DEI – Bolivia: 46 new hospitals by the end of 2017, investment of 1.62 billion dollars

The Bolivian government has approved a project for the construction of 46 new hospitals throughout the country by the end of 2017, with an investment of 1.624 billion dollars. Health Minister Adriana Campero announced the project and explained that the plans include four highly complex (level 4) hospitals in Cochabamba (Oncology), La Paz (Gastroenterology), Santa […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE: Italian Development Cooperation at EXPO 2015 – Italian cooperation with Iraq (Cascina Triulza, 10 September)

The Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGDC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) is organising a meeting to discuss Italian cooperation with Iraq. Topics include support for agriculture and the protection of the cultural heritage. The meeting, which will take place at the Cascina Triulza on Thursday 10 September 2015, is […]

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Gentiloni attends international conference to relaunch an Action Plan against ethnic and religious violence in the Middle East

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is attending an international conference in Paris on the victims of ethnic and religious violence in the Middle East. The conference is being co-chaired by France and Jordan, with Gentiloni himself chairing a round table on “Facilitating the safe and sustainable repatriation of homeless people and refugees”. The representatives of 60 […]

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Italy-Israel – 16 co-funded science and technology projects approved in Milan for implementation in Italy and Israel

Rome and Tel Aviv have stepped up cooperation in the science and technology field. A meeting of the 14th Italy-Israel mixed commission met recently in Milan, at EXPO 2015, to assess and approve 16 co-financed projects with the themes, this year, of water-treatment, pharmacogenomics and cyber security. The commission meets annually under a Bilateral Scientific […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Reminder: Conference “Security is a serious thing” (Farnesina, 9 September)

A reminder that the Conference “Security is a serious thing” will take place on Wednesday 9 September from 10:00 to 12:30 at the Farnesina. Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni will open the conference. The event, jointly promoted by the NGO network AOI, CINI, LINK2007, the Crisis Unit and the Directorate General […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Reminder: 70th United Nations General Assembly – UNGA (New York, September 2015)

A reminder that all pertinent information concerning press accreditation to cover the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly can be found at http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/UNGA70.shtml. Journalists, photographers and TV crews who do not already have UN accreditation should register with the organisation no later than 9 September 2015. Please follow the instructions of the UN’s […]

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Latin America – Italian Development Cooperation at EXPO to discuss Andean grain

The Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGDC) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with Oxfam Italia, has organised an event featuring Andean grain. The event, which took place on Monday 7 September, was part of the EXPO Milan and European Year for Development programmes. It focused on international development initiatives and the possible […]

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DEI – Kuwait: Saipem wins 2 lots in new Al-Zour refinery project

Saipem has won the contract for 2 lots (numbers 4 and 5) for the new Al-Zour refinery. The lots are worth 475 Kuwaiti dinars (1.4 billion euro) and 454,256 million dinars (1.3 billion euro) respectively. The client for both tenders is the Kuwait National Petroleum Company. Lot 4 consists of storage tanks, pipes and underground […]

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Hong Kong – Red carpet for Cinema Italian Style

Hong Kong rolls out the red carpet for the fourth edition of Cine Italiano – Cinema Italian Style, which opens on 16 September 2015. Italian films featuring in the event include “Il nome del figlio”, directed by Francesca Archibugi, who will be attending the screening. Cine Italiano is organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and […]

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Brazil – Film and food, featuring Italy and its pasta

The 6th edition of “Slow Filme – Festival internacional de cinema, alimentacao e cultura local” will take place from 10 to 13 September 2015 at the Cine Pireneus in Pirenopolis, a town near Brasilia in the state of Goias. This year, the festival will enjoy the support of the Italian Embassy in Brasilia and pasta […]

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Italy-Malta – Earthquake response exercises by civil protection teams

Earthquake response exercises were conducted by civil protection teams in Malta from 3 to 6 September 2015 as part of the SIMIT strategic project funded by the Italy-Malta Operations Programme for 2014-2020. The exercises were organised by Malta’s Civil Protection department in collaboration with the Civil Protection Department of Sicily Region, with the involvement of […]

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Moscow – Caravaggio on display at Italian Embassy

Caravaggio’s “Boy Bitten by a Lizard” is being displayed at the Italian Embassy in Moscow, with a presentation by Ambassador Cesare Maria Ragaglini and the director of the Pushkin Museum, Marina Loshak. The painting will then be shown at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts from 15 September to 10 January 2016, as part […]

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