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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Argentina – Growth in Medical Cooperation

Italy and Argentina are contributing to the further development of collaboration in the field of medicine. A fourth cooperation framework agreement between the Italian Gastroenterologists Association and its Argentine counterpart, signed in the presence of the Italian ambassador to Buenos Aires Teresa Cataldo, is intended to promote youth training exchanges, joint clinical trials and joint […]

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Riga – Italian portraits from the Bologna Museum

An exhibition opened in Riga entitled “Two centuries of Italian portraits, 1580-1780”; a display of 40 late-Mannerist and Baroque works by a variety of Italian masters, including Guido Reni, Guercino, the Carracci brothers and Lavina Fontana, from the Pinacoteca Nazionale of Bologna. The exhibition, hosted by the city’s Museum of the Bourse, will run through […]

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Burundi – On the way to Expo

The country of Burundi will present itself to Italy in an exhibition in Terminal 3 of Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport on 25 February of the products it intends to present at the Milan EXPO 2015. These include both cultural and tourism-related products as well as the country’s potential for development in sectors ranging from […]

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Gentiloni: «Europe must do more for illegals. Landings nearly doubled in one year» (Il Messaggero)

“Europe needs to be more engaged on immigration, to authentically share the burden at all stages, from the countries of origin to those of transit and up to the final miles and reception. It has to spend more resources on Triton”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will raise the question at the next EU […]

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Gentiloni: «Europe must do more for illegals. Landings nearly doubled in one year» (Il Messaggero)

“Europe needs to be more engaged on immigration, to authentically share the burden at all stages, from the countries of origin to those of transit and up to the final miles and reception. It has to spend more resources on Triton”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will raise the question at the next EU […]

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