Diplomacy for growth – Italian business mission to Morocco

A group of approximately 60 Italian business representatives made a mission to Morocco led by Deputy Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda to strengthen collaboration and explore business opportunities. The farming/food, construction, healthcare and automotive industries were the focus of sector seminars as well as company visits and B2B meetings. An economic forum was held […]

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Beijing – Vinitaly promotes Expo2015

Vinitaly returns to Beijing to promote Italian wines on the first stop of the EXPO Milano 2015 roadshow. From tomorrow through Sunday, Vinitaly International will be presenting Italian wines as guest of the itinerant event, and will offer a preview of the wine pavilion that they will be coordinating with Veronafiere during the EXPO. The […]

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Network Farnesina: Organizzazioni Internazionali giuridiche con sede in Italia (in translation)

Prima riunione tra Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale e vertici delle organizzazioni di diritto internazionale con sede in Italia “Insieme per i diritti umani, lo Stato di diritto e il buon governo”. Può essere così sintetizzato il significato della prima riunione tra il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e i vertici delle organizzazioni […]

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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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