DEI/Sole 24 Ore: Istanbul Bourse continues to attract investors

Mustafa Baltacı, Executive Vice President of the Istanbul Bourse (BIST), stated that Turkey’s recent problems had not negatively influenced foreign investments and that, consequently, the Bourse continued to attract investors. In support of this statement, the Vice President cited both the BIST-Nasdaq OMX accord after the start of corruption investigations, as well as the volume […]

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Lithuania – Italy active at the Vilnius Book Fair

The Italian Cultural Institute of Vilnius presented a busy calendar for Italy’s participation in the15th International Book Fair in that city. Lithuanians will have an opportunity to appreciate the works of various authors, some of whom will be present, and the occasion will offer an opportunity to launch the “Save Rome” guidebook by three Lithuanian […]

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Lebanon – Italy-France twinning project launched

Italy and France together for Lebanon: a twinning project was launched for the development of the institutional capacity and reorganisation of the Lebanese finance ministry, which places the two countries in a consortium with their respective ministries and the support of Formez and Adetef. Read more, in Italian

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Uruguay – “La dolce vita, Italian design and style”

“La Dolce Vita – Italian design and style” is the title of an itinerant exhibition that runs through 27 April at the Museo nacional de artes visuales (MNAV) in Montevideo, and is aimed at foregrounding Italian design, fashion and artistic excellence. Conferences and seminars will also be held by university professors, architects and decorators   Read […]

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Cyprus – Italian embassy promotes higher education

The Italian embassy of Nicosia promoted Italian higher education in Cyprus during the “Postgraduate Education Fair” in Limassol, and at the 20th edition of the “International Education Fair” in Nicosia. Read more, in Italian.

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Los Angeles – La Grande Bellezza, rhymes and reflections

The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles is hosting the exhibition “The Grande Belezza, Rhymes and Reflections”, of photos from the set of Paolo Sortentino’s film, nominated for the Oscar for Best Film and winner of the Gloden Globe and Bafta awards, in addition to a series of international masterpieces of art. The show opened […]

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Mogherini in Senate – Government and Parliament can work on int’l mission framework law. Case of Marines to go international

“The path we are following in the case of the Marines is one that calls for maximum responsibility at this delicate stage”, asserted Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini in her first Senate briefing on international missions. Afghanistan: Mogherini calls for framework law on international missions “I believe that over the coming months the government […]

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Press conference – Minister Federica Mogherini-Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos (Foreign Ministry, Rome, 28 February 2014)

On Friday 28 February 2014 at 17:30 Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini will meet at the foreign ministry in Rome with Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos. A press conference in planned at the end of their meeting. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in attending should: – […]

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Ministro Mogherini annuncia sblocco adozioni da Bielorussia, congelate da diversi anni

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini announced the end to an impasse on adoptions from Belarus, which had been frozen for many years now. This result, communicated today to the foreign ministry by the Ambassador of Belarus in Italy, is the fruit of confidential negotiations conducted over recent months by Deputy Minister Marta Dassù and […]

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Diplomazia Economica Italiana – 26 February: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor

Turkey: 1.9 billion-euro SACE portfolio, Ankara to work also in Iraq On the occasion of the latest Italian business mission to Turkey, Italian credit insurance agency SACE announced a pipeline of one billion euro of new operations in that country. With a Representative Office in Istanbul for the countries neighbouring on the Middle East since […]

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Minister Mogherini has a series of telephone conversations with her counterparts

Minister for Foreign Affairs Mogherini had a series of telephone conversations in recent hours with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Fabius and, finally, with Greek Foreign Minister Venizelos, whose country currently holds the Presidency of the European Union. Speaking […]

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Expo 2015 attracts business tourism from Russia

According to Director of the ENIT office in Moscow, Domenico Di Salvo, who spoke with the press, Radisson-Ukraine ran a Mice workshop (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Events) in the context of the Italy-Russia year of cross-tourism that officially opened in November 2013. Director of Marketing for EXPO 2015 Lara Maggiore who participated in the workshop, presented […]

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