Dei – Germany: New Federal Transport Plan totals 264.5 billion euros

Germany plans to invest 264.5 billion euros by 2030 to improve its  infrastructure. Federal Minister of Transport and Digital  Infrastructure, Alexander Dobrindt, presented the first draft of the new Infrastructure Plan (Bundesverkeherwegeplan – BVWP 2030), which  envisages a series of investments in roads, railways and waterways. The  Plan includes nearly 1,000 interventions of which 49.4 […]

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Belgrade – Archaeology meets cinema, a tribute to Italian treasures

The seventeenth International Archaeological Cinema Review, organised by the National Museum of Belgrade with the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) opened yesterday at the Yugoslav Film Library, Uzun Mirkova 1, Belgrade, and will run until 7 April. The IIC in Belgrade has been one of the event’s main sponsors since its first edition and, according to its […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE ​The “Pakistan Trade and Investment Forum”

​​The “Pakistan Trade and Investment Forum” will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 5 April, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   The event will be opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni and by the Chairman of the Pakistani Board of Investment Miftah Ismail. A speech by the Undersecretary for Economic […]

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release regarding the opening of the self-proclaimed representative office of the so-called “Republic of South Ossetia” in Rome

It has come to our knowledge that a self-proclaimed representative office of the so-called “Republic of South Ossetia” will shortly be opening in Rome. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation reiterates its established position in this respect, which it shares with the European Union and almost all the Member States of the United Nations, […]

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Jakarta – Giovanni Allevi debuts in Indonesia

Composer and pianist Giovanni Allevi will make his debut in Indonesia performing live at Usmar Ismail Hall (PPHUI) in Jakarta, on 8 April. The concert is organized by the Embassy of Italy in Jakarta and the  city’s Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). Maestro Allevi will meet students of the “Ananda Sukarlan Center” Conservatory on 7 April at […]

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Khartoum – Italy and Sudan engage in an academic dialogue on city planning issues

Quality city planning was the main focus of “Living on the Nile”, a workshop held in the Sudanese capital city and promoted by Future University and Università Iuav of Venice, under the aegis of the Italian Embassy in Khartoum. Following the 2015 edition, this year’s workshop was further proof of a growing cooperation  between the […]

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Mexico – EU diplomats take stock of cooperation

The heads of mission of the European Union met with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, chaired by MP Victor Giorgana. Italy was represented by its ambassador in Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca. The focus of the meeting’s agenda was on the progress achieved and future developments in the relations between Mexico […]

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Greece – Art exhibitions, theatre shows and book presentations animate the week of Italian culture in Athens

The Italian Institute of Culture in Athens has organised a week-long programme of cultural events spanning from Italian literature to art in the Greek capital. The week began with a preview of “Cece”, a Luigi Pirandello’s comedy translated into Greek by Elina Daraklitsa. The play, put on by actors with disabilities, garnered the applause of […]

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Minister Gentiloni in Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is in Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit taking place today and tomorrow. The Summit – the fourth after Washington (2010), Seoul (2012), The Hague (2014) and the last, furthering the process launched by President Barack Obama in his historic speech in Prague in 2009 – aims at promoting worldwide […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Press point with Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the President of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, Franco Bernabé (Foreign Ministry, 4 April 2016)

On Monday, April 4, at 11:30 am, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will meet with the President of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, Franco Bernabé. The meeting will be followed by a joint press point. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the press point are requested to […]

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Libya: Minister Gentiloni has a telephone conversation with unity government PM designate al Serraj

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni held a telephone conversation this afternoon with Libyan Prime Minister designate, Fayez al Serraj. Serraj, who was speaking from his Tripoli office, confirmed the determination of the Presidential Council to press ahead with engaging all Libyan parties in a dialogue aimed at consolidating the government of […]

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Dei – Vietnam: PE- Process Engineering opens rubber thread production plant

Vietnamese company SA.DO.JSC has opened a new rubber thread production plant built by Italian company PE- Process Engineering. The Italian company designed and oversaw the construction of the automated production lines for the Vietnamese company, in addition to supplying chemicals and equipment for the quality control laboratory, valued at 10 million dollars, which is about […]

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