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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Shooting in Mexico: the Foreign Ministry confirms the death of an Italian

The Foreign Ministry confirms that the Italian national who was wounded in the shooting at Playa del Carmen, Mexico, has died. The Foreign Ministry and the Italian Embassy in Mexico City, working in close connection with local authorities, have already contacted the family to provide them with the best possible assistance in this difficult moment.

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Argentina – Concert by Elisa Iovele-Roberto Brandolisio duo

After the success recorded in 2016, the “Suono Italiano-Friuli in Musica” (“Italian Sound-Friuli in Music”) project promoted in Argentina by the Friuli Venezia-Giulia Region in conjunction with the Italian National Music Committee, is scheduled to continue into 2017. The Italian Cultural Institute in Córdoba, in partnership with the Councillorship for Culture of the Province of […]

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United Kingdom – Science Park: Arexpo presents tendering process at Ambassador’s residence

A Science Park, an area entirely dedicated to science, technology and innovation, is currently being established on the area that hosted the Expo Milano 2015. On 11 January, at the residence of the Italian Ambassador in London, the top management of Arexpo presented the public tender that was launched to choose a partner in the […]

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Minister Alfano will travel to Paris to attend the Plenary Session of the Middle East Peace Conference

On 15 January the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will travel to Paris to participate in the Plenary Session of the Middle East Peace Conference, organized by the French Government and chaired by France’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault. The Conference is scheduled to start at 2:30 pm, when the […]

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European Union: Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Amendola meets European Commissioner Johannes Hahn

​The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, accompanied by Italy’s Permanent Representative to the European Union, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, and by the Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, Michele Giacomelli, met today in Brussels, as part of the Italian Presidency of the “Berlin Process” , the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement, Johaness Hahn. […]

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Colombia – Author Iacopo Barison participates in the Hay Festival

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Bogotá announces that the twelfth Hay Festival in Cartagena de Indias, taking place from 26 to 29 January, will also be attended by Italian author Iacopo Barison. Major literary figures including Mario Vargas Llosa (Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature 2010), Simon Sebag Montefiore, Andrea Wulf, Hisham Matar, Phil Manzanera, Carmen […]

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Japan – Masterpieces of chamber music at the Italian Cultural Institute, concert by the Bortolotto-Andri duo

From Ludwig van Beethoven to César Franck and Nino Rota, the masterpieces of chamber music by the greatest composers will be feature in concerts to be given at the Italian Cultural Institute (ICC) in Tokyo by two talented musicians from Friuli: Laura Bortolotto on violin and Matteo Andri on piano. The duo, whose solo and chamber […]

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Austria – From Visconti to Tornatore, Sicily in the movies

Many Italian films have Sicily as their common denominator, including The Earth Trembles by Luchino Visconti, Respiro by Emanuele Crialese, Forever Mery by Marco Risi and Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore. Sicily is an island of contradictions – a landing stage for thousands of migrants and a reflection of the poverty of southern Italy, but also a […]

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