10th Ambassador’s Conference – “Italy attracting the world”: focus on diplomacy for growth

Diplomacy for growth, attracting foreign investment, internationalisation of Italian firms. These will be the topics for the 10th Ambassador’s Conference taking place on 18 and 19 December at the Farnesina. An event which, this year more than ever, will focus on the role of Italian diplomats on the road to growth that Italy intends to […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore – Malaysia: Successful Italian trade mission

The Deputy Minister for Economic Development has led a multi-sector trade mission to Malaysia, accompanied by the Vice President of Confindustria, Paolo Zegna; the Farnesina’s Directorate General for Country Promotion, with Minister Michelangelo Pipan; ICE/Italian Trade Agency; and Simest. About 30 Italian businesses took part, as well as representatives of Italian and local trade associations. […]

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Italy: an energy hub in the Mediterranean – Bonino in Baku to sign Azerbaijian-Europe gas pipeline project

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline(TAP), part of the pipeline linking Azerbaijian with Europe, is “a strategic project that represents an important contribution for Italy, both to cover our energy demand and to enable us to become an energy hub for southern Europe and the Mediterranean”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, speaking in […]

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Valensise: «Troppi tagli alla diplomazia, ora basta» (Corriere della Sera)

C’è una disponibilità dell’Italia a contribuire, sotto l’egida dell’Onu e dell’Opac, all’eliminazione dell’arsenale chimico siriano. Il governo ne ha informato il Parlamento. I dettagli operativi sono da definire, in raccordo con l’Opac e i partner. Noi aiuteremo ad avviare queste sostanze alla destinazione finale, con tutte le garanzie necessarie». «La Siria – spiega l’ambasciatore Michele […]

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Slovakia – Italian film plays a starring role in Bratislava

The Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava organised Italy’s successful participation in the International Film Festival of Bratislava and the International Documentary Film Festival, as well as events on Federico Fellini and contemporary Italian cinema, and a concert featuring Nino Rota’s film scores. Read more, in Italian.

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Manila – A success for Italian Language Week

Manila’s recent Italian Language Week was a great success, with celebrations of Verdi, opera master-classes, and screenings of films such as  “Amarcord”  and “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso” – to mention just some of the initiatives organised by our Embassy. Ambassador Massimo Roscigno described the Philippines as “fertile terrain” for the promotion of the Italian language, which […]

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Italy “off the beaten track” to be showcased in Tourism Year

Exhibitions, festivals, workshops, cultural events, fairs and meetings with tourism operators will form the “backbone” for the Italian-Russian Year of Tourism. Italy will be promoting less well-known destinations in the Federation’s growing tourism market. As our Ambassador in Moscow, Cesare Maria Ragaglini, explained, the aim is to help Russian visitors discover villages, UNESCO sites and […]

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Iraq – Italy working to save the archaeological heritage

The Italian archaeology community is helping restore Iraq’s heritage. On Friday 20 December, the reconstruction project for the Madrasa al-Mirjaniya in Baghdad’s Iraq Museum will be presented in Rome at the Ministry for Culture’s Conservation and Restoration Institute. The project was implemented by Monumenta Orientalia and supported and funded by the Farnesina’s Directorate General for […]

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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS IN CHIEF: 10TH Italian Ambassadors’ Conference (Farnesina, 18 and 19 December 2013)

The 10th Italian Ambassadors’ Conference, on the theme of “Italy attracting the world: Italian diplomacy for investment in the ‘Country System’”, will take place on 18 and 19 December 2013 at the Farnesina. The opening session, at 9.30 on 18 December, will be introduced by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino and will include an address by […]

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Italy-Azerbaijan: Dassù attends 3rd session of Economic Cooperation Commission

The 3rd session of the Italy–Azerbaijan Economic Cooperation Commission, the main economic event at institutional level between the two countries, has come to a successful conclusion in Baku. For Italy, the meeting was chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù, and for Azerbaijan, by Energy Minister Natig Alyiev. Issues on the agenda included energy, the […]

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EU: Foreign Affairs Council – Syrian chemical weapons to pass through Italian port

Syria’s chemical weapons will be passing through an Italian port, with the selection of the precise place being decided – and notified to the Italian Parliament – by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemic Weapons (OPWC). The announcement was made by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino at the end of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs […]

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Chile: Michelle Bachelet’s re-election is good news, says Bonino. Long-standing ties of friendship and collaboration

“Michelle Bachelet’s re-election by a large majority is good news, all the more so in view of our long-standing ties of friendship and collaboration”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s comment on the outcome of the election in Chile. “Throughout her mandate at the head of UN Women, Michelle was a valuable ally in the […]

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