DUSSELDORF – Ducati wins Mercury Award for contribution to Italian/German industrial synergy
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. won the Mercury Award 2012 of the Italian-German economic association Mercurio-DIW (Deutsch-italienische Wirtschaftsgesellschaft), which is awarded to outstanding companies or projects that seek to maintain economic and commercial relations between Italy and Germany. Exceptional contribution to the image of high technology and Italian design worldwide The award was for the exceptional […]
Read moreThe Italian Cooperation in Pakistan, a success story
The Italian Cooperation’s numerous initiatives in Pakistan were presented during an event entitled ‘Italian-Pakistani partnership for development’, organized in Islamabad in collaboration with the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) of the Pakistani Finance Ministry tasked with coordinating international cooperation. Italian initiatives in remote and unstable areas Participants included high level ministerial and provincial government officials, who […]
Read moreSANTIAGO – Public invited to view the residence of the Italian Ambassador to Chile
The Santiago Residence of the Italian Ambassador to Chile was opened to the public for the Festival of the Republic on 2 and 3 June, for a special viewing of rooms and gardens. To read more select ITALIANO at the top of the page.
Read moreSyria: working to boost the Annan plan – risk of genocide if intervention is not rapid, warns Terzi
Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria “is not dead”, he said as much himself at the end of a meeting of the UN Security Council in which UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, however, affirmed that hopes were fading for the success of the plan such as it is. After a discussion in the General Assembly, […]
Read moreSLOVAKIA – Mec-art, retrospective on Gianni Bertini in Zilina
A retrospective of 40 works by Gianni Bertini – whose “mec-art” was a precursor to Pop Art – opens at the Municipal Gallery of Zilina (Slovakia). It was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava to celebrate the artist’s 90th birthday and 40 years since the creation of a project in Slovakia with his […]
Read moreSyria: Istanbul summit, “transition strategy” – toward new sanctions. Involve Russia but not Iran, says Terzi
Something has shifted on the diplomatic front with regard to the Syrian crisis. Today’s meeting of the Friends of Syria in Istanbul produced a “transition strategy” backed by new sanctions and the involvement of Russia (but not Iran) in stopping the ongoing bloodbath in that Arab country. While the Russian-Chinese summit in Beijing announced its […]
Read moreBEIJING – Palazzo Strozzi Foundation in China to promote the cultural treasures of Tuscany
Promoting the historical, cultural and artistic treasures of Florence, Tuscany and Italy to the Chinese was the goal of a mission to Beijing by President of the Association of Partners of Palazzo Strozzi (APPS) Leonardo Ferragamo to propose the Foundation’s inclusion of potential Chinese partners. Ferragamo was received by Ambassador of Italy to the People’s […]
Read moreCooperation: Steering Committee to set new priorities
Setting new intervention priorities while facing dwindling resources is the goal of the Italian Development Cooperation’s Steering Committee when it meets on 8 June to set 2012-2014 guidelines. Cooperation an essential foreign policy tool Cooperation is one of the most “essential tools of foreign policy”, and in order to maintain its effectiveness it is necessary […]
Read moreTerrorism: Al Qaeda remains the main threat, says Terzi
Despite the “progress made on a global scale” in combating it, Al Qaeda “remains the main threat” when it comes to terrorism, Minister Giulio Terzi said speaking at the Global Counterterrorism Forum in Istanbul. The AQMI, Boko Haram, Shabaab and the AQAP, he added, “have become channels for the spread of violence from the Sahel […]
Read moreUniversities: Terzi urges attracting foreign students to Italy
Growth in Italy depends partly on attracting the best minds from abroad to our universities, Minister Giulio Terzi underscored in his welcome message, read by Under-Secretary Marta Dassù, at the conference “Networks and agencies for internationalization in Europe” organized at the foreign ministry in Rome by Uni-Italia, an agency created to attract Chinese students to […]
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