JUNO, Destination Reached – The NASA probe JUpiter Near-polar Orbiter (JUNO), born from an intense cooperation with Italian partners, has successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit. It will study the “gas giant” of the Solar System for the next 20 months

After a journey, started on August 5 of 2011, about three billions kilometers distant and lasting almost five years, JUNO has reached its destination. On June, 4th 2016, at 8.53 pm (California time – in Italy it was 5.53 am of June, 5th), JUNO correctly entered the orbit of the biggest planet in the Solar […]

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Minister Gentiloni and President Mattarella greet the return of the bodies of the Italian citizens

“Together with President Mattarella and on behalf of the government I have committed to assure that the legal benefits for the victims of terrorism apply to our fellow-citizens killed abroad. It is a dutiful commitment in episodes like the Dhaka massacre,” said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the return of the bodies in Italy.

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​Progress in the Implementation of the JCPOA and Lifting EU Sanctions on Iran

Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Vincenzo Amendola opened the meeting on “Progress in the Implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and Lifting EU Sanctions on Iran”. The meeting was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation together with Confindustria, the Italian Banking Association ABI and other associations to provide clarification […]

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“Italy for Companies” Roadshow in Castellanza (Varese)

The next leg of the Italy for Companies Roadshow will be in Castellanza, in the Varese area. Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and promoted and supported by the Ministry of Economic Development, the event has been organised by ICE – Italian Trade Agency, with Federmacchine and the Union of Industrialists […]

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Podgorica – Association of Italian Entrepreneurs in Montenegro inaugurates head office

A few months after it was formally set up, the Association of Italian Entrepreneurs in Montenegro (Assimont) officially inaugurated its office in Podgorica. The association is the brainchild of Italian entrepreneurs operating in Montenegro who wanted it to serve as a reference point for other Italian entrepreneurs that consider this part of the Balkans an […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy – 5 July: latest news from around the world

Kuwait: Salini Impregilo signs 958 million dollar contract    Italian industrial group Salini Impregilo, partnering with the Turkish company Kolin (55% and 45% shares, respectively), was awarded a 958 million dollar contract in May to build residences in the future ”smart city” of South Al-Mutlaa, west of Kuwait City. The Italian ambassador attended the contract […]

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Terrorist attack in Dhaka: arrival of the bodies of Italian victims at Ciampino

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will assist the Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the arrival this evening, at Ciampino military airport, of the bodies of Italians who lost their lives in the terrorist attack in Dhaka on Friday.

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Joint press point by Minister Gentiloni with Canadian counterpart Stéphane Dion (6 July)

​On Wednesday, 6th July at 1:00 p.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni will meet the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stéphane Dion, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A joint press point is planned at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the press point are requested […]

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Paris: Minister Gentiloni takes part in the Western Balkans Summit

After the preceding summits in Berlin (2014) and Vienna (2015), this year the annual Western Balkans Summit was held in France for the first time. The aim of the meeting, chaired by President Francois Hollande, was to “accompany the efforts” of the region in its process of “rapprochement” to the European Union by reinforcing “concrete […]

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Mexico City – An exhibition on Canova through Jodice’s glance

The exhibition “Sensualidad y Belleza: Antonio Canova e Mimmo Jodice” will be held in Mexico City’s San Carlos national museum from July 6 to October 2. The exhibition, organised with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in the Mexican capital, is designed to present the great neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova (born in Possagno […]

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The Project – Music and theatre, the magic of Umbria’s Festivals fascinates China

Cultural cooperation between Italy and China finds its landmarks in Umbria. After the experience of Umbria Jazz, which brought Italian artists on tour in the most important cities of China, another cultural promotion project is now in the pipeline: bring to China, where the public is 90% young and particularly interested in innovative high-quality performances, […]

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Teheran – Aquileia continues the “Wounded Archaeology” series with an exhibition on Iran

After “The Bardo in Aquileia”, the exhibition dedicated to the Tunisian museum struck by a terrorist attack, the series continues with “Wounded Archaeology”, an exhibition on Iran. Opened on 25 June, the exhibition “Lions and Bulls of ancient Persia in Aquileia” is the first of the kind in the world after the signing of the […]

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