Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Germany: Investment in Italy reaches 33.1 billion

Germany: Investment in Italy reaches 33.1 billion Between 2009 and 2012 investment in Italy by German companies increased significantly, from 30.2 billion euros to 33.1 billion. The number of Italian companies receiving German investment also increased over the period, by nearly 100 units: from 1,250 to 1,345, with total sales amounting to around 95 billion […]

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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: Conferenza “Le persone LGBTI nella realtà odierna” (Farnesina, 16 maggio 2014)

A conference on “Being LGBTI in today’s world” will take place at the Farnesina on Friday 16 May from 9.30 to 18.30. The conference will be opened by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova. The event will be divided into four panels: 9.45: The rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transexual and Intersexed (LGBTI) […]

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Italy-China – Students and business community at Beijing Career Day

The first Beijing Career Day will take place on 17 May 2015 to provide an opportunity for students and graduates to meet members of the business community. All Italian or Chinese students who are studying or have studied in Italian universities, and Italian and Chinese enterprises, are invited. The event is being organised by the […]

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Valensise: « Quanto costa e risparmia la Farnesina» IlSole24Ore

Sometimes, the things you read really do seem to miss the mark. The article by Prof. Perotti published in Il Sole 24 Ore on 7 May 2014 “Gli ambasciatori e la spending review” (Ambassadors and the Spending Review) provides several instances of data that are inaccurate or have clearly been manipulated. I wish to provide […]

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Mogherini at Italian-German Forum – Growth and jobs the priority for Italy’s EU Presidency

Employment, especially youth employment, and growth will be the strategic priority for Italy’s Presidency of the European Union, to signpost the direction to follow over the next 5 years. The point was reiterated by Minister Mogherini during her presentation at the second Italian-German Economic Forum in Rome on 8 May 2014. “We want the first […]

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Thessaloniki – Capossela’s homage to modern-day Greece

Vinicio Capossela arrives in Greece on 8 May 2014 to take part in events organised by our Italian Cultural Institute to coincide with the Thessaloniki Book Fair (the most important in Greece and the Balkans). Through the events – a film screening, a concert and a book launch – Italy will pay homage to the […]

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Hanoi – Notti di Milano e Roma, mostra a Casa Italia (in translation)

Le notti di Milano e Roma ‘traslocano’ ad Hanoi: la capitale vietnamita ospitera’ dal 12 al 22 maggio la mostra fotografica di Paolo Belletti, “Memoria notturna. Milano e Roma”, arricchita dalle riflessioni di Giulia Cavaliere. E’ una raccolta di immagini e parole con la notte come denominatore comune, affrontata dagli occhi di un fotografo e […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – EU: SORIN Group obtains EIB loan for R&D investments in Italy and France

The SORIN Group, which operates in the medical sector for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, has obtained funding of 100 million euros from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The loan is intended for research and development (R&D) projects in France and Italy to develop new products or improve existing ones in the Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac […]

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EU-Balkans: Mogherini in Thessaloniki – Italian Presidency will work for region’s European integration

“We are here in Thessaloniki with the Greek Presidency to say that the Italian Presidency will take up the baton and work to ensure that the Western Balkans can make rapid and concrete progress on the road to European integration. It is one of our precise interests for the stability, peace and economic development of […]

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Nigeria – EU coordination for girls’ release, urges Mogherini

Proposal to be formalised at Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council: coordination needed, not a leading role for any one country “Our interest is not so much seeing any one country play a leading role, but results: the release of the girls abducted in Nigeria”. This was the comment by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, who will propose […]

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Mogherini: “Moskau muss faktor der verantwortung werden” (Der Standard)

Mogherini: “Mosca deve diventare un fattore di responsabilità” (traduzione non ufficiale) La via per risolvere la crisi in Ucraina deve passare soprattutto attraverso Kiev, ha dichiarato il Ministro degli Affari Esteri Federica Mogherini in un’intervista con Christoph Prantner. Senza dialogo ed unità interna, che deve essere sostenuta anche da Mosca, tutte le azioni esterne fallirebbero. […]

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EXPO 2015 – Ban Ki-moon in Rome

EXPO 2015 “comes in a crucial year for the United Nations: not only will we be evaluating our success in achieving the Millennium Development Goals but we will also be introducing a new global development agenda”. These were the words of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaking at the reception co-hosted by Foreign Minister […]

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