Italian Economic Diplomacy – 11 May: latest news from the world​

Israel: housing construction sector opens to foreign companies The Israeli Government has opened the housing construction sector to international competition in the attempt to make up for the great lack of low-cost housing, especially for young families. The aim is to build more than one million residential housing units over the next ten years, reduce […]

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Japan – Confers national insignia to Umberto Vattani

The Government of Japan has conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to Ambassador Umberto Vattani as part of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan.   Ambassador Vattani was awarded the Grand Cordon for his long term as Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]

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Havana – Construction, energy and the agro-food industry: B2B of Italian and Cuban companies

Construction, energy and the agro-food industry are the industrial sectors targeted by the institutional and economic mission of Confimi Industria in Cuba. On the mission’s agenda is a three-day cycle of B2B meetings (until 12 May) between Italian and Cuban companies as well as meetings with local institutions with the aim of creating new trade […]

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Khartoum – Cooperation, the Embassy holds a workshop on women and journalism

The Italian Embassy in Khartoum has recently held the “Empowering Women in Sudanese Media” workshop in partnership with the local representation of UNESCO, the National Union of Sudanese Journalists and the Italian Development Cooperation Agency. The aim of the workshop, which was attended by approximately 200 participants, was to relaunch the role of women in […]

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Guatemala – Students celebrate the Milan Triennale

The Milan Design Triennale and the genius of the great Milanese designers is the focus on an exhibition held between May 9 and 17, presented by 30 students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala. The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Guatemala City has organised the event to celebrate […]

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Podgorica – A show of the selected works by Rosario Genovese

Podgorica is to host Rosario Genovese’s exhibition “Poetico Universo”. The Dvorac Petrovica Contemporary Art Centre is presenting the exhibition which is promoted by the Italian Embassy in Montenegro and organised by art director Ermenegildo Frioni. It will include a catalogue with texts written by Francesco Gallo Mazzeo and Marcello Palminteri and a 30-year anthology of […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Recall: First Italy-Africa Ministerial Conference (Farnesina, May 18, 2016)

On Wednesday, 18 May at 9:30 a.m., the Farnesina will host the First Italy-Africa Ministerial Conference, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in conjunction with the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). The Rome-based conference is due to unite 45 ministers from an equal number of African Countries, their Permanent Representatives […]

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Minister Gentiloni today chaired the third meeting of the Joint Committee

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, chaired the third meeting of the Joint Committee on Development Cooperation, the deliberative body established by the law reforming the Italian Cooperation system. The meeting approved, inter alia, the Invitation to Tender whereby to award, in 2016, contributions to initiatives proposed by social society […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy – May 10 : latest news from the world

Sweden to invest 30.8 billion euros in infrastructureNational Supplier’s Day, a conference organised by Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration, was held in Stockholm.  A gathering of national and foreign companies operating in the field of railway and road infrastructure, this year’s meeting illustrated upcoming projects and developments.  The General Manager of Trafikeverket, Lena Erixon, explained that over […]

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UN – Undersecretary Amendola today in New York at the General Assembly

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, addressed the United Nations General Assembly at 6 p.m. (CET) today.  The member of the Italian Government made his contribution during the high-level thematic debate “In a world of Risks. A New Commitment to  Peace”.

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Recall: Event celebrating 150 years of Diplomatic Relations between Italy and Japan (Farnesina, 11 May 2016)

On Wednesday, 11 May 2016, at 11 a.m. an event will be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations to celebrate 150 years of Diplomatic Relations between Italy and Japan. The celebration is part of the new edition of the new “Farnesina Open Doors” cycle of events. The Ministry’s Director General for […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Presentation to the press of the Telepresence Robot Project (Farnesina, 17 May 2016)

On Tuesday, 17 May, at 10:30 a.m., at the Farnesina, the Director General of Development Cooperation, Giampaolo Cantini, Prof. Pierluigi Beomonte Zobel of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Information Technology of the University of L’Aquila and Dr. Giorgio Felzani, Chief Medical Officer of the San Raffaele nursing home in Sulmona, will present to the […]

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