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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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: Convegno “Parliamone: l’italiano come risorsa” (Farnesina, 29 gennaio 2014)

At 10:00 on Wednesday 29 January 2014, the conference “Parliamone: l’italiano come risorsa” (Let’s talk about Italy as a resource) will be held at the foreign ministry in Rome. Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro will open the conference, followed by the speeches of Under-Secretary of the Ministry of University and Research Marco Rossi Doria […]

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Farnesina: Pistelli in Etiopia, Italia protagonista in Africa

The African Union (AU), Somalia and cooperation with Ethiopia were the focus of Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli’s two-day visit to Addis Ababa. This was his 3rd visit since last year, as testimony to the Italian Government’s renewed interest in the African continent. Pistelli represented Italy at the 24th ordinary session of the African Union’s […]

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Istituto di Cultura Bruxelles: precisazioni a seguito di notizie di stampa

With regard to reports in the press about the “removal” of the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, Federiga Bindi, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed that the Director’s term in office would have expired in due course on March 9. It further noted that the relationship of trust with the […]

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Italy–Canada – Innovation Award 2014 – call for proposals

The Canadian Embassy has announced a call for proposals for the “Canada-Italy Innovation Award 2014”. The award is intended for Italian researchers, scientists and innovators interested in developing projects with their Canadian colleagues and counterparts in priority sectors for the government in Ottawa. Its aim is to strengthen links between the two countries in the […]

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EXPO 2015 – Ireland’s “yes” brings number taking part to 142

Ireland will be taking part in EXPO 2015 in Milan. Prime Minister Enda Kenny had already told his Italian colleague, Enrico Letta, of Ireland’s intention to attend when the two met in November 2013. Dublin’s participation brings the number of countries taking part in the EXPO, whose theme is “Feeding the Plan, Energy for Life”, […]

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Italy-Japan – A meeting-place in Osaka for students and enterprises

A series of three-monthly meetings between students at the university of Osaka, Italian companies operating in Japan and Japanese enterprises with links to Italy has begun. The initiative was organised by our Consulate General in Osaka in collaboration with the Italian Studies Department at the University. The meetings have a threefold aim: to help Italian […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – USA: la crescita PIL rivista al rialzo (in translation)

L’espansione del PIL statunitense su base annua nel terzo trimestre 2013 è stata rivista al 4,1% rispetto al 3,6% stimato in precedenza. Al rialzo ha contribuito soprattutto la revisione della crescita dei consumi (2,0%, contro l’1,4%), mentre sono stati confermati sia la forte accelerazione degli investimenti privati (17,2%) sia il significativo contributo della variazione delle […]

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Remembrance Day – At Yad Vashem with Ambassador Talò and the Italian community

The “duty of remembrance” was underscored by the Italian Ambassador to Israel, Francesco Maria Talò, at a Remembrance Day event at Yad Vashem, the Jewish people’s memorial to the Holocaust. The wreath-laying ceremony was attended by the Italian Jewish community in Israel, and by the Mayor of La Spezia, Massimo Federici. Read more, in Italian.

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San Marino: Bonino meets Valentini

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino met the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of San Marino, Pasquale Valentini, at the Farnesina today, 27 January 2014. They discussed key bilateral issues, with Minister Bonino welcoming the steps made by San Marino to come fully into line with international standards of transparency in taxation and financial matters. Minister […]

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Intellectual property – A vital asset for growth, says Bonino

A vital asset for Italian growth, and an issue for which uniform worldwide protection is more than ever necessary. This was how Foreign Minister Emma Bonino described intellectual property (IP) at the conference on “Intellectual Property: a strategic economic development factor in a global market”. The aim of the conference was to focus individual aspects […]

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Syria: Humanitarian access the most urgent concern, says Bonino

The most urgent concern, as the Geneva 2 negotiations go forward, is “to insist on humanitarian access in order to bring tangible relief to a Syrian people battered by three years of bombardment”. This was Minister for Foreign Minister Afairs Emma Bonino’s comment on Radio 24. Ceasefire appeal In her speech at the International Geneva […]

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