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Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will be in Turkey from February 21 to 23 to attend a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Çavuşoğlu and the third meeting of the High Level Partnership Forum on Somalia. Only a few months after the talks in Brussels on the sidelines of the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting of […]
Read moreThe Italian cultural world grieves the enormous loss of Umberto Eco, a master of Italian culture who has helped make it known and loved around the world. The Farnesina will protect his cultural, social and human heritage of works, also translated into 100 languages beyond Italian frontiers. To commemorate Umberto Eco’s artistic legacy, the Farnesina has decided to have its network of 80 Italian […]
Read moreThe Moroccan Government aims to develop the Country’s long-standing tradition in the leather processing sector which employs over 21,000 workers and has a turnover of 4.7 billion Dirhams (432 million euros). The Minister of Industry has launched an industrial acceleration plan for the period 2014-2020 in order to promote the sector through 40 new investment […]
Read moreWednesday 24 February, at 12.15 p.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni will meet the Foreign Minister of Croatia, Miro Kovač. The meeting will be followed by a joint press point. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the press conference are requested to apply for online accreditation by filling […]
Read moreThe “Italy for business, with SMEs towards foreign markets” roadshow, set up as part of the Internationalisation Situation Room with the aim of presenting all the tools made available by institutions to support Italian companies in foreign markets, has re-opened its doors.The city of Sondrio’s Teatro Sociale in Piazza Garibaldi will be the first stop […]
Read moreSunday, 21 February, is the International Mother Language Day launched by UNESCO in 1999 with the aim of promoting linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The Italian Institute of Culture in Lisbon has decided to celebrate the Day by taking part in the initiatives organised by the Gabinete Lisboa Encruzilhada de Mundos. Lisbon will celebrate […]
Read more“Geothermal Energy, an exchange of experiences and perspectives between Italy and Mexico” is the theme of a workshop to be held on Thursday at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Mexico City. The event will be an opportunity to share experiences and projects relating to a renewable energy sources that are underutilised in Mexico, […]
Read moreBorn in Naples in 1950, Erri De Luca has written fiction, plays, translations and poetry. He has published over 60 books, which have been translated into more than 30 languages. The famous Italian writer and author of worldwide successes like “Il peso della farfalla”, will be the guest of the Italian Institute of Culture in […]
Read moreOn the issue of establishing the sea border between Italy and France, which has been the subject of parliamentary questions as well as several press reports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalls the points raised in the reply given by Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto della Vedova to parliamentary question no. 2-01268 of 12th February.The […]
Read moreThe governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States welcome the Libyan Presidency Council’s February 14 announcement of a Government of National Accord (GNA) Cabinet. We take note of the spirit of openness and reconciliation embodied in this Cabinet. It is not easy to choose the […]
Read moreA mission from Sicily’s Mazara del Vallo Fishing District travelled to Algeria on 8-10 February, to develop cooperation projects between the two countries. The delegation, led by the District’s Chairman, Giovanni Tumbiolo, met Algerian Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Sid-Adhmed Ferroukhi, who called for a partnership with foreign operators to transfer know-how and help train […]
Read more“I would like to express Italy’s sympathy and solidarity to the families of the victims and to the Turkish Government for this morning’s bombing at Diyarbakir, which followed the attack perpetrated in Ankara yesterday,” said Paolo Gentiloni, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, when commenting the tragic incidents that recently occurred in Turkey, […]
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