Former Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Donato di Santo is appointed Secretary General of Italian Latin American Institute

The Council of Delegates of the Italian-Latin American Institute (IILA), an organisation founded in 1966 embracing all Latin American countries and Italy, has proclaimed with a unanimous vote the appointment of former Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Donato di Santo as incoming Secretary General of the Institute. The appointment of the Italian candidate, proposed by Minister Gentiloni, […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Joint press conference of Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the Foreign Minister of Romania, Lazar Comanescu (Farnesina, 22 November 2016)

On Tuesday, 22 November at 1:30 p.m. the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will receive at the Farnesina the Foreign Minister of Romania, Lazar Comanescu. The Ministers will hold a joint press conference at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event are requested to […]

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Undersecretary Amendola: second day of official meetings in Australia

Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is on his second day of mission in Australia. This morning Mr Amendola visited the Co.As.It  (Assistance Committee for Italian Schools) where he met the president, Lorenzo Fazzini, and the director, Thomas Camporeale. Mr Amendola later visited the Parliament House of New South Wales, where he met […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy – 16 November: latest news from the world

Indonesia: Jakarta hosts the ASEAN Infrastructure Investment Forum Jakarta hosted the ASEAN Infrastructure Investment Forum, an event dedicated to large infrastructure projects in ASEAN countries organised as part of the Indonesia Infrastructure Week. The forum aimed to present to the private sector the new Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025, which sets out a 3.3 […]

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Argentina – The play “L’Emigrante” on stage in La Plata

The play “L’emigrante” will be staged at the Teatro de Cámara of City Bell in Plata, Argentina, at 8:30 p.m. on 19 November. The play retraces the Italian emigration that mainly involved the small towns in the South of Italy in the years following World War II. The writer of the piece is Bentivoglio Zurzolo, […]

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Colombia – Concert by violinist Francesco Manara to be held in Bogotà

On Friday 18 November, Italian violinist Francesco Manara, winner of the special prize at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky International Competition, will hold a concert at the Teatro Colon of Bogotá, in Colombia. The concert, with music by Johannes Brahms and Franz Schubert, will be directed by French conductor Olivier Grangean. Having received widespread international recognition, Francesco Manara […]

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Cape Town – Italian Film Focus, an opportunity for Italian cinema in South Africa

The 16th edition of the Italian Film Focus (IFF) will be held in Cape Town from 22 to 27 November. The Festival is the fruit of a long-standing cooperation between the Italian Consulate and the Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria, the Associazione Controluce and the Labia Theatre. It aims to offer South African film-lovers and […]

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INFORMATION NOTICE – 23rd OECD Ministerial Council Meetin (Hamburg, 8-9 December)

It is hereby notified that on next 8 and 9 December the 23rd OECD Ministerial Council Meeting will be held in Hamburg, Germany, and will be attended by the  Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo  Gentiloni. Media representatives interested in obtaining accreditarion will have to follow the instructions posted on the OECED website […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 15 november: latest news from the world

USA: 90 Italian companies at the Chicago Pack Expo 2016 Chicago hosted the 2016 edition of the Pack Expo, the largest biennial American trade fair for packaging technology, machinery and material, with a section devoted to food and prescription drug packaging technologies, in which over 90 Italian companies participated. At the Expo, a study conducted […]

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The promotion of Brand Italy abroad also leverages football

The signing of the Cooperation Programme between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) in Milan today, officialised the cooperation between the two organisations, which is grounded on four strategic pillars: the Foreign Ministry’s support for the candidacies of Italy as the venue for football events; capitalising on […]

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Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, begins mission in Australia​

Undersecretary of State Vincenzo Amendola started off his Australian mission today in Sydney’s Club Marconi where he met the representatives of the Italian community together with the Club’s President Vincenzo Foti and the members of the Board. Later in the morning Mr Amendola visited the SWIAA nursing home, where he addressed a special greeting to […]

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Iran – 25 Lombard companies in Teheran for business seminar

The Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mining and Agriculture of Tehran will host the “Iran-Lombardy Region Business Seminar” organised for 25 Lombardy enterprises, to be attended by the deputy governor of the Lombardy Region, Fabrizio Sala, and the Italian Ambassador in Tehran, Mauro Conciatori. Federico Bega, director of Promos, an agency of Milan’s Chamber of Commerce […]

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