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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Gentiloni: meeting with the Minister of European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Turkey

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, today received at the Ministry the visit of the Minister of European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Turkey, Volkan Bozkir. The meeting offered the opportunity to exchange opinions and an updated evaluation of the migration emergency and the Syrian crisis. Mr […]

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SERVICE NOTICE FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF – Presentation of the book “Tesori delle Ambasciate” (Rome, 1 February 2016)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Dario Franceschini, will present the book “Tesori delle Ambasciate” (“Treasures of the Embassies”) at 11am on Monday 1 February, in the “Salone del Ministro” (“Hall of the Minister”) at the Palazzo del Collegio Romano. Journalists, […]

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SERVICE NOTICE FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF – “SMALL GROUP” Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to counter Daesh/ISIL (Palazzo della Farnesina, 2 February 2016) Update

On Tuesday, 2 February at 9:30 a.m. the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to counter Daesh/ISIL will be held at the Palazzo della Farnesina in a “SMALL GROUP” format (formed by 23 Countries + European Union, as contained in the list).   The meeting will be co-chaired by Minister Paolo Gentiloni and by the […]

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New York – Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli draw “An American Story”

“Una Storia Americana” (“An American Story”) is the title of an exhibition hosted from 30 January to 11 March at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York. The show will focus on a selection of works produced over the past five years by Italian illustrators Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli. These artists are two of […]

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Lisbon – “Ithaca”, the art of Enzo De Leonibus in Portugal

Luisa Violo, director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, presented the exhibition “Ithaca” by the artist Enzo De Leonibus: “The image chosen as the emblem of the exhibition presents us with a question: Who is really in the cage? What is the cage for? To stop the birds from flying off or rather so […]

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Buenos Aires holds exhibition in celebration of Matera

“Matera…. south of Eboli. Photographs by Victoria Troiani” is the title of an exhibition hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) of Buenos Aires from Feb. 29 to Mar. 8. The event coincides with Matera’s designation as European Capital of Culture 2019 (together with Plovdiv) and the annual meeting of the regional committee of “Lucanians […]

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New Deputy Minister Mario Giro: Cooperation is instrumental to internationalisation

“I would like to thank the Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, for my new appointment and the faith shown in entrusting me an assignment I believe to be important and strategic for the times in which we live: cooperation is instrumental to enhancing democracy and to spreading the positive face of an Italy that knows how […]

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Gentiloni: “A two-speed Europe? It’s a possibility, let’s restart with the six founding countries” (La Stampa)

“It’s right to talk about a two-speed Europe, although it isn’t the best definition, because opposing views must and can coexist”: the Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni thus announces that during the next meeting in Rome, between colleagues from the six founding countries of the EU, a “common view of the future of the […]

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