DEI – Egypt: Free trade zone gets go-ahead from African leaders

After 5 years of talks, the leaders of 26 African countries have signed an agreement on the creation of a Tripartite Free Tree Area (TFTA) that will cover half of the African continent. Signed in Sharm El Sheikh, the agreement will integrate the existing 3 free trade areas and become the continent’s biggest single market. […]

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Beijing – Encounters with Italian Opera – Giuseppe Cuccia illustrates “L’elisir d’amore”

Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “L’elisir d’amore” will be performed at the National Grand Theatre in Beijing from 9 to 12 July 2015. On 29 June, Giuseppe Cuccia will give a presentation on the opera at the Italian Cultural Institute as part of the “Encounters with Italian Opera” events organised by the Institute. Cuccia is a consultant […]

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New York – The “Rome School” of flute: lesson-concert in the Big Apple

“The flute in Contemporary Music: The Italian experience and the ‘Rome School’”.That is the title of the lesson-concert that flautist Gianni Trovalusci will be giving at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York at 6pm on Wednesday 24 June. Read more, in Italian

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Maputo – A week of Italian culture

Italian Culture Week is under way in Maputo and will run until 20 June. The initiative includes piano concerts Hwith performances by DuoKeira, with Michela Chiara Borghese and Sabrina De Carlo. The “Festa do cinema italiano”, with films by directors such as Ettore Scola, Paolo Virzi’, Carlo Mazzacurati and Rocco Papaleo, will also include screenings […]

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DEI – China: New platform for online cross-border trade

Guangxin Trade Development, part of the Guangxin Group, a public holding with over 25,000 employees and over 23 companies, has developed a new electronic commerce platform called GTD (http://www.ggtdc.com). The platform will enable imported products with reduced customs duties to enter China. The company’s operational headquarters is in Nansha, one of the 3 hubs (along […]

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Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli is leaving his government position

Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli has decided to leave his government position and from July 2015 will be taking up a new and senior role with energy company ENI. Minister Paolo Gentiloni congratulated Pistelli for his work at the Farnesina since 2013. The Deputy Minister has achieved excellent results in all spheres of responsibility within his […]

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Immigration: Italy and Macedonia sign protocol on repatriation procedures for irregular immigrants

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has signed an agreement with his Macedonian opposite number, Nikola Poposki, which facilitates the repatriation of irregular immigrants. The protocol, drawn up in agreement with the two Home Affairs Ministries, regulates repatriation procedures for irregular immigrants from Macedonia or from third countries using Macedonia for […]

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Italy-Pakistan: Della Vedova visiting Islamabad

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, will be visiting Pakistan today and tomorrow, 15-16 June 2015. In Islamabad he will meet members of the government, including the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant, Ambassador Syed Tariq Fatemi; the Minister for Commerce, Dastagir Khurram Khan; the Minister for Petroleum, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi; and […]

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Asunción – “L’Italia del futuro” arrives in Paraguay

An exhibition entitled “Italia del futuro” has opened at the Catholic University of Asunción and will run until 11 June 2015. The initiative was organised by the Farnesina and by the National Research Council (CNR) in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna […]

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Jakarta – Artemis Danza performs “Traviata”

Artemis Danza will perform “Traviata” in Jakarta, as the first chapter in its “Giuseppe Verdi” project. The performance will be hosted by the theatre at the Ciputra Artpreneur cultural centre to mark the 65th anniversary of bilateral relations between Italy and Indonesia. The centre has organised the initiative in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in […]

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Gentiloni: “The nay-saying countries are short-sighted” (La Stampa)

“All of this reluctance to accept the European Commission’s immigration plan seems short-sighted to me”. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has always taken a cautious approach and avoided any show of triumphalism even when – in mid-May – Italy could have claimed the transformation of the immigration dossier into a shared, European dossier, as a national […]

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Second ‘IBAC Italy’ Day at the Farnesina: growing business interest in investing in Italy

International businesses are increasingly interested in investing in Italy, as emerged from the 5th edition of “IBAC-ITALY”, an event organised by the MIUR, MiSE and ICE-Agenzia to promote the attraction of investments in Italy. Promoting the attraction of investments in Italy The goal of the initiative, being held for the second time at the Farnesina, […]

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