A new EU-US Marshall Plan for the Mediterranean and Middle East

A two-day (26/27 February) conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation entitled “A new EU –US Marshall Plan for the Mediterranean and Middle East: economic development and cooperation policies”, was arranged by the MFAIC in collaboration with the Association Prospettive Mediterranee, the Ebert Foundation (FES-Italia), EURISPES, The University of Calabria, The Italian […]

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Syria. Attacks in Hasake Province. Unacceptable genocide, says Gentiloni. Preserve Middle East cultural and religious patrimony

“I wish to express my firmest condemnation of the religious and ethnic-related violence systematically and viciously perpetrated by the Daesh against local Syrian populations”. Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni commented thus on the news of the kidnapping and murder of dozens of Christian civilians in Syrian orthodox villages in the northeast […]

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Frankfurt – An association against “Italian Sounding”

An association against “Italian sounding” brands has been created in Germany through the collaborative efforts of the Italian Chambers of Commerce of Frankfurt and Munich and the Confagricultura. Its aim is to counter the spread, especially in the case of agri-agricultural products, of counterfeit and “doctored” products branded with what sound like authentic Italian labels. […]

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Tokyo – Leonardo lives in “An impossible interview”

The theatrical event “Being Leonardo Da Vinci. An impossible Interview”, written, directed and acted by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, is currently touring Japan. After its premier in Tokyo, it will go on to tour Fukuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. Italian ambassador to Tokyo Domenico Giorgi attended the opening, which was organised and hosted by the Italian […]

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Algiers – Christian Leotta brings Beethoven’s sonatas

Pianist Christian Leotta brought the first 8 of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s piano sonatas to Algiers in a recital at the Auditorium of the Radio. The event was a premier for Africa, and the first phase in a project created by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the ‘Aissa Messaoudi’ Cultural Centre for the execution […]

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UK – Science and Uni cooperation grows

Italian ambassador to the London Pasquale Terracciano was at the University of Cambridge for a series of meetings focused on boosting Italian studies at that British university complex, later visiting the Fitzwilliam Museum, where two bronze statues on loan to the museum were recently attributed to Michelangelo. The ambassador then went on to the Language Department, […]

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Internationalisation: Gentiloni participates in Control Centre meeting

Minister Paolo Gentiloni chaired the fourth meeting of the Italia Internazionale Control Centre created in 2011 with the goal of defining guidelines and strategies for the foreign promotion and internationalisation of Italian products. Prospects and strategies for internationalisation Attending the meeting will be Minister for Economy and Finance Pier Carlo Padoan, Minister for Infrastructure and […]

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Libya: Gentiloni says Italy and Tunisia share positions

With regard to the Libyan crisis, Italy and Tunisia share a common position on “the need to redouble efforts to find a solution that all the factions can agree to, since political stability is the only way to resolving the crisis”, said Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the end of a meeting with Tunisian President Beji […]

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Dei – Eritrea: De Lorenzo Spa supplies 3 million euro in teaching equipment

De Lorenzo Spa, a world leader in the design and production of teaching equipment for technical and professional training, completed the supply and installation of 3 million euro worth of equipment in Eritrea. The Italian firm was awarded the contract in 2013 through a Eritrean Ministry of Education call for tenders and funded by the African […]

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Recall- Press conference held by Ministro Gentiloni and NATO S-G Stoltenberg (Farnesina, 26 February 2015)

Please be reminded that at 17:00 on Thursday 26 February Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni will meet at the Foreign Ministry in Rome with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The meeting will be followed by a joint press conference. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the […]

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Gentiloni in Tunis – A show of support for the new republic. Meetings on Libyan crisis

Minister Paolo Gentiloni went to Tunis to meet with all the key figures of the new republic: President Beji Caid Essebsi, Premier Habib Essid, Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche and Minister for Development Yassine Brahim, as well as President of the Parliament Mohamed Ennaceur.The visit was a concrete show of support for a country that managed […]

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Recall – A new USA-EU Marshall Plan for the Mediterranean and Middle East: economic development and cooperation policies (Rome, 26 February 2015)

Please be reminded that on Thursday 26 February, starting at 15:30, the Farnesina will host the event “A new USA-EU Marshall Plan for the Mediterranean and Middle East: economic development and cooperation policies”. The conference is promoted by the Mediterranean Prospects Association in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ebert […]

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