Italy’s Economic ​Diplomacy – Turkey: the Government launches two new business incentive programmes

The Turkish Government has launched two new business incentive programmes. Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced a development incentive package worth 140 billion Turkish lira (approximately 42 billion euros) for 23 provinces of eastern Turkey. The Government will contribute 62 billion and the rest will be financed by the private sector over a four-year period. The […]

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Ca’ Foscari – University in Venice dedicates a two-day event to India

The two-day conference ‘Conversations with contemporary India’ was opened at the Cá Dolfin campus of the Cá Foscari University in Venice, at the presence of Indian Ambassador to Italy, Anil Wadhwa. The meeting, organised by the Venetian University in partnership with the Italian Embassy in New Delhi, with the sponsorship of the Ministry for Foreign […]

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Spain – Consul Stefano Nicoletti inaugurates the “Fish out of Water” exhibition

The “Fish out of Water” exhibition by Angela Barusi, hosted at the Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona (Ptge. Méndez Vigo, 5), will run until 11 October. The exhibition was opened on Tuesday, 20 September, at the presence of a very attentive audience. “I have to admit it: the audience was very attentive! It was great […]

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Great Britain – Italian Trade Agency opens new desk in the UK to promote investments

Italy has presented new investment opportunities to attract business from the UK with a two-day road show by the Undersecretary of State for Economic Development, Ivan Scalfarotto, and a new “Foreign Direct Investment Desk” opened by the Italian Trade Agency (ICE). Speaking to a crowd of investors and other economic and financial dealers at the […]

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Farnesina Verde – Environment: 5th Forum on Green Embassies​

Yesterday, 22 September 2016, the Mexican Embassy in Rome hosted the 5th Green Embassies Forum (Foro delle Ambasciate Verdi – FOAV) on “Climate Change and Innovation”, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation (MAECI) in conjunction with the Embassies of Mexico and Costa Rica. The Forum, chaired by the Mexican Ambassador to […]

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Malta – Science in the City 2016 – European Researchers’ Night Festival

“CODE SWITCH #1” is a research project combining science and art and, more specifically, epigenetics and video and performance art. It is the brain child of Italian artist Cristina Ghinassi and Maltese geneticist Edward Duca. The key question is: can performance art bring about epigenetic changes in the individuals participating in the art form? By […]

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Cirinnà Act – Provides for the transcription of same-sex civil unions

With the coming into force of the Cirinnà Act and its implementing provisions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) promptly instructed its overseas offices to transmit same-sex civil union deeds to the Italian Municipal Authority of reference to be transcribed on the local register, after verifying the deed’s compliance with local laws. […]

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China – Charming Italy

China Industrial Bank is promoting investments in Italy. The Italian Embassy in Beijing hosted an event during which the Chinese banking group and Italian institutions in the country presented Chinese investors with opportunities in the tourism and culture sectors and for business in general. It was also an occasion to present “Global Life”, a channel […]

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Australia – Piero Addis and his shoots from high above in the exhibition “Blue Codes blue”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney will host “Blue Codes blue” by Piero Addis. The exhibition, running from 6 October to 3 November, is curated by David Galloway and comprised of 10 works rivisited in blue specifically for Sydney. The “Blue Codes” can be traced back to the tradition of the sketchbooks in which travelling […]

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Greece – ‘Italian Film Days’ at the Athens International Film Festival

An important section of the XXII Athens International Film Festival will be dedicated to Italian Cinema. The festival, running through October 2, will host the “Italian Film Days” organized in cooperation with StraDa Films and the contribution of the Italian Embassy in Athens, the Italian Cultural Institute and Istituto Luce Cinecittà. The Festival, first established in 1995, […]

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Farnesina – Transparent Budget project expands

The “Transparent Budget” project expands with a new section in which an increasing number of pages illustrate the Foreign Ministry’s financial resources on the basis of the item to which they are allocated. The “Transparent Budget” project expands with a new section in which an increasing number of pages illustrate the Foreign Ministry’s financial resources […]

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“Moving away from the death penalty: the voices of victims” – Minister Gentiloni co-chairs with Ban Ki Moon the event on the death penalty​

During the 71st United Nations General Assemby, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentioni co-chaired with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon the event “Moving away from the death penalty: the voices of victims”, organised by Italy in conjunction with Argentina, France and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Following the opening remarks by […]

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