China – Gruppo Italiano Vini signs partnership with Alibaba to conquer Chinese markets

The distribution of Italian wines in China has made a quantum leap by investing in e-commerce. Thanks to the agreement between Gruppo Italiano Vini (GIV) and the Tmall.com and Wangjiu.com platforms of the Alibaba Group, the wines of 15 historic wine producers will now be made available to the Chinese public, also through the group’s online […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Conference “NATO cooperation with Partners in the Mediterranean and Middle East” (Rome, NATO Defense College, 14 October 2016)

On the occasion of the celebrations for the 65th anniversary of the foundation of the NATO Defense College and 50th year since it moved to Rome, on Friday, 14 October 2016, Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the Secretary General of NATO Jens Sotltenberg will be the principal speakers at a conference held at the NATO […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 11 October: latest news from the world

Tunisia: Roadshow on international investment conference will be held in Milan on 20 October On 20 October Milan’s Palazzo Stelline will host in the Sala Pirelli the Roadshow on the “Tunisia 2020” International Investment Conference which will be held in Tunis on 29-30 November 2016. The aim of the Conference is to present to its international […]

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Mosaic art from Friuli to Qingdao

The exhibition “Mosaics from Friuli to Qingdao”, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, was opened on 8 October in Qingdao, in Shandong Province.   The exhibition brought to China the mosaics by the most renowned schools in the world for the first time. This school of mosaics has handed down, from generation to generation, the most […]

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Brasilia to host the celebrations for the 16th Week of Italian Language in the World

The 16th Week of Italian Language in the World will open in Brasilia from 17 October to 21 October. The Italian Embassy in Brasilia has developed a rich programme of events starting on the 17 at 11:30 a.m. at the premises of the University of Brasilia, with a lecture by Italian journalist and writer,  Antonella […]

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Serbia: Slow Food to showcase Italy’s culinary excellence at a gala dinner in Belgrade

The best of Italian wine and food products will be on the menu of a gala dinner Slow Food Serbia  with the collaboration of the Metropol Palace Hotel and the Italian Cultural Institute will host this evening in Belgrade. ‘A Taste of Culture’ is meant to celebrate Italy’s creativity and wine and food culture. Massimo […]

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Japan hosts an exhibition of the works by Yumi Kori and Luca Zevi

The exhibition “Architecture and Memory – A dialogue between Italy and Japan through the works by Yumu Kori and Luca Zevi” has opened in the year marking the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan. It represents a very special meeting between an Italian and a Japanese architect who have been discussing architectural […]

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United Arab Emirates: today at the Farnesina, Minister Gentiloni received the President of the Federal National Council, Amal Al Qubaisi.​

Today Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni received at the Farnesina the President of the Federal Nation Council of the United Arab Emirates, Amal Al Qubaisi. Minister Gentiloni expressed his full satisfaction for the “strategic partnership” nature assumed by the relations between Italy and the UAE and underscored the important role of Abu Dhabi as an essential […]

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Postcards from the other Italy – In Australia to teach the language spoken by Dante

In Australia there is a continuous inflow of people: the young Italians who have immigrated to the ‘land of kangaroos’ over the last 10 years are more than 80,000. One of them is Gaia, 25, from the Marche Region: she went to Melbourne to teach Italian in local schools. After spending several periods abroad with […]

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Libya: Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs on visit in Tripoli

Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is in Tripoli today to meet with the Deputy Prime Minister Abdul-Salam Kujman and the Minister of State Mohammad al-Amari – both of whom are members of the Presidential Council – the Foreign Minister Mohammed Siyala, the Minister of the Interior Al-Aref Saleh Khodja, and the Minister […]

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World Day against the Death Penalty

Italy has always been on the front line, working actively and effectively to broaden the consensus on this issue, adopting an inclusive and cooperative approach. In fact, Italy has promoted several initiatives in favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty, which led the United Nations General Assembly to pass the first resolution on […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Joint press conference by Minister Gentiloni, Minister Steinmeier and Minister Ayrault (Villa Madama, 12 October 2016)

On Wednesday, 12 October, at 5:30 p.m.,Villa Madama will host a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. A joint press conference is scheduled to be held at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event […]

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