Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Belgium: Selex ES signs 20m euro Post contract

Selex ES, a Finmeccanica group firm was awarded a 20 million euro contract with bpost during the Post-Expo 2014 trade fair in Stockholm. Selex ES will provide a 900-metre long Multisorting Parcel Handling System (MPHS) with a capacity of 30,000 packages per hour, to be installed in the new bpost logistics hub located in the […]

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Alessandro Di Battista Fellowship 2015-16

In 2002, the Italian Government, in collaboration with the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), established the Alessandro Di Battista Fellowship. It is co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Finance in memory of the young Italian economist Alessandro Di Battista, who came from that Ministry […]

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Speech by Minister Mogherini at the event “Ending child marriage: towards a more gender equitable world”

(Please check against text as delivered) I am very pleased to participate in such an important event, promoted by Canada and co-organized by Italy, together with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and with the sponsorship of Zambia and Yemen. According to UNICEF, a third of all teenagers worldwide is forced to enter into marriage […]

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Qatar – Infrastrutture: le aziende italiane volano (in translation)

E’ tutto pronto per la missione imprenditoriale organizzata dalla Camera di commercio italiana in Qatar e dall’Ufficio Ice di Doha. A partecipare un gruppo di imprese italiane che operano nell’edilizia, nell’arredo e nei trasporti, tutti settori collegati ai maggiori progetti infrastrutturali del paese arabo. Il mercato qatarino La missione partirà alla volta di Doha il […]

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New York – Lo ‘Stato di plastica’ della Finucci (in translation)

Dopo le tappe di Parigi, Venezia, Madrid e Roma, e’ in arrivo a New York il “Garbage Patch State” dell’artista italiana Maria Cristina Finucci, che intende cosi’ portare nel cuore delle Nazioni Unite il suo messaggio contro i residui plastici che inquinano gli oceani. Lo ‘Stato di plastica’ rappresenta la superficie occupata dai rifiuti di […]

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Brasile – Il “Filmcup” scalda i motori (in translation)

Scadono il 26 settembre i termini per iscriversi alla “FilmCup Brazil & Italy” 2014. L’evento, annunciato durante la 71esima Mostra del Cinema di Venezia, e’ uno tra i piu’ grandi mercati audiovisivi internazionali che ospitera’ l’Italia dal 25 al 27 novembre nella Cinemateca brasiliana di San Paolo in collaborazione con il mercato di Ventana Sur […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Recall: Presentation of the DUGM Special Economic Zone (Oman) (Farnesina, 24 September 2014)

The Farnesina will host the presentation, at 10:00 on Wednesday 24 September, of the DUQM Special Economic Zone (SEZAD Duqm) in Oman. Participants will include Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova and President of SEZAD Duqm, Minister Yahya bin Said Al Jabri. The Duqm Special Economic Zone, established in […]

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Under-Secretary Giro the italophone radio/TV Community in Turin

Under-Secretary Mario Giro opened the general assembly of the italophone radio/TV community in Turin this morning by outlining upcoming projects for the promotion and dissemination of the Italian language. He specifically underscored the States General of the Italian Language Days to be held in Florence in October, which will bring together industry experts and representatives […]

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Nucleare: della vedova a conferenza generale Aiea

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova spoke today in Vienna, on behalf of Italy and the European Union, at the 58th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency. “We invite those countries that have not yet adhered to the treaty of non-proliferation to do so”, the under-secretary urged, expressing “the EU’s concern for […]

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Libia: Mogherini, dialogo apra strada a soluzione politica condivisa

According to Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini, the announced intention to launch a political dialogue in Libya is an opportunity not to be missed to achieve a shared political solution. “The launch of dialogue in Libya, agreed on thanks to effective mediation by the United Nations that we also supported, could finally pave the […]

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Italy in the UN – against child and forced marriages

Italy is in the forefront in the UN against the scourge of child and forced marriages. “The ending child marriages: towards a more gender equitable world” event was held  in the margins of the General Assembly to promote more awareness of a phenomenon that is impacting dramatically on female populations and on socio-economic development prospects. […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Oman: presentation of DuqmSpecial Economic Zone Wednesday 24 at the Farnesina

At 10:30 on Wednesday 24 September 2014 a presentation will be made in the foreign ministry’s International Conference Room of the Duqm Special Economic Zone (Sezad Duqm), which covers an area of 1,777 square kilometres and 80 km of coastline along the Arabian Sea, halfway between Mascate and Salala. According to the project’s promoters, this […]

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