Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 27 May: Latest news from the world

Laos: CMC wins 500 million dollar contract for hydropower plant Italy’s CMC advanced technology company has won a 511 million dollar contract to perform the civil works and provide the hydromechanics for the Nam Theun 1 Hydropower Plant in the province of Bolikhamxay in Laos. CMC will lead the project with a 40% share in […]

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La Valletta – 21st Triennale di Milano presented in Malta

A presentation of the 21st Triennale di Milano International Exhibition, was organised by the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in La Valletta, Salvatore Schirmo, with a view to promoting Italian design. With the support of videos, La Triennale General Director Andrea Cancellato took the audience on a journey through time and space, illustrating […]

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Italy – Libya – Minister Gentiloni receives Libyan Deputy PM, Ahmed Maiting

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maitig today at the Farnesina. Concerning the current political situation in Libya, Minister Gentiloni expressed Italy’s hope that Libya’s presidential council and government of national accord will continue growing stronger and that all Libyan parties may unite under the authority of their […]

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Integrated promotion Action by the Farnesina: a delegation of Sichuan Province visits Campania

Today the Region of Campania hosts a mission from the Province of Sichuan, whose capital Chengdu was recently nominated the most economically attractive city of China. The mission, promoted by the Italian Consulate General in Chongqing, is part of the integrated promotion action of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Later today the […]

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Baghdad – Humanitarian emergency in Iraq, Italy’s northern region support Yazidi community

Today marks the beginning of the 3-day series of institutional meetings of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region on the dramatic situation of the Yazidi community, an ethnic minority in Iraqi Kurdistan persecuted by the ISIS Islamic extremists. A delegation led by Vian Dakhil Saeed, an MP in the Federal Parliament of Iraq, will be received […]

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Hangzhou – Institutions and companies promote Italy’s economic system in China

The Italian Embassy in Beijing is continuing its efforts to promote Italy’s economic system across Chinese Provinces and regional cities. After visiting the city of Xi’An (Shaanxi Province) last year, Ambassador Ettore Sequi recently visited Hangzhou, the capital of the eastern coastal Zhejiang Province, at the head of a promotion mission organised in association with […]

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Brazil – Italy at Casa Cor trade fair in Sao Paulo

 Italy will be present at the 2016 edition of Casa Cor in Sao Paulo, which runs until June 10. Casa Cor is the largest exhibition of architecture and decoration in Latin America, which every year attracts renowned architects and industry professionals to Brazil to reinvent and furnish spaces with the products of the world’s leading […]

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Washington – Italian embassy focuses on protecting cultural and human heritage

The protection of cultural and human heritage is again taking centre-stage at the Italian embassy in Washington, with two events scheduled for the end of May. On May 25, the embassy hosted Christian Greco, the director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin, for a conference on the experience of the museum in involving local communities […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Meeting of the Fulbright Scholars

On Tuesday, 31 May, at 9:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the meeting of the Fulbright Scholars, an event promoted by the Fulbright Commission aimed as an orientation for Italian grant holders leaving for the U.S.A. and American grant holders holders coming to Italy. The meeting will be opened by the Undersecretary of State for […]

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Yangon – Italy-Myanmar partnership in the culinary sector

The cooperation between Italy and Myanmar expands thanks to a new initiative: Ye Ko Naing, a young Burmese student at the Hospitality and Catering Training Accademy (HCTA) of Yangon, is about to begin his new training activity with ALMA, the international school of Italian cuisine. The HCTA, created by Aung San Suu Kyi in memory […]

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Italy-Thailand – Second meeting of Business Forum

Twenty-nine companies from Italy and Thailand participated in the second Italy-Thailand Business Forum in Koh Samet, following the meeting held in Milan in October 2015. The forum is the most important bilateral economic tool between the two countries. It sees the now consolidated participation of the top management of large groups from both countries, with […]

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Moscow – Italy-Russia conference on legacy of Benedetto Croce

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Benedetto Croce, the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow, together with the Faculty of Humanities of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, is organising a Russian-Italian conference dedicated to one of the most significant thinkers of the 20th century. The conference is […]

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