European Union – Letta & Bonino at Commission. Italian Presidency focus: growth and jobs

The Italian Presidency of the European Union in the second half of 2014 will focus on growth and jobs, because the current social malaise is making it hard for citizens to embrace the idea of Europe. And the European elections will be difficult if we cannot provide them with answers. These were Prime Minister Enrico […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy/ Sole 24 Ore – Ethiopia: Italferr to advice railways on new lines

Italferr, the FS Group engineering company, has won a consultancy contract linked to the maintenance and operation of the new rail line from the capital, Addis Ababa, to the port of Djibouti and for the city’s light metropolitan line. Both projects are at an advanced stage of construction. Italferr will be working with the Group’s […]

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Intervento della VM Marta Dassù al Women Forum di Bruxelles

(Please check against actual speech delivered) · Thank you Caroline de Camaret (Europe Editor in Chief – France 24), Claire Annesley (Professor at University of Mancherter) and Maryia (MEP). · The four points raised (Quotas – Presence of women in EU and National Politics – Women Solidarity – Women management style) are very interesting and […]

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Italy-Turkey: Dassù meets Minister for European Affairs

Deputy Minister Marta Dassù met the Turkish Minister for European Affairs, Mevlut Cavusolgu, in Rome today (29 January 2014) during President Gül’s visit. The meeting was an opportunity to review key bilateral issues, the challenges related to the Eastern Partnership and the state of EU-Turkish relations. In thanking Italy for its constant support for Ankara’s […]

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Moscow – First Russian-language site on tourism in Italy

The first Russian-language website dedicated to tourism in Italy was presented at the Italian Embassy in Moscow in the presence of local tour operators. The site – Italiagodturisma.com – was created to promote the Italy-Russia Year of Tourism, launched by President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Enrico Letta in Trieste in November 2013. The site […]

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Italy-China – Agreement between Italian Consulate in Chongqing and Shanghai International Studies University

Cooperation between Italy and China grows further with a framework agreement signed by our Consulate General in Chongqing and Shanghai International Studies University (SISU). The agreement envisages 3 main points. One is collaboration at student level, and opportunities for young students on SISU’s Italian language courses to develop their research projects in collaboration with the […]

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Italy-Romania: Bonino-Corlatean meeting

One month before the meeting between the Italian and Romanian prime ministers on 28 February 2014, Minister Bonino and her colleague Titus Corlatean met today to review bilateral relations and issues currently high on the international agenda. The two ministers reiterated the importance of the strategic partnership and the excellent economic links between their two […]

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Italian language as a resource to export for a return to growth, says Giro

The Italian language is a rich resource to export as a “luxury good for a return to growth”. And capitalising on our culture is a way to attract tourism – a potential market of one billion people a year. Italian is the 4th language studied at global level, says Giro Italian is the 4th language […]

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Serbia – The 50 most powerful foreigners include 5 Italians

Five Italians, including our Ambassador to Belgrade, Giuseppe Manzo, are included in the list of the 50 most powerful foreigners in Serbia, published by the city’s Blic newspaper. Ambassador Manzo took up his post in June 2013 and enters the list for the first time. The other four Italians are Antonio Cesare Ferrara, CEO of […]

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La diplomazia “on air” (in translation)

L’attività del diplomatico è da sempre associata alla conoscenza e all’esercizio del diritto internazionale. Non è un caso che questa disciplina costituisca una delle materie fondamentali del concorso diplomatico. La diplomazia e il diritto internazionale Ma in concreto in che cosa consiste e quali sono gli aspetti del diritto internazionale con cui i diplomatici ed […]

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Letta and Bonino at the EU Commission: focus on Italian Presidency

A focus on the contribution and concrete results that the European Union can expect from the Italian Presidency in the second half of the year. From reforms to external relations, from the economy to the post-European election period. These are the main topics for discussion at Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s meeting with the College of […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 ore – USA: Employment growing but less than expected

USA: Employment growing but less than expected The recent labour market figures are, on the whole, positive. Unemployment has fallen from 7% to 6.7% and the number of people in search of work is also down. However, the growth in the number of jobs is slowing. In December 2013, the Establishment Survey reported the number […]

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