Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore – 2 September 2013: latest news from around the world. Pakistan: trade growing, in 9 months 557 million euros in commerce with Italy

Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 Ore – 2 September 2013: latest news from around the world. Pakistan: trade growing, in 9 months 557 million euros in commerce with Italy. Italy is Pakistan’s 3rd EU trading partner, after the United Kingdom and Germany. Bilateral trade over 9 months amounts to around 557 million euros, compared with about 1.2 […]

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Horn of Africa and international security. Minister Bonino meets the Prime Minister of Djibouti, Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino received Djibouti’s Head of Government, Mohamed, at the Farnesina today, 2 September 2013. Talks focused on the situation in Somalia, the Horn of Africa and bilateral relations. Minister Bonino told the prime minister that she appreciated Djibouti’s traditional role of moderation in the region and exchanged views with him on the […]

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LOS ANGELES: a month of events featuring Italy and science

Italian “brains” take centre stage in Los Angeles throughout September for “Italian Science Month”. The initiative was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF), in collaboration with the Italian Trade Promotion Agency. Its aim is to showcase Italy’s contribution in numerous international scientific and technological […]

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IRAQ, Camp Ashraf: Bonino, episodio gravissimo. Il governo iracheno chiarisca

“A very serious incident which arouses deep concern. The loss of human lives is completely unacceptable and must be condemned with the utmost firmness”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s statement on the news from Camp Ashraf. “We expect the Iraqi Government to clarify immediately the details of an incident which appears, from the information […]

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Intervista del Ministro Bonino al quotidiano turco Aksam

You lived for some time in Cairo and worked for several years in the Middle East; you know the region very well. And Italy is one of the countries that has criticised the coup d’état in Egypt most strongly. What do you think of the current situation and the outlook for the future? “I never […]

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Ceremony for the signing of France’s participation contract for Expo Milan 2015

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino will participate in the ceremony for the signing of France’s participation contract for EXPO Milan 2015 at Rome’s Palazzo Farnese on Monday 2 September at 12:00. Participants in the event will include French Ambassador to Italy Alain le Roy, French EXPO Milan General Commissioner Alain Berger, the Italian government’s […]

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SERBIA – More opportunities for Italian firms

Opportunities are increasing for Italian firms in Serbia. The Balkans agency for the promotion of investments (SIEPA) and the Italo-Serbian Chamber of Commerce signed a collaboration agreement in Belgrade that sets up a SIEPA desk at the Chamber of Commerce dedicated to assisting Italian firms interested in better understanding the local market and in obtaining […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 30 August: Latest World News. Germany: annual food industry growth of 6,4%

Germany: annual food industry growth of 6,4% The German food industry is showing a growth trend: the first two months of 2103 indicated an increase of 6.4% in turnover on an annual basis and a 3% increase in exports. Germany is ranked 3rd by the WTO, behind the United States and the Netherlands: with 555,000 […]

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Accordo tra Governo Federale somalo e Amministrazione provvisoria dell’Oltregiuba: Bonino, una tappa importante per la stabilizzazione della Somalia, siamo molto soddisfatti

“This is certainly an important stage in the stabilisation of Somalia, and we are very pleased about it”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino commented from Paris on the news from Addis Ababa on the conclusion of an accord between the Somali Federal Government and the Jubaland administration, reached under the auspices of the Ethiopian […]

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DEI/Sole 24 Ore – 29 August: Latest World News. Oman: Italferr awarded contract for Oman Rail preliminary design

Oman: Italferr awarded Oman Rail design contract The Italferr firm was awarded the contract for a preliminary design study and consulting services for the new Oman Rail linking southern and northern Oman as far as the Emirates. The first phase is to include 20 railway stations along 1,061 km of rail, from Khatmat Malahah, in […]

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PECHINO: da libri per bimbi a cibo, editori in fiera (in translation)

Dalla letteratura per l’infanzia ai libri sul cibo: l’editoria italiana si mette in mostra a Pechino, dove da oggi fino al 1 settembre si tiene la 20esima edizione della ‘Beijing Book Fair’. Nello spazio Italia, che comprende undici case editrici e la Fiera del Libro per Ragazzi di Bologna, si spazia dai libri per ragazzi […]

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Deputy Minister Pistelli in Uganda, Kenya and Djibouti, “Italian Cooperation a consolidated presence playing a frontline role in the Horn of Africa and the entire eastern region”

“The Italian Cooperation is a consolidated presence and continues to play a frontline role in representing Italian interests in the Horn of Africa and the entire eastern region”. Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli commented as he concluded his mission to Uganda, Kenya and Djibouti, also dedicating special attention to Somalia. Pistelli visited several high-impact and high-profile […]

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