ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Inaugural Event of the 8th “Farnesina Open Doors” dedicated to the subject of “Dialogues, cultures, Mediterranean” (Farnesina, 28 November 2016)​

On Monday 28 November at 10:00 am, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will host the inaugural event of “Farnesina Open Doors“, now at its 8th edition dedicated to the subject of “Dialogues, cultures, Mediterranean.”The event’s rich programme will feature “Love Difference – Mar Mediterraneo” by Michelangelo Pistoletto, that will be set up at […]

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Week of Italian Cuisine in the World: Malta – Portugal – Czech Republic

Malta A gala evening was held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta on 21 November to inaugurate first Week of Italian Cuisine in the World in the presence of the President Emeritus of Malta, Hon. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici. Following the opening address by Italian Ambassador, Giovanni Umberto De Vito, the Director of the Institute […]

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Roadshow for the Internationalisation of Companies – Minister Gentiloni is in Palermo today to open the Foreign Ministry’s event

Italy’s “internationalisation” instruments include offering support to the local companies with sufficient potential to expand to foreign markets. This is the aim of the Roadshow for Internationalisation promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and by the Ministry of Economic Development, the ICE-Foreign Trade Agency, SACE and SIMEST and being presented today in Palermo to […]

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Italy supports humanitarian mine clearance operations

The Italian Cooperation Directorate has approved 7 humanitarian demining projects envisaging mine clearance operations and providing assistance to victims in Countries with serious conflicts or struggling with delicate peace-making processes. The projects, comprehensively worth almost 2 million euros, concern the following Countries: Afghanistan, Somalia, Colombia (2 projects), Palestine, Sudan and Bosnia Herzegovina. They will be […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Reminder: Joint press conference Min. Gentiloni-Msgr. Gallagher (Farnesina, 24 November 2016)

On Thursday, 24 November at 11:00 a.m. at the Farnesina the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will meet the Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, Msgr Richard Gallagher.  A joint press conference is scheduled at the end of the meeting.  Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the […]

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Gentiloni: «Sicilian companies should have the courage to unite to conquer foreign markets» (Giornale di Sicilia)

It is crucial for Italian and Sicilian small and medium-sized companies to find the ways and means to open up to global markets, producing a trade surplus through exports that would also contribute to bolstering Italy’s local economies. The Italian economic system – explains Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni – supports SMEs, offering a whole set […]

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Referendum: Minister Gentiloni and Foreign Affairs senior officials tomorrow will meet the Committes for and against the reforms to be endorsed by the Constitutional Referendum

Tomorrow at the Farnesina the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Ministry’s top officials will meet the representatives of the Committees for the ‘YES’ and the ‘NO’ vote in the Constitutional Referendum which will take place on 4 December. The meetings are scheduled at 5 p.m. and at 6 p.m. […]

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Italy – Vietnam. Rome and Hanoi confirm scientific and technological cooperation agreements

Concurrently with the state visit of the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang, and within the framework of meetings organised by Italian institutions with a view to enhancing  economic, scientific and industrial partnership opportunities, between the two countries, Italy and Vietnam signed the 6th bilateral Executive Protocol for Scientific and Technological Cooperation, on 22 November […]

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Altagamma Foundation and FCA sign MOUs with Farnesina

Two Memorandums of Understanding have been signed today at the Farnesina between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Altagamma Foundation and between MAECI and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). The MoUs were signed by Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the President of Altagamma, Andrea Illy, and the FCA’s Chief Operating Officer for Europe, Africa and […]

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Brexit – Minister Gentiloni meets Barnier: take into account the acquired rights of Italian citizens in the UK

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received this morning at the Farnesina the European Commission’s Chief Brexit Negotiator, Michel Barnier.   The meeting, within the Chief Negotiator’s tour of the major European capitals, was aimed at establishing a first direct contact in preparing for the negotiation for the United Kingdom’s exit […]

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Argentina – “Why Italians Like to Talk about Food” presented in Cordoba

To celebrate the 1st Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, Elena Aleksandrovna Kostjoukovic will present her book “Perché agli italiani piace parlare del cibo” (“Why Italians Like to Talk about Food”) on Wednesday, 23 November at 7:30 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Institute in Córdoba, Argentina. The writer will guide participants along an itinerary […]

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Greece – Week of Italian Cuisine in the World spans from cinema to archaeology

The Italian Embassy in Greece presents the initiatives organised for the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World (November 21-27) with the following post: “Being convinced that gathering around a table during the festivities and big occasions anywhere in the World, but especially in Italy and in Greece, means rediscovering traditions, shared values and an […]

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