Business, Valensise: Growing interface between central administrations and foreign diplomatic network

“There is a growing interface between the central administrations and the precious foreign network we rely on”, Farnesina Secretary General Ambassador Michele Valensise explained to Pei News in the margins of the presentation of the 2015 ANCE Report on the presence of Italian construction firms around the world. “When I speak of central administrations I […]

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Statement from Crisis Unit

The Farnesina Crisis Unit made the following statement: “We do feel obliged to comment on supposed judiciary sources of Aleppo or the self-appointed Islamic tribunal of the Nureddin Zenkin”. “In any case, the Crisis Unit added, “there is no confirmation whatsoever of what has been asserted”.

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Relaunch of “Invest Your Talent in Italy”

The Directorate General for Country Promotion, in collaboration with Italian Trade Agency ICE, Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Uni-Italia, has relaunched the “Invest Your Talent in Italy” programme, an instrument aimed at supporting internationalisation strategies by utilising foreign talents trained in Italy in skills in business operational sectors. Promotion A promotional campaign has been […]

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Brazil, Italy participates in Offshore Technology Conference

A group of Italian firms  will be participating in the upcoming edition of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Brasil 2015, a forum for exchanging ideas and opinions on offshore resources and environmental issues to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 27 to 29 October. The Italo-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rio will […]

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“Cinema Sundays” returns to Lisbon with Monicelli

The Sunday screening of Italian films returned to Lisbon on 4 October with the screening of Mario Monicelli’s “I soliti ignoti”. This edition of “Cinema Sundays” is the 9th of an initiative organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Il Sorpasso Association and will continue to December with another 5 screenings. Read […]

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Castellitto and Mazzantini in Israel for Haifa Festival

Sergio Castellitto and Margaret Mazzantini flew to Israel to present the film “Nessuno si salva da solo” at the Haifa International Film Festival, where Italy was represented this year by nine films. Present at the screening were Italian ambassador Francesco Maria Talò and Mayor of Haifa Yona Yahav. The event was organised in collaboration with […]

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Madrid celebrates Orlando Furioso with exhibit and performance

Madrid celebrates the 500th anniversary of the first edition of Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto with an exhibition and a theatrical performance. The exhibit of various editions of the book and selected drawings and etchings, entitled “El furioso en la Bne, una selecion”, opens Tuesday at the Biblioteca Nacional de Espana. The Italian Cultural Institute […]

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Riviera floods: Farnesina ensuring maximum assistance to Italian nationals

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ensuring the maximum in assistance to Italian nationals returning to Italy from Lourdes in the wake of the weather emergency in the south of France. The Embassy in Paris and Consulates General in in Nice and Marseille are providing the necessary contacts with the French authorities, and the Farnesina […]

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Middle East: Gentiloni condemns violence in Jerusalem and West Bank

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni expressed his “firm condemnation of the acts of violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank, along with those yesterday in Jerusalem’s Old City in which two members of an Orthodox Jewish family traveling to the Wailing Wall were killed, and the hope that those responsible will […]

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Gentiloni: “No Ukraine-Syria exchange. Putin must not use force” (La Stampa)

A tragedy. The bombardment of the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital is a tragic and unjustifiable error that foregrounds the events of last week, when the Taleban took control of Kunduz, a city of 300,000. It shows how delicate the transition in Afghanistan remains, where the non-combat NATO mission Resolute Support is coming to a conclusion. […]

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Farnesina concerned over West Bank killing of Israeli couple

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation condemned the killing of an Israeli couple in the West Bank on the night of October 1st, and expressed deep concern over the increased violence in the area. In the interests of the safety of Israeli and Palestinian citizens, and also to ensure concrete prospects for resumption […]

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Farnesina denies reports regarding Leon successor

The end of Bernardino Leon’s mandate was predetermined and his successor was chosen more than two months ago. Contrary to some newspaper reports, therefore, there was not and could not have been any Italian request to retain Leon, and obviously his replacement will have Italy’s full collaboration. Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni made a […]

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