Libya, Alfano received at the Farnesina the UN Special Representative Kobler

Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received at the Farnesina the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Libya, Martin Kobler. At the centre of the talks was the current situation in Libya and Italy’s contribution to stabilise the Country. Minister Alfano confirmed to Mr Kobler the Italian government’s full support to […]

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Alfano to Italian Ambassadors in Southeast Asia: strong government support to enhance collaboration in a strategic area​

“You can count on a strong support from our government, that is determined to enhance our cooperation activities in that region of the world, and believes that Europe can and should do more.” With these words Angelino Alfano, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation addressed, during a video conference, the Italian Ambassadors in Southeast Asia, on […]

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Finland – Enit makes a comeback at the Travel & Tourism Trade Fair

‎Enit, Italy’s National Tourism Agency, will be back at the next Travel & Tourism Trade Fair (Matka, 19-22 January 2017), after an absence of nine years. A major event in the tourism industry of Northern Europe, in 2016 Matka recorded 66,794 visitors, of which 13,700 were tour operators. Enit’s comeback on the Finnish market in […]

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New Delhi – “The Weak Spot”: Giampaolo Simi takes centre stage at the Noir Literature Festival

Giampaolo Simi, whose latest novel, “Cosa resta di noi” (Sellerio), released in 2015 and the winner of the Premio Scerbanenco, the most prestigious national prize for noir fiction, will participate in a chat with Abheek Barua at the Noir Literature Festival that will be held in New Delhi from 27 to 29 January. The theme […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Reminder: Conference “Youth and the Mediterranean: Exploring New Approaches to Dialogue and Cooperation” (Farnesina, 19 January 2017)

On Thursday, 19 January, at 10:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the Conference “Youth and the Mediterranean: Exploring New Approaches to Dialogue and Cooperation”, organised by the Institute of International Affairs (IAI) within the framework of the “New-Med Research Network” Programme and promoted by the Italian Chair of the OECD’s “Mediterranean Contact Group”. The Conference […]

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Italian Baroque feasts ‘revamped’ in Lisbon

The “Festa Barocca” (“Baroque Feast”) exhibition, a journey through the protocol milestones of old feasts held at Italian Royal Courts, which began in the Renaissance and became even more flamboyant during the Baroque period, will open at Lisbon’s Palacio Nacional da Ajuda on Thursday. The exhibition narrates Italian culture in a homage to Portugal, being […]

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Promoting Italy’s presence in Southeast Asia

On 18 and 19 January in Jakarta, the headquarters of the Secretariat of ASEAN, the Italian Ambassadors accredited to the 10 Southeast Asian Countries, will study an operational strategy to promote Italy’s presence on a market with 630 million inhabitants, an estimated average GDP growth of 5.3% in 2017, a need for infrastructure worth over […]

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Minister Alfano in Tunis for institutional meetings

On Thursday, 19 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will travel to Tunis for a series of institutional meetings with the Head of State and members of the government. On arrival in the Tunisian capital, Minister Alfano will be welcomed by the Italian Ambassador in Tunis, Raimondo De Cardona, who […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy – 17 January: latest news from the world

Morocco: Eni becomes major operator of Rabat Deep Offshore​ The Moroccan Authorities have greenlighted the farm-out deal between Chariot Oil and Gas and the Italian Eni Group, that will become a 40 percent stakeholder of  the exploration permits in the Rabat Deep Offshore I-IV area and the major operator of a still unexplored lot. It is a 10,780 square kilometres area, […]

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Macfrut, the international fruit and vegetable trade fair, presented in China

MacFrut, the international fruit and vegetable fair organised by Cesena Fiera, is scheduled to run at Rimini Fiera from 10 to 12 May and sees China as a partner country for Italian kiwis (Italy being the top European producer with 500 tonnes) and Basilicata as a partner region for strawberries (top Italian producer with around […]

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Spain – Design, “ITmakES” promotes new know-how between Italy and Spain

In order to support new Made in Italy products in Spain, the Italian Embassy in Madrid is launching a series of projects entitled “ITmakesES”. The initiative, which has enjoyed the support of all the Italian business institutions in Spain, stems from the creative contaminations that have come about between Italian and Spanish designers, creatives, makers […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Conference “Youth and the Mediterranean: Exploring New Approaches to Dialogue and Cooperation” (Farnesina, 19 January 2017)

On Thursday, 19 January, at 10:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the Conference “Youth and the Mediterranean: Exploring New Approaches to Dialogue and Cooperation”, organised by the Institute of International Affairs (IAI) within the framework of the “New-Med Research Network” Programme and promoted by the Italian Chair of the OECD’s “Mediterranean Contact Group”. The Conference […]

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