Release of Italian technician kidnapped in Libya in July announced by Gentiloni

Marco Vallisa, the Italian technician from the Piacentini company who was kidnapped in Zwara, in Libya, on 5 July 2014, has been freed. The announcement was made by Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who added that “Vallisa is on a plane headed for Italy”. The minister expressed his great satisfaction over Vallisa’s release and his “warm thanks […]

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Gentiloni: «Wir miissen Freiheit und Integration ins Zentrum riicken» (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

(Traduzione di cortesia) Signor Ministro degli Esteri; come è la vostra visione dell`Europa e quale ruolo dovrebbe svolgere l`Italia nell`Europa del futuro? Non dobbiamo chiudere gli occhi di fronte al fatto che ci sono chiari segni di sentimento antieuropeo. Vedo una tendenza isolazionista da un lato, e dall`altra parte una politica che si apre al […]

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Mogadishu: political clashes between Somalia’s highest institutions – Farnesina expresses concern

The Farnesina is deeply concerned about the recent news from Mogadishu regarding the worsening political clashes between the country’s highest institutions. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is in close contact with our principal international partners with an interest in the Somali dossier. A government crisis on the eve of important international events […]

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Incontro sul tema “il percorso della compliance delle imprese italiane al sistema universale dei diritti umani”

Il 14 novembre 2014 alle ore 15.30 si svolgerà, alla Farnesina, un incontro sul tema “il percorso della compliance delle imprese italiane al sistema universale dei diritti umani” in occasione della presentazione del paper “Business e Diritti Umani: una sfida per le imprese?”. Il paper è il risultato di un lavoro sul 　rapporto tra l’attività […]

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Madagascar L’Italia riprende le relazioni diplomatiche (in translation)

L’Ambasciatore d’Italia in Sud Africa Vincenzo Schioppa ha presentato al nuovo Presidente del Madagascar le proprie credenziali, firmate dal Presidente Napolitano, ristabilendo cosi’ le relazioni diplomatiche ufficiali con la quarta Isola piu’ grande al mondo, “congelate” per oltre quattro anni. Un colpo di Stato del marzo del 2009 aveva infatti trascinato il Paese in una […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Internationalisation: Italy for Business event on 14 November in Rome

A new “instalment” of the internationalisation road show “Italy for Business: supporting SMEs entering foreign markets” will take place on 14 November at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome (address: Piazzale Kennedy 1). The aim of the road show is to illustrate to small and medium-sized enterprises the instruments provided by the state and the […]

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First visit abroad for Gentiloni. Meetings with foreign ministers of Germany, France and Spain

Berlin, Paris and Madrid will be the destinations for the first tour of European capitals, starting tomorrow 13 November, by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni. The issues Gentiloni plans to discuss in his meetings with colleagues Steinmeier, Fabius and Margallo include the situation in Libya and the first topic on […]

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Gentiloni: concern over further spiral of violence in Libya

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has expressed “serious concern of the violent explosion yesterday [11 November 2014] in Tobruk, which caused deaths and injuries. It is the latest episode in a long series of violent acts that are harmful to stability and to the cause of national reconciliation. The current […]

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Peru – The languages of Italian kinetic art

The second stage of the “Occhio Mobile, linguaggi dell’arte cinetica italiana. Anni ’50 – ’70” exhibition has opened in Peru. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Lima, the initiative will run until 5 January 2015. The main part of the exhibition – produced in Rome by Glocal […]

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Buenos Aires – Celebrating the influence of the tango

The Italian influence on the tango. That as the theme of “Domani salpa una barca”, a performance organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires and curated by Irma Rizzuti, singer and COMITES adviser in the Argentine capital. Rizzuti was accompanied by dancers and 3 young artists who performed tango and Italian folk music, […]

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Sanremo – Afghan military personnel and officials at law school

A training course for Afghan military personnel and government officials will be taking place from 29 November to 8 December 2014 at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in Sanremo. Organised with support from the Farnesina and NATO, the course is designed to improve participants’ awareness of the issues surrounding the application of international humanitarian […]

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Washington – Embassy hosts ISSNAF event

The Italian Embassy in Washington will host the 2014 ISSNAF Annual Event on 12 and 13 November. With over 3000 members, ISSNAF, the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation, is the principle network of its kind in the country. The event will host “Cyber-Sciences and Research: Promoting a Perfect Match, Avoiding a Perfect […]

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