Gentiloni: “Our effort to stop the massacre” (Unità)

The bombing of a United Nations humanitarian convoy, the unilateral denunciation of the truce by the Damascus regime and the barbarian military offensive underway in the eastern district of Aleppo seems to have stifled all possible hope. The meetings on Syria that I attended in New York last week reflected this sense of powerlessness. But […]

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Ticino: Minister Gentiloni has telephone conversation with Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, had a telephone conversation with Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter. The Swiss minister confirmed that yesterday’s referendum in the Canton of Ticino will not have immediate consequences on Italian cross-border workers and that the legislation on foreign workers is currently under the scrutiny of […]

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Italy’s Economic ​Diplomacy – The Netherlands: the 2017 Budget focuses on security and investment

The 2017 Budget presented by Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Finance Minister of The Netherlands, focuses on promoting private and public investments to bolster economic growth and security. More specifically, the Government announced structural increases of 450 million euros for security, of 300 million euros for investments and of 1.5 million euros for security. On the front […]

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A piece of Afghanistan showcased at Turin’s Salone del Gusto

A piece of Afghanistan will be showcased from 22 to 26 September at Turin’s Salone del Gusto, one of the world’s most important events dedicated to food. Afghanistan will be represented by more than 300 kg of Herat Abjosh raisins, one of the traditional food products that the Slow Food Foundation classifies as being at […]

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Minister Gentiloni attends the Major Economies Forum

Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni participated today in the ministerial segment of the “Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate”(MEF), an informal dialogue established in 2009 upon an initiative by the United States to advance efforts against climate changes. The Forum, which took place on the sidelines of the 71st General Debate of UNGA, […]

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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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