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The military operations to free Mosul from Daesh terrorists have produced a flow of almost 80,000 dislocated persons up to now and, in this phase, it is essential to multiply humanitarian relief activities in order to meet the greater needs on the ground, especially in view of the upcoming winter season. Granting the request […]
Read moreFighting corruption, being one of the Government’s top priorities, has increasingly become a tool of foreign policy and judicial diplomacy. To celebrate the International Anti-Corruption Day 2016, on 13 December the Foreign Ministry hosts the high-level event entitled “Fighting corruption, economic growth and the activities of Italian companies abroad”. The initiative focuses on the relationship […]
Read moreThe liberation of Sirte by the forces of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) marks a decisive turning point in the fight against Daesh and a new phase in Libya’s difficult stabilization process. Italy continues to stand by Libyan institutions in the fight against terrorism. Italy’s humanitarian assistance, providing medical treatment to […]
Read moreThe Foreign Ministry has been informed that the judicial Authorities of Montenegro have decided to return the passport to Flavio Bianco, an Italian citizen arrested last April and on bail up to a few hours ago, with the obligation to reside in the Balkan Country. Mr Bianco can now return to Italy to spend the […]
Read moreThe new offices of ERTV, Educational Radio TV, were opened in Kabul last week after they were refurbished with funding from Italy, through UNESCO, from 2003. The radio and TV broadcasting station is equipped with cutting-edge broadcasting technology to deliver educational programmes both to teachers and to the general public. Thanks to Italy’s contribution, since […]
Read moreMore than 35 enterprises, six associations and over 80 participants will take part in a Country Promotion mission in Pakistan which took off yesterday and will travel to Islamabad and Lahore tomorrow. The aim of the mission is to explore investment and cooperation opportunities between the two Countries. The mission was promoted by the Italian […]
Read moreIn December 1916, private Giuseppe Ungaretti published “Il Porto Sepolto”, his first pamphlet of 33 poems in 80 copies, an implosion of language and prosody; this booklet was to revolutionize Italian poetic creation and counted Apollinaire and Breton amongst its readers. A hundred years later, the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris presents a Study Day dedicated […]
Read moreOn Tuesday, 13 December, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m, the Farnesina will host a high-level event on the theme “Fighting corruption, economic growth and the activities of Italian companies abroad”, which will open with remarks by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni and by the President of ANAC, Raffaele Cantone. […]
Read moreAmbassador Vincenzo Grassi is the new Secretary General of the European University Institute (EUI) of Florence. A long-standing expert of European Institutions, Ambassador Grassi was Head of the Department for European Policies at the Prime Minister’s Office, served in the Permanent Mission to the EU in Brussels and as Ambassador to Belgium. The European University […]
Read moreThe programme “Invest Your Talent in Italy” will be presented at the Italian Cultural Institute (Francisco Sosa 77 – Coyoacán, Mexico City) on 7 December. Through this programme, public and private partners will offer scholarships for outstanding students from some of the Countries considered to be of priority importance for Italy’s economic system (Azerbaijan, Columbia, […]
Read moreWe are going through a complex historic cycle. Crises and conflicts are hitting us in quick succession and with full force. Take Syria, Yemen, Libya, Iraq or Afghanistan. But times are also turbulent here in Europe. The very question of war and peace has returned to our continent with Russia’s annexation of Crimea in violation […]
Read moreCanada: Trudeau Cabinet approves “Trans Mountain” and “Line 3” pipelines Canada recently made some important decisions as to its infrastructure network to transport oil to Western Canada. At a press conference, Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau announced his government gave the green light to two projects: Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline and Enbridge’s Line 3.The “Trans […]
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