Migrations – 38 Countries at ministerial conference in Rome on 28 November

The EU-Hornof Africa Migration Route Initiative (Khartoum Process) will be launched at a ministerial conference in Rome on 28 November. It will be co-chaired by Ministers Paolo Gentiloni and Angelino Alfano, accompanied by deputy ministers Pistelli and Mazione. Migration flows and regional stabilisation The purpose of the initiative is to promote concrete projects for the […]

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Intervento del Ministro Paolo Gentiloni alla 2/a Conferenza internazionale sulla nutrizione della Fao

Intervento del Ministro Paolo Gentiloni alla 2/a Conferenza internazionale sulla nutrizione della Fao

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Gentiloni: incontro con il Ministro degli Esteri olandese Bert Koenders

The excellent status of bilateral relations, particularly the vitality of economic relations, was confirmed in Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni’s meeting with – also newly appointed – Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders. Gentiloni and Koenders agreed on the need to strengthen the EU’s role in the management of migration flows from […]

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Vietnam – System mission to Southeast Asia gets under way (23-26 November 2014)

An official system mission led by Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Della Vedova began today, and consists of a delegation of 75 firms and business associations in the sectors of infrastructure, mechanics, medicine and biomedicine, energy, and others. The initiative, planned by the Cabina di Regia per l’Italia Internazionale in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic […]

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Colloquio del Ministro Gentiloni con il Rappresentante Speciale del Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite per la Libia

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni held a meeting today at the Farnesina with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Libya, Bernardino León. Italy reaffirmed its “full and convinced support for the UN’s demanding efforts and the initiatives under way to restore stability in Libya and reopen dialogue between the parties”. “It […]

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“Women, Peace and Security” (Farnesina, 25 November 2014)

On 25 November at 15:00, in coincidence with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Farnesina will host a round table discussion entitled “Women, Peace and Security – Minimum standards, harmonised guidelines and common policies for the European Agenda”. Thee event will include the presentation of the Italian National Action Plan […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – Georgia: tract of motorway built by Todini

A new tract of Georgia’s E60 motorway, which links the country’s east with west (and Tbilisi with the Black Sea), built by Todini (Salini-Impregilo) in a joint venture with the Japanese firm Tekenaka, was recently opened. The project consisted of a bypass to avoid entering the city of Kutaisi, 30 kilometres of roadway mean to […]

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Gentiloni: elections in Tunisia new crucial step toward democracy

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni expressed his satisfaction with the elections in Tunisia, saying they were “a perfect demonstration of the country’s determination to follow the path of democracy undertaken in late 2010”. “After the positive legislative elections in October”, the minister continued, “Tunisia has taken a new crucial step toward […]

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Della Vedova «La priorità è esportare di più» (Il Sole 24 Ora)

«Un dialogo strategico da continuare per aumentare le esportazioni». Così si esprime il sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri, Benedetto Della Vedova, che guida la missione di sistema in Vietnam. Senatore Della Vedova, perché una missione in Vietnam? «La missione fa parte di una strategia complessiva, innanzitutto quella di lavorare per aumentare le esportazioni italiane, dato che […]

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Buenos Aires – Anatole Saderman photo exhibit

“Saderman, portraits in Rome” is the title of an exhibition, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires, running from 25 November through 18 December. The exhibition features photographer Anatole Saderman’s portraits of artists such as Guttuso, Vespignani, Afro, Capogrossi and other great names in Italian painting. The photos were taken during the photographer’s […]

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Italy-Japan – Collaboration on earthquake studies

The National Physics Institute (INFN) and National Geophysics and Volcanology Institute (INGV) signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Earthquake Research (ERI) in the margins of the Muographer2014 workshop held at the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo. Participants in the signing included Italian ambassador to Tokyo Domenico Giorgi and Ambassador […]

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Vietnam – Italy support for SMEs

Italy will be offering technical support to SMEs in southern Vietnam to help improve their competitiveness, according to the Director of the Italian Cooperation’s office in Vietnam, Riccardo Mattei during a meeting with the people’s committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the province of Dong Nai. “Italy”, he explained, “with its strong points in […]

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