Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Iraq: new Baghdad terminal and Nasiriya airport

Iraq: new Baghdad terminal and Nasiriya airport Iraqi Minister for Transport Al Zubaidi announced that, in application of the BOT formula, the World Bank would finance the construction of a fifth terminal at the Baghdad international airport to service international departures. The call for tenders will go out as soon as the accords with the […]

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Argentina – Books a cultural bridge

“Books as a cultural bridge between Italy, Argentina and Europe”, is the title of a book presented at the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires during the Week of Italian Culture. Speakers at the event included sociologist and professor at the Universidad Nacional di Buenos Aires Esteban De Gori, historian and philosopher and professor at […]

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Albania – Conference on a future in Europe

Relations between Italy and Albania will grow even closer thanks to a conference that opens on Monday afternoon in Tirana. The two-day “Albania and Italy: a Partnership for Europe” comes a few months after the granting of EU candidate status to the country. Its is to reflect on Albania’s future, starting with the role played […]

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Montreal – ’18 Ius Soli’ by Italo-Ghanian Kuwornu

The sensitive issue of the nationality of children of immigrants will be the topic of debate in Canada when the documentary “18 Ius Soli” by Italo-Ghanian director Fredd Kuwornu will be presented on Wednesday. The film tells the story of 18 young people born and raised on Italian soil by Latin American, Asian or African […]

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Ghana – Italian cinema, music and architecture

The Italian embassy in Ghana is celebrating Italian Culture Week with a series of exhibitions, seminars and film screenings. The cycle opened with the seminar “Two cultures, same rhythms”, featuring Anna Nacci, founder of the “We are the Children” project. Three film screenings included “Pinocchio” by Luigi Comencini, “Generazione mille euro” by Massimo Venier, and […]

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Udine – Internationalisation Roadshow

The next stop for the Italian Foreign and Development Ministries’ travelling “internationalisation roadshow” is Udine. The city, located in northeast Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia region, is to host the business internationalisation conference and showcase on 31 October. Attended by Deputy Development Minister Carlo Calenda and by local and central government internationalisation agencies and business lobbies, […]

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Intervento del sottosegretario Mario Giro in occasione degli Stati Generali della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Cari amici, Ricordatevi tre semplici cifre: 4,5 milioni, 80 milioni, 250 milioni. Sono questi i numeri dell’Italia nel mondo. E dell’italiano. Il presidente del Consiglio Matteo Renzi ha detto recentemente che “c’è grande voglia di Italia nel mondo”. E’ così, molto di più di quanto pensiamo. Sono 4,5 […]

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70th anniversary of SIOI

President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano opened the exhibition “1944-2014: i 70 anni della SIOI. Palazzetto Venezia racconta la storia della politica estera italiana”. In attendance were SIOI president and former foreign minister Franco Frattini and Farnesina secretary-general Michele Valensise. Società Italiana per l’Organizzazione Internazionale (SIOI), the historic Italian post-war agency that has been […]

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EU: Della Vedova chairs 4th Cooperation Council with Tajikistan

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova and Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Sirojidin Aslov co-chaired the fourth meeting of EU Cooperation Council with Tajikistan today in Luxembourg within the framework of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU. The meeting brought relations between the EU and that Central Asian nation to a new […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Morocco: examining new operations for €200 million

Morocco: examining new operations for €200 million Within the context of a Ministry of Economic Development mission to Morocco, SACE announced that Italy was examining 200,000 euros in new investments. Italy’s current portfolio of Italian exports and investments ensured by SACE in Morocco are mainly concentrated in high risk industrial sectors such as mechanics, infrastructure […]

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Innovitalia – Italian research around the globe

Innovitalia is a web space managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation (MAECI) and the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) with a view to fostering the internationalisation of Italian research. Its intention is to offer sector operators constant updates on MAECI efforts to promote science and technology cooperation with other […]

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Special OSCE monitoring mission – Opportunity to apply for observer post

In response to a need for more observers, the OSCE Directorate of Human Resources has extended the deadline for the submission of applications for the post of Monitoring Officer with the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. Recruitment of new observers The recruitment of new observers arises from the need to take on the task of […]

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