Tanzania National Assembly Speaker thanks Italy

Italy’s Ambassador in Dar es Salaam, Marco Lombardi, met – along with other European ambassadors – with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, Tullia Ackson. During the meeting, they addressed all the major issues regarding cooperation between the EU and Tanzania. As far as Italy is concerned, the Speaker wanted to thank our […]

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Morocco hosts a MedFilm Festival edition for the first time

On 22 September, Italy’s Ambassador to Morocco, Armando Barucco, will inaugurate the first edition of the “MedFilm Festival au Maroc” to be staged until 25 September at the School of Visual Arts in Marrakesh and, from 29 September to 2 October, at the Cinéma Renaissance in Rabat. The project, set up together with the Italian […]

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Farnesina and CDP sign Memorandum of Understanding for training-related cooperation

As of today, the Farnesina has a new tool which can help it support more effectively the internationalisation of Italian enterprises. With the Memorandum of Understanding for training cooperation, signed today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Gruppo Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), the men and women of Italian diplomacy may further deepen – […]

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Istituto Marangoni inaugurates new location in Dubai

Istituto Marangoni’s Dubai Campus was inaugurated on Monday 12 September, at the Museum of the Future; the event was attended by H.H. Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority and member of the Dubai Council, and by the Minister of Culture and Youth, H.E. Noura Bint […]

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Ambassador Pasquale Ferrara on a mission in Sarajevo

Ambassador Pasquale Ferrara, Director-General of Political Affairs and Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, was on a mission in Sarajevo from 14 to 16 September for consultations with his counterparts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ambassador Ferrara met with the Acting Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs with the European Union, Šejla Đurbuzović, […]

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India – FPT Industrial (Iveco Group) and Blu Energy Motors enter into partnership

FPT Industrial (Iveco Group) and Blu Energy Motors have signed a supply contract for introducing, on Indian roads, by the end of 2022, the first lorries equipped with FPT engines running on LNG. The engines lower Co2 emissions by up to 30% compared with traditional engines; they are assembled at the Turin plant of FPT […]

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Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi meets with Saipem CEO and General Manager, Alessandro Puliti

Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met today with Saipem’s new CEO and General Manager Alessandro Puliti. Ambassador Sequi congratulated Puliti on his appointment, which entails great responsibility, being at the helm of one of Italy’s major industrial companies. Ambassador Sequi also reasserted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and its diplomatic-consular […]

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Bengaluru, Anastasio exhibition launches Consulate events

The first cultural event of the Italian Consulate General established in Bengaluru last spring was launched on 10 September. The Consulate organised the “Binary Codex” exhibition in the historic Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath gallery for the occasion, a retrospective on the work of Andrea Anastasio, Italian artist, designer and philosopher who has lived and worked between […]

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Under-Secretary, Hon. Manlio Di Stefano attends the G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting (15 September 2022)

Under-Secretary Di Stefano attended the G7 Trade Ministers’ meeting held today at Neuhardenberg Castle in Germany. The issues discussed at the meeting focused on sustainability and the resilience of global supply chains, reform of the World Trade Organisation and combatting economic coercion. The meeting was preceded yesterday evening by a working dinner with Ukrainian First […]

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Emanuele Trevi holds a chat on “Prague, the myth; Prague, the reality”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague hosted a chat on the city of Prague between Italian writer Emanuele Trevi and Czech politician and writer Michael Žantovský last 8 September which was also attended by the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, Ondřej Chrást. The event, titled “Prague, the myth; Prague, the reality. A […]

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Ambassador Marrapodi presents the “BeIT” campaign in Ankara

The MAECI’s “BeIT” nation branding campaign was presented in Ankara by the Italian Ambassador to Turkey, Giorgio Marrapodi, last 8 September. The campaign – whose slogan is “Italy is Simply Extraordinary: BeIT” – was designed in partnership with ICE, the Italian Trade Agency to promote foreign trade and Italy’s exports. In his presentation, Ambassador Marrapodi thanked Italy’s […]

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Cinema, Italian Embassy in Lisbon pays homage to Lina Wertmüller

“CIAO LINA!” is the film festival the Italian Embassy in Lisbon has organised to pay homage to film director Lina Wertmüller, offering a selection of her most iconic movies in outdoor cinema screenings for four evenings, attended by a high-profile audience, featuring representatives of the Portuguese Government and Parliament. The films were screened in the […]

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