is hosting the first meeting of the “Control Panel for International Italy”, chaired by the Foreign and Economic Development Ministers, Giulio Terzi and Corrado Passera. The goal is to draw up the strategic direction and guidelines, including resource planning, for the promotion of the business and industry system abroad and its internationalisation. […]
Read moreMediterranean: High-growth companies for regional development
High-growth companies and women’s entrepreneurship are the two key factors to unlock the growth potential in North Africa and the Middle East (MENA). The point was underscored in an OECD report presented at a meeting of the MENA-OECD Working Group on policies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurship and the development of human capital. […]
Read moreICC – International criminal justice (day – 17 july)
On 17 July, for the second year, we are celebrating “International Criminal Justice Day”. The date is the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute in 1998, setting up the International Criminal Court. To commemorate this event, the ICC flag is being flown at the Farnesina and the Italian Embassy at The Hague. Until […]
Read moreMiddle East: Direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations must resume, says Terzi
Italy supports “the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations to restart the peace process”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the close of a meeting at the Farnesina with his Palestinian counterpart, Riad Malki. “The status quo is not an option, especially in a situation in rapid change like that of the […]
Read moreWomen in Diplomacy – Terzi: inclusione donne parte essenziale della democrazia (in translation)
Le donne, sempre più protagoniste dei processi di transizione socio-politica ed economica, rappresentano tutt’oggi una risorsa non ancora pienamente valorizzata e molto resta ancora da fare in termini di parità economica e affermazione in politica. La conferenza ‘Women in Diplomacy’, che si è svolta alla Farnesina su impulso del Sottosegretario Marta Dassù, è servita proprio […]
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