Izmir: foundation stone laid for Ferrero factory in Manisa

The ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of the planned Ferrero factor in the industrial cluster at Manisa, a town about 30km from Izmir, took place on 4 March 2012. Already present in the local market with a number of products, most notably “Nutella”, Ferrero has now decided to produce in Turkey. The […]

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Country presentation – Ethiopia

Presenting investment opportunities to Italian businesses. That is the goal of the “Ethiopia and Italy Trade and Investment Forum” organised in collaboration with UNIDO, Confindustria and Assafrica. The Forum is taking place at the Foreign Ministry and at Confindustria in Rome on 7 and 8 March, during the visit to Italy by Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime […]

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Speech detail

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Non credo sia il mio compito, oggi, quello di valutare i mercati esteri. E’ stato fatto dagli interventi che mi hanno preceduta. Riprendo solo quelle che mi sembrano le tre indicazioni principali: 1. Primo, come ha spiegato in modo efficace Paolo Magri, stiamo vivendo un enorme rebalancing del […]

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Sui Marò deve muoveresi anche l’Europo

Da quindici giorni è in prima linea sul “fronte indiano”. Un impegno che Staffan de Mistura rilancia in queste ore cruciali. E nell’intervista concessa a l’Unità spiega la strategia italiana per riportare a casa Massimiliano Latorre e Salvatore Girone, i due marò in carcere in India. «Non siamo stati sconfitti – rimarca pochi minuti dopo […]

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Sui Marò deve muoveresi anche l’Europo

Da quindici giorni è in prima linea sul “fronte indiano”. Un impegno che Staffan de Mistura rilancia in queste ore cruciali. E nell’intervista concessa a l’Unità spiega la strategia italiana per riportare a casa Massimiliano Latorre e Salvatore Girone, i due marò in carcere in India. «Non siamo stati sconfitti – rimarca pochi minuti dopo […]

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Under-Secretary Marta Dassù meets the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, Victor Mayko

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Marta Dassù, met the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister, Victor Mayko, at the Foreign Ministry in Rome today. The meeting was an opportunity to renew the political-level contacts envisaged by the 2008 agreement on political consultations between the two Ministries. The key aspects of bilateral cooperation in the economic-commercial and political […]

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Paris: new Tod’s collection presented at event featuring Nicole Kidman

The Italian Embassy in Paris hosted the official presentation of the Tod’s “Signature” collection on 5 March 2012. “Signature” is the new high-end line produced by the famous company, which has its headquarters in the Marche Region.Ambassador Giovanni Caracciolo di Vietri and Diego della Valle, President of the Tod’s Group, welcomed over 500 guests who […]

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Tokyo: Seminar on energy efficiency and renewables

The Italian Embassy in Tokyo organised a seminar on 2 March 2012 on “Renewable Energy and the Feed-In Tariffs System in Italy”. The event took place during World Smart Energy Week, the main Japanese event in the renewable energy, energy efficiency and smart grid sector. Participants included representatives of Gestore Servizi Energetici GSE (the public […]

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Helsinki: Futurism exhibition opens

An exhibition entitled “New Art – Speed, Danger, Defiance – Italian Futurism 1909-1944” has opened in Helsinki, with support from the Italian Foreign Ministry. The show, the biggest Futurism retrospective ever staged in Scandinavia or Finland, is hosted by the Espoo Museum of Modern Arts (EMMA) as part of the Helsinki World Design Capital 2012 […]

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Tehran: photo album of the first Italian diplomatic mission to Iran

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first Italian diplomatic mission in Iran, the album “Iran during the Qajar Dynasty from the perspective of Montabone the Italian Photographer” was presented at the Italian School in Tehran. The event took place on 29 February 2012. Speakers at the event described the 1862 mission to Tehran, which […]

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Minister Terzi’s diary: European enlargement and stability in the Horn of Africa

European enlargement will be one of the items on the agenda for Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s meeting with the Austrian Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor, Michael Spindelegger, at the foreign ministry in Rome on 7 March 2012. The announcement was made by the head of the ministry’s Press Service, Giuseppe Manzo, during his customary press briefing […]

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Our servicemen: Minister Terzi summons the Indian Ambassador to Rome

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has summoned the Indian Ambassador to Rome, Debrabata Saha, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Minister Terzi reiterated the positions already expressed by the Italian Government on the Italian courts’ sole jurisdiction over an event involving organs of the state operating to combat piracy under the Italian flag and in […]

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