Amsterdam – Friuli’s excellence on tour: the first promotional event in the Netherlands
On 8 May 2012 Amsterdam hosted the first promotional event in the Netherlands organised by Udine Chamber of Commerce to showcase products and tourism offerings from Friuli-Venezia Giulia The promotion included a technical seminar devoted to interior design, which illustrated the history of the “Chair District” as a example of excellence that marries tradition with […]
Read moreEdinburgh: Italy from 1970 to today: photography exhibition
An exhibition on “Our Land: Italian photography and video from 1970 to today” is currently being staged at the Stills photography gallery in Edinburgh. The show, a collective, interprets Italy, its land and the use of that land since the years following the “economic miracle”, when the impact of rapid industrialisation wrought radical changes on […]
Read moreCooperation: Romania – rehabilitation project for young people
The training and social-educational rehabilitation project for disadvantaged young people from Panciu, in Romania’s Vrancea region, will come to an end on 31 May 2012. The project was financed by Italian Development Cooperation and implemented by COMI, a non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with local partner organisation ROM PENTRU ROM. 350,000 euros for training initiatives and […]
Read moreAfghanistan – Terzi addresses Chamber: undreamt-of goals achieved, thanks also to Italy
“Both Italy’s international partners and the Afghan population have been unanimous in their appreciation of the role played by our country in Afghanistan. Thanks to our contribution, goals that just 10 years ago seemed impossible have been achieved: we need only think that 69 women now sit in Parliament”. These were some of the comments […]
Read moreTel Aviv – Italy taking part in agritech 2012
With more than 100 countries taking part and over 7000 foreign visitors registered to attend, AGRITECH 2012 is one of the most important international events organised in Israel. Italy is taking part with about 100 participants. These include representatives of numerous institutions: the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, the Council for Research and Experimentation in Agriculture […]
Read moreSyria: EU, new sanctions. Terzi: Difficulties for Annan Plan, but there is scope for results
The European Union foreign ministers have approved a new package of sanctions (the 15th) against the Syrian regime. The EU has added 2 companies and 3 individuals to the list of entities and persons whose assets have been frozen because they are considered as “funding sources”. With today’s decision, taken at the Foreign Affairs Council […]
Read moreLibya: EU agrees with Italian call for closer coordination
The EU Foreign Ministers have agreed with Italy’s call, voiced by Foreign Minister Terzi at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, for closer coordination with Libya at the European level on border security and immigration issues. The FAC agreed, too, with the Italian call for a change of pace by the EU with respect to […]
Read moreDIPLOMATIC INSTITUTE – Study visit by 55 Italian diplomats to the Trevi Group
On 3 and 4 May the Trevi Group hosted a delegation of 55 Italian diplomatic at Cesena. Taking part in the study visit, organised in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry’s Diplomatic Institute, were participants in the “Carlo Sforza” training course for newly recruited diplomats at “second secretary” grade and still on probation. Participants also included […]
Read moreA maritime Italy at the Yeosu Expo
A point of contact and synthesis between “Italy’s historic maritime calling and modern technologies”. That’s why Italy could not miss the International Exposition at Yeosu, in South Korea, the last stage in the run-up to the Milan 2015 Universal Expo. “It was important to be here, even at a time of crisis, to show that […]
Read moreFLORENCE – Conference on Italian economic diplomacy and emerging countries
The role of Italian economic diplomacy with respect to Turkey, India, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, China, Russia and South Africa (the BRICS and TIMBI countries) and the Foreign Ministry’s strategic lines in support of the internationalisation of the Italian economic system. These topics were the focus of a conference hosted in Florence in early May by […]
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