DEI/Sole 24 ore – Italy: Decree establishing new “brand” submitted to Senate

Italy: Decree establishing new “brand” submitted to Senate “The decree establishing the ‘Italian Quality’ brand, of which I was first signatory, was approved today by the Senate’s Industry Committee. The public consultation has now started with the representatives of employers and workers to arrive at a plan that meets with true agreement by the parties”. […]

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Syria: Thirty-eight million euros from Italy to tackle the humanitarian emergency

Thirty-eight million euros to combat the drama being experienced by the Syrian population. In purely numerical terms, that is Italy’s contribution to help alleviate the humanitarian emergency caused by the Syrian conflict. The announcement was made by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lapo Pistelli, who is attending the second Syria Donors’ Conference organised in […]

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Italy-Tunisia: Seminar on the shared challenges of democracy

Italy and Tunisia discussed the “shared challenges of democracy” at a seminar organised in Tunis by the Fondazione De Gasperi and hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute, with the support of the Italian Embassy. Participants examined the construction of democracy by Italian Catholics in the Christian Democrat party during the post-war transition from the end […]

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Energy – More and more Italian companies are looking to Brazil

The Italian business presence in Brazil is growing, especially in the green energy sector. The latest to arrive is Thesan, a Savio Group company that aims to develop photovoltaic projects and will be opening a branch in Brazil in the first quarter of 2014. The Italian diplomatic network is working to support our companies at […]

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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: IV Conferenza della Fondazione Rita Levi-Montalcini Onlus “L’istruzione delle donne africane” (Farnesina, 16 gennaio 2014)

The 4th Fondazione Rita Levi-Montalcini Onlus Conference on “Education for African Women: a question of gender and a driver of development” will open at 09.30 on Thursday 16 January 2014 in the International Conference Hall at the Farnesina. Organised by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and by the […]

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Intervento del VM all’IBAC

Intervento del Vice Ministro Dassù all’IBAC Italy 2014 (Italin only) Scarica il file della presentazione in powerpoint

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Diplomazia Economica Italiana/Sole 24 Ore: Australia: No “safeguard clause” against Italian tomatoes

Australia’s Productivity Commission recently rules that no safeguard clauses should be applies to imports of canned fruit and tomatoes from Italy. The report was delivered to the Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb. Italian exports of the goods concerned to Australia amounted to about 50 million euros in 2012, and accounted for 86% of […]

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Minister Bonino in Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone – Revitalising bilateral relations and defending human rights

Revitalising bilateral relations against the background of Italy’s renewed interest in Africa. That was the spirit inspiring Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s visit to Ivory Coast, which concludes the second stage of the African tour that took her to Ghana and Senegal from 5 to 8 January and to Sierra Leone yesterday, 13 January. Today’s packed […]

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4th Fondazione Rita Levi-Montalcini Onlus Conference on “Education for African Women” (Farnesina, 16 January 2014)

The 4th Fondazione Rita Levi-Montalcini Onlus Conference on “Education for African Women: a question of gender and a driver of development” will open at 09.30 on Thursday 16 January 2014 in the International Conference Hall at the Farnesina. Organised by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and by the […]

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Italy-China – Second Shanghai Prize

A press conference was held recently for the second edition of the Shanghai Prize, which is focused on the “young emerging Chinese artists living in Italy”, and was organised by the Ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Garuzzo Institute for the Visual Arts of Turin (GAV). Read more, in […]

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Usa – New York pays tribute to Piero della Francesca

The Metropolitan Museum of Art pays tribute to Piero Della Francesca in an exhibition of paintings from Venice and Urbino that runs from 14 January to 30 March. Read more, in Italian

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – Jordan: new EBRD funding

Jordan: new EBRD funding The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development recently granted Jordan the status of “recipient” country and launched various operations there. The most important of these concerns100 million USD in financing for a new 240-MW IPP4 Al-Manakher electrical power plant to be built 15 kilometres from the capital. Others concern 80 million […]

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