Italy-Austria – Austrian President Fisher at Solisti Veneti concert

A concert given by the Solisti Veneti orchestra at the residence of the Italian ambassador to Vienna Giorgio Marrapodi had a very special guest in the audience: President of the Austrian Republic Heinz Fisher, who attended the performance and made a short speech at its end. After thanking the musicians for the music on their […]

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Giro: Gruppo di contatto per la Libia dell’Unione Africana

Minister Gentiloni charged Under-Secretary Giro to attend the opening meeting of the African Union international Contact Group for Libya, whose aim is to facilitate the achievement of a political solution to the Libyan crisis. “Italy is the only European country present at political level at this meeting, which underscores the importance that the Libyan question […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Canada: : webinar on 9 December on automotive and agrifood opportunities

The latest 2014 webinar offered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s joint project with Unioncamere Emilia-Romagna entitled “Internationalisation just a click away” will take place on 9 December 2014 at 15:30. The webinar will examine the Canadian market and, in particular, opportunities in mechanics/automotive and agrifood sectors. Canada is a country with […]

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Dichiarazione congiunta sulla Libia

JOINT STATEMENT ON LIBYA The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, the US Secretary of State, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, met in Brussels on December 3, 2014 to assess the current situation in […]

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Dubai – Italy in the forefront of “The Big 5”

Italy was present in force at “The Big 5 Dubai”, the Middle East’s main tradeshow for the building and construction sectors. Our country was represented by over 400 vendors organised in various pavilions covering a surface of over 6,000 square metres (compared with last year’s 315 and 2012’s 270). Turkey came in second with approximately […]

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Brazil – 2014 “Venice Cinema Week” gets underway

The 10th edition of “Venice Cinema Week” got under way in Brazil. An itinerant event, it will leave from the city of Brasilia and touch down in four others: Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, where it will close on 15 December. Its organisers are the Embassy of Italy in Brazil, the […]

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Cameroon – Degree course in Italian as from 2015/2016

Starting with the next academic year 2015/2016, the University of Douala will offer a degree course in Italian starting from the academic year 2015/2016, which was presented at an “Open House” event held during the 14th Italian Language Week. A total of 250 students attended the event, along with Italian cultural attaché Raffaella Anselmi, Deputy […]

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Italia per le Imprese stops in Padua

The 11th leg of the Roadshow Italia per le Imprese, con le PMI verso i mercati esteri (with SMEs toward foreign markets) took place yesterday. The initiative was born within the framework of the Command Centre for Italia Internazionale to better inform Italian small and medium sized enterprises of the various instruments the State makes […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Hong Kong: Ambasciatore Cina incontra imprese italiane (in translation)

Si e’ svolto un incontro tra il Commissioner del Ministero degli Esteri cinese presso la Regione Amministrativa Speciale di Hong Kong, Ambasciatore Song Zhe e una rappresentanza della business community italiana. All’evento hanno partecipato, oltre all’ICE e alla Camera di commercio italiana ad Hong Kong, 25 rappresentanti di societa’ italiane nei settori lusso, abbigliamento e […]

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Foreign-Defence – Delegation of EU, NATO and Associate countries visit Palazzo Aeronautica

On Saturday 29 November a delegation of European Union, Associated and NATO Country Member ambassadors visited the Palazzo Aeronautica in Rome. The idea was conceived by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Air Force, and falls within the context of the fruitful collaboration between the foreign and defence ministries. The delegation […]

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Ebola: Signing of MFAIC-Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases

The MFAIC’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation today signed a convention with Rome’s Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases on an emergency intervention in Sierra Leone, valued at EUR 250,000, to help fight the spread of the Ebola virus. These Development Cooperation funds will allow the Spallanzani Institute to supply technical assistance to the Sierra Leone […]

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Vietnam: Della Vedova, grande successo missione, Italia vince quando fa sistema

“The satisfaction of businesses that have participated in the mission to Vietnam was 100%, the best results seen in recent years in customer satisfaction surveys of participating firms. This has been a complete success and has shown how Italy can win by creating systems. In other words, when the government, businesses and sector associations coordinate […]

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