Secretary General Valensise meets with Uzbeki Foreign Minister Kamilov

Meetings held by Secretary General Valensise in Tashkent on 2 November focused on stronger bilateral relations between Italy and Uzbekistan. His meeting with Uzbeki Foreign Minister Kamilov, which followed upon the latter’s encounter with Minister Gentiloni in September in New York, concentrated on intensification of political dialogue, strengthened cooperation, training initiatives and increased trade.Valensise also […]

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Italy and Brazil to develop cooperation in space sector

Italy and Brazil’s experience in the sector of space will be the focus of a round table discussion to be held on 5 November at the Embassy of Italy in Brasilia, with Minister Gentiloni attending, who is currently on a mission to that South American country. Other participants will include sector leaders such as the […]

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Minister Gentiloni launches tour for the presentation in Sao Paulo of Triennale di Milano Design Expo

Currently on a mission to Brazil, Minister Gentiloni will launch a tour for the presentation of the 21st Triennale di Milano Design Expo today in Sao Paulo. Speaking in addition to the head of Italian diplomacy will be architect Triennale Design Museum Arturo Dell’Acqua Bellavitis. The event is the fruit of collaboration between the Embassy […]

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Development Cooperation – Recruitment of Director for “Agenzia Italiana” – shortlist submitted to Minister Gentiloni now published

The appointments committee for the post of Director of the Italian Development Cooperation Agency has submitted the following list of names to Minister Gentiloni, with the reasons for their selection. The list is in alphabetical order, not order of merit. BOLOGNA Stefano FRIGENTI Laura MIOZZO Agostino MISSONI Eduardo RIDOLFI Roberto The laws governing the selection […]

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Gentiloni on a mission to Sao Paulo and Brasilia

Three days of meetings at highest institutional and government levels to strengthen economic and trade relations. Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni is on a mission to Sao Paulo and Brasilia, where he will be meeting with, in addition to his counterpart Mauro Vieira, other high-level institutional figures and government ministers with a view to […]

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La Valletta – Malta Book Festival adds a Sicilian twist

The Malta Book Festival, running from tomorrow through 8 November at the historic and monumental ancient Infirmary of the Knights of Malta – today’s Mediterranean Conference Centre – is the most prominent local publishing event. This year’s edition will feature 15 Sicilian publishing houses and their latest offerings, with book launchings in the presence of […]

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Washington – Morretti’s “Mia Madre” Middleburg Film Festival

Ambassador of Italy to the United States Claudio Bisogniero presented Nanni Morretti’s film “Mia Madre” at the Middleburg Film Festival in Virginia, which was well-received by audiences at the event, which is now in its third edition. Bisogniero also presented the “Distinguished Cinematographer Award” to Dante Spinotti, who collaborated on various acclaimed films such as […]

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Bahia Blanca – Italian community gets 100 new members

The Italian community of Bahia Blanca officially welcomed 100 new members in a ceremony to celebrate their having been granted Italian citizenship as a result of being direct descendants of Italian ancestors. The event was organised by the federation of Italian associations (Feisa), the Calabrian association and COMITES, in collaboration with the Consulate General of […]

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Budapest – Italian cinema returns to the MittelCinemaFest

The MittelCinemaFest-Central European Festival of Italian Cinema returns to the banks of the Danube in its 13th edition from 5 to 15 November, promoted and organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest and the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, in collaboration with Budapest Film and a series of Hungarian cinema houses and distributors. The complete festival […]

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Poland: Astaldi awarded contract for Warsaw metro

In consortium with the Turkish firm Gulemark, the Italian firm Astaldi was awarded the contract for the construction of two new sections of the second line of Warsaw’s metro line with a winning bid valued at approximately 540 million euro. The project includes the construction of three stations to the west and three to the […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Opening of new Documentation Centre and Press Conference Ministers for Foreign Affairs Gentiloni and Steinmeier (9 November 2015)

In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the tragic events of 1943-1945, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will take part in a ceremony on Monday 9 November at 9:40 for the inauguration of a project for the construction of a culture of memory to be […]

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40th anniversary of the death of Pier Paolo Pasolini

The network of Italian Cultural Institutes is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of Pier Paolo Pasolini with a series of initiatives, some of which have already taken place and others are still to come. Sao Paulo honoured Pasolini on 8 and 9 October with “Demasiado Pasolini” (lots of Pasolini), an event dedicated to […]

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