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    Press Releases
    21 July 2016
    Death Penalty – Task Force meets at the Farnesina

    Italy remains firm and determined to press ahead with the campaign for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Senator Della Vedova chaired a meeting of the MAECI-civil society “task force” today at the headquarters of the Ministry. It was held to coordinate Italy’s action ahead of a vote […]

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    21 July 2016
    Italian cultural heritage takes the stage in Belgrade

    The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Belgrade has organised a three-day event focused on Italy’s cultural heritage. “Una passeggiata attraverso il patrimonio culturale italiano” (A journey across the Italian cultural Heritage) opens tomorrow night at the Fabrika outdoor cinema in Belgrade. It will feature several documentary films which show Italy’s rich and varied cultural heritage. […]

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    21 July 2016
    Sudan – Italy to help Shidiab population

    Italian Cooperation donated 100 tons of cement to Sudan to rebuild the village of Shidiab in the Red Sea state, as well as 3,000 agricultural tools to the state’s Ministry of Agriculture. The measure was part of a cooperative effort between the Emergency Aid Programme and the Poverty Alleviation Project. Shidiab was hit by a […]

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    Press Releases
    20 July 2016
    Nice Attack: Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Amendola brings the bodies of the Italian victims of the Nice attack back to Italy

    Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Vincenzo Amendola, together with the Head of the Farnesina’s Crisis Management Unit, Claudio Taffuri, flew today to Niece to bring home the bodies of the Italian citizens killed in the Nice attack on 14 July. After a first stop at the Hôpital Pasteur, where Mr Amendola met with the […]

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    20 July 2016
    Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 20 July: latest news from the world

    Canada: Trudeau in Vancouver for urban transport expansion agreement During a visit in Vancouver by Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, an announcement was made to inform that federal funds have been allocated to expand the urban transport network (metro, light trains, bus lines). Mr Trudeau and the Prime Minister of British Columbia, Christy Clark, signed […]

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    20 July 2016
    Italy for Companies Roadshow

    Today the Roadshow “Italy for companies, spurring SMEs towards foreign markets” is in Bologna, closing this year’s first phase of activities, which are due to resume in Milan next 21 September. Today’s Roadshow can be summed up as follows: global markets, both European and extra-European, still offer ample opportunities; geopolitical uncertainties must be overcome by […]

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    Accreditation Notices
    20 July 2016
    ACCREDITATION NOTICE – The bodies of the Italian citizens killed in the Nice attack arrive at Milan’s Malpensa airport (20 July 2016)

    Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in filming the arrival of the bodies of the Italian citizens killed in Nice at Milan’s Malpensa airport, which is scheduled for this afternoon, are kindly requested to apply for specific accreditation. The bodies will be received by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and Undersecretary of State […]

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    20 July 2016
    Maputo – Companies from Emilia-Romagna in Mozambique and South Africa

    Oil&gas, construction firms, facility management and agro-food businesses from Emilia-Romagna are ready to do business in  Africa. A business mission, coordinated by Legacoop Emilia-Romagna in cooperation with the Region, is visiting Mozambique and South Africa. The mission which will end on 23 July is part of an integrated internationalization programme that Emilia-Romagna has promoted within […]

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    20 July 2016
    Argentina – Italian wine&food shoots on display in Esquel

    From Ushuaia, its latest stop, “Regioni del Gusto” – a photographic journey across Italy to show its wine and food specialties – has reached Esquel in Argentina. The exhibition, first opened at the Expo 2015 in Milan, has since toured the whole consular district of Argentina’s Bahia Blanca. The Italian Society in Esquel and the […]

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    20 July 2016
    Norway – Il Giardino Armonico performing in Bodo on 9 August

    The Italian orchestra Il Giardino Armonico will be travelling northwards to Norway to perform on the stage of the Nordland Festival in the town of Bodo on the 9th of  August. Founded in Milan in 1985 by flutist Giovanni Antonini, who has been director of this orchestra since 1989, it specializes in the performance of […]

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