Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, participates today in the Question Time at the Senate of the Republic.
Read moreA G7 Rapid Response Mechanism – RRM Working Group meeting, dedicated to countering disinformation, was held today at the Farnesina. The group was established in 2018 under the former Canadian G7 Presidency to strengthen coordination among partners in identifying and responding to threats to democracies, starting with disinformation promoted by third states. In addition to […]
Read moreThe award ceremony for the Ambassadors to the Holy See Literary Award was held on the evening of 2 July at Palazzo Borromeo. This year’s award went to Piero Damosso, Tg1 journalist, editor-in-chief and curator of the Tg1 Dialogo column, for his book Può la Chiesa fermare la guerra? Un’inchiesta a sessant’anni dalla Pacem in […]
Read moreItaly’s Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Giorgio Silli went on an institutional mission to Panama and Costa Rica from 30 June to 2 July. On 1 July in Panama, Undersecretary Silli took part, on behalf of the President of the Italian Republic, in the inauguration ceremony of the […]
Read moreOn Tuesday 2 July 2024, the “Conferenza Nazionale per la creazione di un ecosistema di cyber capacity building” (National Conference for the creation of a cyber capacity building ecosystem) will take place in the International Conference Room at the Farnesina. The institutional session, running from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., will be open to the press. Speakers will […]
Read moreThe Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Antonio Alessandro, hosted in his Residence a ceremony to commemorate the victims of the 1 July 2016 attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, where nine Italian citizens lost their lives. Italy’s Director General for Italian Citizens Abroad, Luigi Maria Vignali, who was on a mission to Bangladesh to […]
Read moreCanada wants to confirm itself as a leading country in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) thanks to a package of measures worth 2.4 billion Canadian dollars (€1.6 billion) in the new State budget. The AI sector is one of Canada’s main drivers of productivity, innovation and economic growth, fostered by a traditional focus on […]
Read moreJapan wants to return to the forefront of the crucial semiconductor industry, by positioning itself as a new global manufacturing hub thanks to substantial government funding. The Land of the Rising Sun counts among its industries the leading manufacturers of materials and equipment for semiconductor production, but has seen its share of the global chip-making […]
Read moreThe UK has a new industrial plan for space development. It has formalised its own “Space Industrial Plan (from Ambition to Action – Advancing UK Space Industry) – SIP” which, in line with the National Space Strategy of 2021 and the Defense Space Strategy of 2022, aims to drive growth in the sector until 2030. […]
Read moreUnlocking Africa’s potential by exploiting synergies and partnerships, supported by new financing instruments. This was the focus of discussions at the first Italy-Africa Business Dialogue Forum held in Rome in May at the Foreign Ministry, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) and Confindustria […]
Read moreWith the entry into force of a new regulation, starting in 2025, the import of cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood from deforested land will be banned in (EU’s markets. Although other South American countries, such as Ecuador, Paraguay and Bolivia, have called these rules discriminatory to trade, Costa Rica has decided […]
Read moreGrowth prospects are moderately positive in the face of global contexts and international macroeconomic frameworks that remain uncertain and influenced by various factors. In other words, Italy is growing, even more than the European average, but there are critical issues to be tackled and solved. In a nutshell, these are some of the messages that […]
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