Di Maio: “Opening up to international trade in order to build recovery” (Il Sole 24 Ore financial daily newspaper)

ROME – The ghosts of protectionism are always lurking, but the tariff war of the Trump era is now behind us. There is every indication of a thaw between the United States on one side, and China and the EU on the other. It is now a matter of working to reform the rules of […]

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Dubai: talk on sustainable development and the green economy

The series of Innovation Talks created by ICE, the Italian Trade Agency, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Abu Dhabi as part of EXPO 2020, opened with a debate on “Rational consumption, sustainable development, and the green economy”.     Opening the debate, the Ambassador to the UAE, Nicola Lener, recalled that these Innovation […]

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Renaissance Venice, exhibition opens in Toronto on 14 October

The Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto has supported and collaborated in this important exhibition on Renaissance Venice, which provides an interesting insight into the daily life and luxury of the lagoon city in the 15th and 16th centuries.  The cultural event (“Renaissance Venice: Life and Luxury at the Crossroads”), organised by and at the Gardiner […]

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Senegal: training programmes in Italy for African students

The Embassy of Italy in Dakar has announced the selection of young people from West Africa who will have the opportunity to continue their higher education in Italy in the 2021/2022 academic year, within the framework of the bilateral cultural and scientific cooperation initiative stemming from the commitment of the Italian diplomatic system to further […]

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China – Veneto-based Vetrerie Riunite company, the world leader in glass for domestic appliances, acquires the main competitor thanks to Venture Capital Fund.

Vetrerie Riunite, the world’s leading producer of technical glass for household appliances, is to acquire its main competitor in China in the field of portholes for washing machines, Suizhong Minghui Industrial Technology. Thanks to the acquisition, Vetrerie Riunite – a medium-sized company based in Colognola ai Colli (VR) – will strengthen its presence on the […]

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Bulgaria: Ambassador Zarra at the European Social Entrepreneurship Forum

On the occasion of the International Fair of Plovdiv (Bulgaria), held at the end of September, the Italian Ambassador in Sofia, Giuseppina Zarra, participated in the inauguration of the “Ninth European Forum of Social Entrepreneurship”. The President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, and the European Commissioner Maria Gabriel also attended the meeting.     […]

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ItaliAfrica Business Week; Sereni, building back together

“For years, the ItaliAfrica Business Week has been a privileged place for African and Italian entrepreneurs to meet and exchange ideas and experiences”. This was said at the opening of the ItaliAfrica Business Week in Rome by Marina Sereni, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. She added: “Africa plays a priority role for our Development Cooperation: […]

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ItaliAfrica Business Week; Sereni, building back better together

“For years, the ItaliAfrica Business Week has been a privileged place for African and Italian entrepreneurs to meet and exchange ideas and experiences”. This was said at the opening of the ItaliAfrica Business Week in Rome by Marina Sereni, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. She added: “Africa plays a priority role for our Development Cooperation: […]

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World and European Day against the Death Penalty

The Day against the Death Penalty, which is celebrated in Europe and in the world on October 10, is an opportunity to reaffirm Italy’s unconditional opposition to the death penalty: a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, which denies human dignity and does not allow for a remedy in the event of a judicial error. This […]

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World and European Day against the Death Penalty

The Day against the Death Penalty, which is celebrated in Europe and in the world on October 10, is an opportunity to reaffirm Italy’s unconditional opposition to the death penalty: a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, which denies human dignity and does not allow for a remedy in the event of a judicial error. This […]

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Di Maio: “A privileged bridge to connect Italy to Africa”

Italy hosts the authorities of African countries in Rome a few weeks before the Cop26 Conference scheduled in Glasgow. What work, what partnership can we imagine together for a truly sustainable common future? We strongly wanted to listen to the voice of Africa on the eve of the Glasgow Conference on COP26 and the Rome G20 Summit on […]

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Speech by Minister Luigi Di Maio at the opening ceremony of the PRE-COP26 Parliamentary Conference

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is participating in the opening ceremony of the PRE-COP26 Parliamentary Conference. The event will take place beginning at 3 pm today, 8 October, in the chamber of Palazzo Montecitorio, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. Introducing the Conference are […]

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