Spain: Hitachi Rail wins EUR737 million contract

ILSA, the leading private high-speed rail operator in Spain, has awarded Hitachi Rail España a full-service contract worth EUR737 million over 30 years to maintain its fleet of 20 new ETR 1000 trains. The fleet will enter into service in the second half of 2022 and operate on the high-speed lines connecting Madrid with Barcelona, […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio participates in the Question Time session at the Chamber of Deputies

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will participate in the Question Time session at the Chamber of Deputies today at 15:00.  

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Premio Strega, Farnesina e Istituti di Cultura con gli scrittori italiani

Content available only in Italian.  

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Niger: Ambassador Gatto visits the IOM centre in Agadez

transit centre of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the humanitarian centre of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), local outposts in the fight against human trafficking with projects supported by Italy and other partners.  Emilia Gatto met Italian aid workers involved in numerous projects to support the local community and the […]

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Speech by Minister Luigi Di Maio at the States-General of the Green Economy 2021

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will take part in a virtual link to the Green Economy 2021 General Assembly with the opening speech of the session entitled “Businesses and governments towards climate neutrality”.    

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Mumbai, Ambassador De Luca addresses the Italo-Indian economic community

The Italian Ambassador to India, Vincenzo De Luca, participated in a meeting with the Italo-Indian economic community, which was held a few days ago by initiative of the local Italian Consulate.  “I am thrilled to be here in person,” Ambassador De Luca said during one of the events organized in a three-day encounter that brought […]

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Final plenary session of the 10th Italy – Latin America Conference

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, has closed the final plenary session of the 10th Italy – Latin America Conference.    

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Tanzania, translations of the Divine Comedy in the local press

Over three million people in Tanzania were reached by a press campaign on Dante Alighieri, the Father of the Italian Language, organized by the Italian Embassy at Dar es Salaam. The initiative appeared mainly in the local newspapers, in collaboration with the Swiss Embassy in Tanzania, as part of the events celebrating the Week of […]

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Undersecretary Di Stefano addresses the Middle East Green Initiative Summit in Riad, Saudi Arabia

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, spoke today in Riad at the Middle East Green Initiative Summit, attended by heads of state and government, and the Foreign Ministers of 30 countries. “We are experiencing a confluence of crises – economic, health and climate – at the global level, and we have to deal […]

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Inaugural Plenary Session of the 10th Italy-Latin America Conference

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, speaks at the Inaugural Plenary Session of the 10th Italy-Latin America Conference. His speech will be followed by the interventions of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Latin American and Caribbean countries. The works will be divided into three contextual thematic panels.  

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FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Sudan

The Foreign Ministry expresses its concern about the news coming from Khartoum (Sudan). We on the Italian side hope that with the contribution of the EU, the AU, and African regional bodies, we will be able to return as soon as possible to the spirit of the democratic transition process in Sudan, supported by the […]

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Brussels: a comic strip invites to the Comites vote

A comic strip to highlight the work of the Comites in the world and raise awareness among younger generations on the importance of participating in the vote scheduled for 3 December. This is the idea behind the cartoon “Il viaggio continua” (The journey continues), a project realised by the Comites of Brussels, Brabant, and Flanders […]

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