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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Canada – Montreal focuses on the protection of cultural heritage

Today in Montreal, focus will be placed on the protection of cultural, historic and archaeological heritage and on the trafficking of art. In parallel with the art exhibition entitled “Pompeii, a City of Rome” (“Pompei, una citta’ romana”) hosted at Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts, the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) has organised, for 25 […]

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Mexico – Italy present at packaging fair

Mexico Expo Pack, the country’s major packaging and handling fair, is about to kick off. Italy will participate in the fair with its Punto Italia, organised by the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) with UCIMA (the Italian Manufacturers of Automatic Packing and Packaging Machinery) and with the support of the Italian Embassy in Mexico. Punto Italia, […]

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Dublin – Humour and talent: Dublin Dance Festival hosts Cristiana Morganti

Actress and dancer Cristiana Morganti will be in Dublin for the Dublin Dance Festival. Her performance “Jessica and me”, with and by the artist, is scheduled for Friday and Saturday (20-21 May) night at the Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs). Ms Morganti is the principal dancer of the Pina Bausch Tanztheater of Wuppertal.   In […]

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Minister Gentiloni at the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Brussels today and tomorrow

The meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, to be held today and tomorrow, will focus primarily on challenges from the southern front, partnerships and NATO-EU cooperation. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will attend the meeting.Discussions about strengthening cooperation between NATO and the European Union are centred first on combating hybrid […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTE – Event: “New Challenges in Combating Homophobia” (Farnesina, 20 May 2016)

The Farnesina is holding a conference called “New Challenges in Combating Homophobia” on May 20, at 4 p.m.. The event has been organised by the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU), with the cooperation of the European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the National Anti- Racial Discrimination Office (UNAR) and the Equal Opportunities Department of […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy – 19 May: latest world news

Turkey: energy distribution will be privatised by 2020 The distribution of electricity in Turkey will be privatised by 2020, announced the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Berat Albayrak. He said the distribution grid supplies almost 40 million citizens over an area of 780,000 square kilometres. The Turkish grid is the fifth largest in the […]

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