The World Humanitarian Summit has opened in Istanbul with the presence for Italy of Deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro

Needing to come to terms with one of the most dramatic humanitarian crises since the end of World War II, the world is trying to give a coordinated response starting from Istanbul, where more than 5,000 people, including 65 Heads of State and of Governments, international and national NGOs, companies, members of the academic world, […]

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Italy-United Arab Emirates – New agreement on air services

Today Massimo Gaiani, the Director General for Globalisation and Global Issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, signed in Abu Dhabi the new Agreement on Air Services between Italy and the United Arab Emirates. For the counterparty, the Agreement was signed by the Director of the General Civil Aviation Authority, Saif Mohammed […]

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La Valletta – Europe Day celebrated with concert of rare pieces by Antonino Reggio

With an event of utmost musical value and significance for Italian and Maltese ties, the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in La Valletta celebrated Europe Day a few days ago, in its prestigious Baroque Grand Hall. The guest of honour of the evening was Eddie Fenech Adami, the President Emeritus of the Republic of Malta. […]

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Islamabad – ICoN student Patrizia Anastasio works at the Embassy

Patrizia Anastasio is enrolled in the Master’s course in translation offered by ICoN – Italian Culture on the Net – while working for the Italian Embassy in Pakistan. ICoN is a consortium of 19 Italian universities that aims to promote and disseminate the Italian language and culture in the world through e-learning initiatives and technologies. […]

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Melbourne – Promoting Italy as a tourist destination begins in Australian airports

In Australia promoting Italy begins in airports. The Italian Consulate General in Melbourne has launched a campaign to promote Italy as a tourist destination at Melbourne’s international airport. The Consulate has leased eight advertising panels in the baggage claim area of the international terminal which will alternate the screening of three short video clips on […]

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Boston – New partnerships between Friuli Venezia Giulia and the MIT

The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region’s academic and research institutes focused on new partnership opportunities with Boston’s prestigious MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (founded by geologist William Barton Rogers in 1861) in the last stop of the economic and institutional mission carried out in the United States. The mission was led by the Region’s President, Debora Serracchiani. Accompanied […]

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Italian Marines: Italy requests India to urgently enforce the decision of The Hague Court of Arbitration of 29 April

The Foreign Ministry informs that today Italy submitted a request to the summer recess Supreme Court of India to urgently enforce the decision of The Hague Court of Arbitration of 29 April enabling Italian marine Salvatore Girone to quickly return to Italy. According to the Court of Arbitration decision, Italy and India are called on […]

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Libya: delivery of general purpose first aid kits donated by Italy to hospitals in Benghazi

The Foreign Ministry informs that the general purpose first aid kits donated by Italy and destined to the hospitals of Benghazi have been delivered today. The kits will be able to treat approximately 20,000 patients over the next three months. The kits arrived in Tripoli, from where they were subsequently taken to Benghazi by land […]

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Farnesina Open Doors – The Farnesina joins the clean-up initiative promoted by Retake Roma

With “Farnesina Open Doors” the Foreign Ministry does not only want to open the Palazzo dell Farnesina to citizens but also to reach out to the hosting city, supporting initiatives of civil society organisations promoting environmental sustainability and the urban decorum of Rome. This morning citizens, families and employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

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Gentiloni in Brussels for the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the six founding countries of the European Union

“Today’s meeting strengthens the message of the Rome meeting at a critical time for the future of the EU and testifies to the role played by the countries that from the beginning believed in the strategic importance of the idea of Europe,” said Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the […]

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Africa Week in Milano

Milan will host “Africa Week”. From  May 23 to 27, events and fuctions dedicated to the African continent, will be organised.The event will be launched on May 23, with a conference by the title: “Regional Integration: an essenial step to generate investment opportunities in Africa”, organised by Confindustria Assafrica & Mediterraneo  c/o Fondazione Stelline (Corso […]

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Beirut – Sport and cooperation, a five-a-side football match at Roumieh prison

As part of the “Improving Detention Conditions in Roumieh Prison, Lebanon” project, a five-a-side football match will be held at Lebanon’s Roumieh prison on 23 May. The match will be between young detainees and the team of the Beirut-based Italian Development Cooperation Agency. The referee of the match will be Renzo Ulivieri, the president of […]

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