Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 9 November: latest news from the world

“Tunisia 2020” – International investment conference On 29 and 30 November 2016, Tunis will host an international investment conference “Tunisia 2020”, Road to Inclusion, Sustainability and Efficiency. The conference is designed to mobilize national and international, public and private operators in support of Tunisia’s 2016-2020 Development Plan and the goals it has established. With this […]

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Bari, 41st stop of Roadshow dedicated to Corporate Networks

In an increasingly globalised and competitive economic scenario, the success of Italian companies is ever-more connected to the companies’ capacity to conquer foreign markets and to internationalise their business. This applies both to large corporations and to SMEs which, more than elsewhere, must tackle issues of competence, size and structure in meeting the challenge of […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Reminder: “Africa and us: Common challenges and prospects based on data from the African Economic Outlook 2016” (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 10 November 2016)

On Thursday, 10th November, at 3.00 p.m. a presentation will be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation entitled “Africa and us: Common challenges and prospects based on data from the African Economic Outlook 2016”; an event promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian geopolitical magazine LIMES, together with the OECD, […]

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Brazil- Exhibition celebrates Marcello Mastroianni in Sao Paulo

The exhibition “Marcello Mastroianni e il cinema Italiano” (Marcello Mastroianni and Italian Cinema) will open on November 14 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at the city’s Museum of Image and Sound (MIS). The exhibition, a retrospective dedicated to the famous Italian star running till November 20, is organized by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Sao […]

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Turkey – A week dedicated to Italian contemporary cinema

The 7th Contemporary Cinema Festival will open in Ankara on November 14. The event, running till November 19 and hosted at the Centre of Contemporary Arts in the Turkish capital, is promoted by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Istanbul in conjunction with the Cankaya municipality and with the contribution of several […]

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Albania – Tomorrow Tirana will host a presentation of the Associazione Albalaureati

Tomorrow Tirana will host the presentation of the Associazione Albalaureati, based on an idea by five Albanian professionals who, after graduating from Italy’s best universities, returned to their home country with a view to contributing to its development. The Associazione was established thanks to the support of the Italian Embassy in Tirana and the Idis […]

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Budget Bill: Secretary General Belloni: the Government’s 2017 budget bill increases the funds for international solidarity​

With reference to the ongoing debate on the budget bill and the expected cuts to public development aid, the Secretary General of the Foreign Minister, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni, pointed out that the budget bill presented by the Government provides to increase the funds for international solidarity by 320 million in 2017: an additional 120 million […]

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Mission of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, in Latin America

After the stop in Brazil, the mission of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, in Latin America continues in Argentina. In Buenos Aires today, the representative of the Italian Government will visit the “Cristoforo Colombo” School and meet with the associations of the Italian community. This evening he will talk to several […]

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Bangladesh: Undersecretary Benedetto Della Vedova to visit Dhaka (10 November 2016)

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, will visit Dhaka on 10 November to meet the authorities of Bangladesh and the Italian community, four months after the violent terrorist attack in which 22 civilians were killed, including 9 Italian citizens. Undersecretary Della Vedova received the families of the victims at the Farnesina […]

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Minister Gentiloni on mission in southern Caucasus

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was in Yerevan today, the last city visited during his mission to southern Caucasus. Following a meeting in Yerevan with his Armenian colleague, Edward Nalbandian, Minister Gentiloni underlined that “the Armenian government and the European Union have committed to convene for various cycles of negotiations for the liberalisation of visas. The […]

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Minister Gentiloni on mission in the southern Caucasus

On his mission in the Caucusus, Minister Gentiloni’s second stop was in Baku, where the Minister met with the President of the Republic, Ilham H. Aliyev and with Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, to discuss a long list of bilateral and international issues, also in view of the Italian chairmanship of the OECD in 2018 and […]

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Postcards from the other Italy – Italian notes echo in Brussels

Sax player, composer, arranger and teacher: Angelo Gregorio, 33, from Salerno, has brought his music to Brussels, where he has been living since 2009. He said: “I came here with my suitcases and my saxophone; I brought music with me but I found more here because this is a very stimulating environment.” Angelo narrated his […]

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