Gentiloni: «There is the risk that ISIS will now move to Libya» (Il Messaggero)

Today, meeting in Rome, are the representatives of 23 Countries of the anti-ISIS coalition. The host is Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, who yesterday took stock of the situation with U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry. In December the United States had asked Italy to take part in the air strikes. Why is there some reluctance […]

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Italian Foreign Ministry hosts ministerial meeting of the Coalition to Counter Daesh – Co-chaired by Gentiloni-Kerry, participants from 23 countries

The Italian Foreign Ministry opens today the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to counter Daesh/ISIL in the so-called ‘Small Group’ format, comprising the most committed countries within the broader Coalition, which are responsible for setting the political and strategic orientation of the collective effort. The meeting  is co-chaired by Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, and […]

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DEI – Oman: approves the 2016 Budget, giving priority to diversifying production

Stimulating Oman’s economic growth by reinforcing policies to diversify the Countries production capacity. This is the goal of the Sultanate’s 2016 Budget which was recently approved together with the 2016-2020 five-year development plan. Special focus was placed on diversifying production in order to increase the contribution of the non-oil sector in order to raise revenue […]

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Under-Secretary of State Della Vedova to Attend Informal Ministerial Meeting of EU Ministers for Trade and Development in Amsterdam

Under-secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova will attend the informal meeting of EU ministers for Development and Trade in Amsterdam today and tomorrow. During the meeting chaired by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, the ministers will exchange opinions about the development of a […]

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Melbourne – University, Turin Polytechnic cooperates with Australia

“The collaboration between universities is one of the fundamental building blocks on which the mutual understanding of two nations sharing ideals is based. At the same time, it enables a great many young men and women to better understand a new context, building a baggage of knowledge, relations and experience that will last for many […]

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Hamburg – “Romanzo per signora” by Pallavicini at the centre of the literary café

“I took two elderly couples and a widower – all suffering from varying degrees of physical ailments – from the region of Lombardy, on holiday in Nice. In a Jaguar. To a four-star hotel with a list of luxury restaurants in my hand and an unlimited-account American Express card in my pocket. Amidst the gardens […]

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Italy-Mexico: Heritage Science takes centre stage in Mexico

The “Study, conservation and restoration of cultural and archaeological heritage: technologies and research infrastructure for Heritage Science” will be discussed during a conference by the same title on Feb. 2 and 3 in Mexico City. The event is the second of three scientific meetings organised by the Italian embassy in partnership with the National Research […]

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Stockholm – “City of Soul”, the image of Rome in travel literature

There is an immense quantity of literature on the city of Rome, its history and beauty. The “Cittá Eterna”, or Eternal City, that is Rome, as it is experienced and told by writers, is at the centre of a meeting scheduled for Thursday February 4 (at 6pm) at the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm. Organised […]

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De Luca new Director-General for the Promotion of the Italian Economic System

Vincenzo De Luca took office on 1 February 2016 as Director-General for the Promotion of the Italian Economic System after having served in the same Directorate General as Deputy Director-General and Central Director for the Internationalisation of the Italian Economic System and of the autonomous local authorities (since January 2014). He has been a career […]

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Anti-Daesh summit to meet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday

The Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to counter Daesh/ISIL will be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday in the so-called ‘Small Group’ format, comprising the most committed countries within the broader global anti Daesh Coalition, which play a political and strategic leading role in the collective effort.  The meeting will be […]

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Egypt: Italian Giulio Regeni mysteriously vanished in Cairo

The Italian Embassy in Cairo and the Foreign Ministry are closely following with great concern the fate of Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old student who has mysteriously disappeared on the evening of 25 January in the centre of the Egyptian capital. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni recently had a telephone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, […]

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Cooperation: the joint development cooperation committee approves its first resolutions

“Thanks to the new code of procedures, the guidelines and the procedures approved today, civil society organisations and other non-profit organisations will be able to play an active part in the Italian development cooperation system. It is an important new stage on the route to reform Italian cooperation”. Thus commented the Minister of Foreign Affairs […]

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