Ankara – EU-Turkey relations, via Italy

European ambassadors and the heads of some of Turkey’s most representative economic organisations have met to examine the state of relations between the European Union and Turkey and key elements of the country’s EU accession pathway. The event was organised by Italy as part of the initiatives promoted in Turkey to mark the Italian Presidency […]

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Italy-Niger: Deputy Minister Pistelli and Minister Cissé sign an agreement for a rural infrastructure development and market access project

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, and the Minister of State for Planning, Regional Development, and Community Development of Niger, Amadou Boubacar Cissé, met today at the Farnesina. They signed an agreement for the granting of aid credit of 20 million euros for a market access and rural infrastructure project […]

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Prague – The works of Piranesi cast their spell on visitors

Some of the best works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi are on show in Prague, with an exhibition entitled “Giovanni Battista Piranesi: a genius of the Italian Baroque (1720-1778)”. The exhibition will run until 1 February 2015. It was organised by the National Gallery of Prague in collaboration with the City of Prague Archives, under the […]

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Córdoba – Restoration and conservation: a world-class Italian art

The art of Italian restoration takes centre stage in Córdoba with an exhibition running from 24 November to 12 December 2014. Produced by the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry for Cultural Assets and Activities, the exhibition celebrates the work of the Higher Institute for Conservation and Restoration (ISCR). A series of panels have been installed […]

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Conversations in the Library – Ferragamo: a “winning” Italy

“Ferragamo: a ‘winning’ Italy”. That’s the title of the next “Conversation in the Library”, the 22nd since the initiative began three years ago. Participants have includedErnesto Galli della Loggia, Federico Rampini, Alberto Quadro Curzio, writer Margaret Mazzantini, Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times journalist Jim Yardley, and judge Raffaele Cantone. From handcrafted shoesto fashion multinational […]

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Accreditation Notice: “Innovation Report 2014” presentation (Farnesina, 1 December 2014)

The “Innovation Report 2014” produced by the COTEC Foundation, an organisation devoted to improving Italy’s technological competitiveness, will be presented at the Farnesina at 15.30 on Monday 1 December 2014. Attendees include the Director General for Country Promotion, Ambassador Andrea Meloni; the President of the COTEC Foundation and the National Research Council (CNR), Luigi Nicolais; […]

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“Women, peace and security”: Minimum standards, harmonised guidelines and common policies for the European Agenda

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a round table entitled “Women, peace and security: Minimum standards, harmonised guidelines and common policies for the European Agenda” was held at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. UN Resolution 1325: women’s key role in preventing and combating violence The round table […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Egypt: Italcementi signs memorandum of understanding for wind farm

The Italcementi Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Minster for Investment, Ashraf Salman, to develop a 320 MW wind farm in the Red Sea region. The agreement also envisages innovative projects for the use of alternative fuels for the production of cement by the Suez Cement Group of Companies (Italcementi […]

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Conferenza stampa Min. Gentiloni – Min. Hammond (Villa Madama, 27 novembre 2014)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will be meeting the British Foreign Minister, Philip Hammond, at 13.00 on Thursday 27 November. The meeting will take place in Villa Madama. A joint press conference is scheduled for the end of the meeting. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in […]

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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO – Recall: IV Conferenza Ministeriale euro-africana su Migrazione e Sviluppo (Processo di Rabat) – (Roma, NH Midas Hotel 27 novembre 2014)

A reminder that the 4th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development will be held on 27 November in Rome at the NH Midas Hotel. The Conference will be chaired by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Minister for the Interior, Angelino Alfano. Senegal, which hosted the last Ministerial, […]

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Luanda – Electro-music closes Italian Language in the World Week

The events organised in Angola to mark the Italian Language in the World Week conclude this week with Unione Elettronica, a festival of electronic music. Featuring Italian DG Vanessa Laino along with 11 Angolan DJs and others from Spain, Germany, France and Holland, the Festival’s slogan is “Angolan and European DJs united by music”. Read […]

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Oslo – Rohrwacher’s “Le Meraviglie” opens the film festival

Norwegian cinema-goers have been feasting their eyes on “Profession: Filmmaker – a new generation of European women film directors”, which opened with Cannes Grand Prix winner Alice Rohrwacher’s “Le Meraviglie”. Organised by EUNIC Norway, this year’s event was chaired and coordinated by the Italian branch of EUNIC (the network of Cultural Institutes of the countries […]

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