China – Invest in Lombardy flies to Sichuan

“Invest in Lombardy” made a mission to China. A delegation of the firm, which belongs to the Milan Chamber of Commerce (Promos) flew to Chongqing and Chengdu to present the opportunities the region offers. The Italian Consulate General in that city organised an investment forum, along with the Commission for Foreign Trade and Economy of […]

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Messaggio del ministro Federica Mogherini in occasione della commemorazione della tragedia di Marcinelle

Dear Italian friends, Each year we reconfirm the pain and sorrow that we share with all of you for what happened at Marcinelle in the summer of 1956. Europe’s greatest mining disaster took the lives of 262 persons, 136 of whom were Italians. It was precisely in order to keep the memory of that tragedy […]

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Mogherini in Chile and Colombia – Strengthening ties between Italy and Latin America

Further strengthening the already solid ties between Italy and Latin America was the main objective of foreign minister Federica Mogherini’s visit to Chile and Colombia, which concluded with her attendance at the inauguration of new Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos. It is in this spirit that the annual Italy-Latin America Conference will be held in […]

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Under-Secretary Mario Giro hails definitive accord on Panama Canal

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro expressed his satisfaction with the accord signed by the Panama Canal authorities and the Grupo Unido por el Canal consortium, in which Salini Impregilo has a 40% share. The accord sanctions the contents of a memorandum of understanding signed in March 2014, and provides for completion of the Canal’s […]

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Libya: Mogherini, Italian re-entry operation complete. Thanks to Buccino and all institutions

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini thanked all the institutions that collaborated on the repatriation of the Italians from Libya. “The arrival in Pisa of the last Air Force flight completes a complex operation that was made possible by the contribution not only of our embassy and the foreign ministry’s Crisis Unit, but also of […]

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Under-Secretary Mario Giro at the commemoration of the Marcinelle tragedy

As it has since 2001, when 8 August was declared the “National Day Commemorating Italian Workers around the World”, at 8:10 on that same date this year too – the hour of the tragic event – the “Maria mater orphanorum” bell will toll 262 times for the opening of the ceremony for the commemoration of […]

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Mideast: Mogherini discusses Gaza and Libya with Palestinian and Qatari ministers

The crises in Gaza and Libya were the focus of bilateral meetings that Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini held today in Bogotà with Palestinian foreign minister Riad al Malki and Qatari foreign minister Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah. During the meetings, which took place in the margins of the ceremony for the inauguration of Colombian […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Capo Verde: missione imprese UE in novembre (in translation)

Capo Verde: missione imprese UE in novembre La Delegazione UE a Praia sta organizzando per il 18-19 novembre una missione di imprenditori di Paesi UE a Capo Verde. L’iniziativa si inserisce nell’ambito delle “Missions for Growth”. Tra i settori oggetto della missione figurano: l’industria leggera (in particolare i settori tessile e calzaturiero), l’agro-industria, i settori […]

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Cooperation Stories: Italy-Senegal: Round-trip – The “diaspora for sustainable growth”

The PLASEPRI programme supports the private sector and make the most of the Senegalese diaspora in Italy. Interview with Mariarosa Stevan, former director of the Dakar UTL Transform the Senegalese diaspora in Italy, one of the most numerous, to generate sustainable development is the goal of PLASEPRI, a bilateral Italian Cooperation programme operating in Senegal […]

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Iraq: Pistelli in Erbil, thousands of Christians fleeing; approx. 1.5m refugees and displaced

“Politics measures time in months and weeks, but the communities of the Nineveh Plain in northern Iraq are measuring it in days and hours”, asserted Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, who is on a visit to Iraq. “We are obliged by Erbil and the areas that have generously taken in fleeing Christians, to demand the […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTE: Arrival of Italians from Libya (Pisa Military Airport, 7 August 2014)

Two flights from Libya arranged by the Crisis Unit in coordination with the C.O.I, will land today, 7 August 2014, at the Pisa military airport, carrying Italian nationals and persons of other nationalities who decided to leave the country. The first flight is scheduled to arrive at14:00, and the second at 18:00. Journalists and photographers/TV […]

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Mogherini: “La Ue ha dado una respuesta fuerte y conjunta… ahora la pelota esta’ en la cancha rusa” (El Mercurio)

Qual è l’obiettivo della sua visita in Cile? Devo dire che tra le tante fatte in questi mesi, la visita in Cile ha per me un valore particolare. Innanzitutto perché ci uniscono all’America Latina rapporti antichi e saldissimi, con tanti italiani che hanno lasciato il loro Paese, sono venuti in qui e hanno contribuito con […]

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