Austria – Books, Mimmo Gangemi presents “La signora di Ellis Island”

In 1902 many Italians took off to look for a better life in America, and they included Giuseppe, 21, the eldest child of a peasant’s family from the Aspromonte. He left everything behind and traveled across the ocean, but promised to comeback. He is the main character of “La signora di Ellis Island” [The lady […]

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Italy – A documentary tells the forgotten story of Italians at Trauenbrietzen

Images and words to preserve memories. The Department of Communication and Economics (DCE) and the Mediateca of Unimore (the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) hosted a meeting, organised by the “Amici di passato e presente” [friends of the past and the present] association. It was for students, faculty members and all those interested in […]

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An all-Italian contemporary dance performance staged in Belgrade

“The one who dances walks on water and into flames”, said Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, surely moved by a form of communication capable of leaving everybody in awe. Paolo Mangiola, dancer, choreographer and professor who lives between Rome and London, knows this only too well. He has long practiced as a freelance […]

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Alfano: «Teamwork between enterprises and diplomacy» (Il Sole 24 Ore)

“In two years, Italian companies have won 756 contracts in ninety Countries. Prometeia estimates that we have produced value added for over 16.4 billion euros, accounting for 1.1% of our annual GDP, and tax revenues for 6.7 billion, thus generating a fallout on employment with 234,000 jobs,” said Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, while taking stock […]

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Integrated Promotion – “How much Italian economic diplomacy is worth”

Today, Rome’s Confindustria hosted the conference “How much Italian economic diplomacy is worth – The economic impact of the support of the Farnesina to Italian enterprises”, which was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano.  “The research study we assigned to Promoteia reported a truly positive impact on the support and […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 30 January: latest news from the world

Armenia: Yerevan hosts conference on photovoltaic investment opportunities  The capital of Armenia hosted a conference which targeted potential investors in the photovoltaic sector. The initiative, organised by the local Fund for Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency (R2E2) and sponsored by the Ministry of Energy, the World Bank and the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), focused on […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Minister Alfano’s Press Conference on the occasion of the signing of the “Fund for Africa” Decree (Farnesina, 1 February 2017)

ALFANO: “200 MILLION EUROS FOR COOPERATION TO FIGHT AGAINST IRREGULAR IMMIGRATION. Objective: Stop departures and suppress trafficking of human beings.” URGENT FUNDING FOR THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE OUTER BORDERS AND THE FIGHT AGAINST IRREGULAR IMMIGRATION. CONFERENCE OF MINISTER ALFANO ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE “FUND FOR AFRICA” DECREE. On Wednesday 1 February, at 10:30 […]

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Guatemala – Architecture, “Building the Dream” with Andrea Maffei

The Italian Cultural Institute (ICC) in Guatemala City will host architect Andrea Maffei for a special lecture on 30 January. Mr Maffei will come from Milan for an event called “Building the Dream”, organised by the University Francisco Marroquin, in collaboration with the ICC. The Italian architect partners on Milan’s “CityLife” project with Arata Isozaki, […]

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United States – Italian Consulate presents Italy’s successful managers: focus on Luca Maestri

Luca Maestri, Chief Financial Officer at Apple, will open the series of lectures on Italian executives who hold prestigious positions in international firms. The event, organised by the Italian Consulate in New York City, will take place on 10 February at 6 p.m. at the Consulate premises. The series “Managers: from Italy to top global businesses” is […]

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​Accreditation Notice – Reminder: Conference: “How much is Italy’s economic diplomacy worth? – The economic impact of the Farnesina’s support to Italian enterprises” (Confindustria, 31 gennaio 2017)

Maeci       The economic impact of the Farnesina’s support to Italian enterprises” ​On Tuesday 31 January at 10:30 am the headquarters of Confindustria in Rome will host the Conference on “How much is Italy’s economic diplomacy worth? – The economic impact of the Farnesina’s support to Italian enterprises,” which will be attended by the […]

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CAMPAIGN FOR THE ERADICATION OF FGM. THE ITALIAN COMMITTMENT

Following negotiations, the first substantial resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the ban on FGM was approved by consensus in 2012. On December 19 2016 the General Assembly adopted, by consensus, a third Resolution on the issue, submitted by Gambia, on behalf of the African Group (Burkina Faso being the facilitator in the […]

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Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will host the  “Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation”  conference on Monday January 30 and Tuesday January 31. It is organised by the NGO “Non c’è pace senza giustizia” , in collaboration with the Ministry and the Italian Development Cooperation Agency. The conference is part of the […]

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