Foreign trade, Di Maio: ‘Export, a dynamic and fundamental component for Italy’s economic growth

In August, according to ISTAT, exports continued to grow by 0.6% compared to the previous month and by 17.8% compared to August last year. The value of our exports in the first eight months of the year is close to 332 billion euros, thus surpassing the value recorded in the first eight months of 2020 […]

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Belgrade: This “Italian Language Week” is all about Dante

The Italian Institute of Culture in Belgrade is holding its “Italian Language Week” with an edition devoted to Dante, on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of his death. A series of events will be organized starting October 24 with the inauguration of an photographic exhibition by Francesco Amorosino entitled “The Forest and the Stars”, […]

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The Farnesina Collection: the new catalogue on mosaics is online

For the series “I quaderni della Collezione”, the third volume entitled “Mosaici contemporanei nella Collezione Farnesina” [“Contemporary mosaics in the Farnesina Collection”], edited by Fabio De Chirico, has been published by Electa. Beginning with the large wall mosaics by Luigi Montanarini and Toti Scialoja in the Palazzo della Farnesina, and those in the Contemporary Art […]

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UPS launches the Women Exporters Program in Italy in support of female entrepreneurs

On 21 October at 3.00 pm, as a virtual event, UPS will be launching its Women Exporters Program (WEP) training program, entirely dedicated to female entrepreneurship, which provides resources and knowledge for exporting and for facilitating access to the international market. The program will be delivered as a series of free webinars beginning on 26 […]

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Ambassador Lombardi presents his credentials to the East African Community

The Italian Ambassador to Tanzania, Marco Lombardi, presented his credential letters to the General Secretary of the East African Community, Peter Mathuki. During the meeting held in Arusha, Mathuki highlighted the importance for the EAC of its relations with Italy, and recalled the significant results of the “Meeting with Africa”, held in Rome on October […]

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Metz: cycle of concerts of the Jewish Baroque

Organised by the Consulate General of Italy in Metz and the Italian Cultural Institute in Strasbourg, a tour by the “Salomone Rossi” Ensemble has begun, consisting of a cycle of concerts entitled “Musical Flowers of the Jewish Baroque”. This is a repertoire of songs and melodies from the Israelite tradition of the 16th, 17th and […]

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Italy-Romania: exchange of views on the vaccination campaign

The Italian Ambassador to Bucharest, Alfredo Durante Mangoni, presided today at a videoconference between the Extraordinary Commissioner for the Covid-19 Emergency for the Italian government, Gen. C.A. Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, and the Coordinator of the Romanian Vaccination Campaign, Col. Valeriu Gheorghiță, assisted by their respective staffs. The exchange of views made it possible, among other […]

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Ambassador Sebastiani at the presentation of the EISA 2022 Seminars

On 12 October at Palazzo Borromeo in Rome, the Ambassador of Italy to the Holy See, Pietro Sebastiani, introduced the presentation of the EISA 2022 Study Seminars and the Preliminary Forums. For more than twenty years EISA (the European International Studies Association) has been training Italian graduates and university students for diplomatic and international careers. […]

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China: Italy participates in the G20 Entrepreneurship Roundtable

The annual session of the G20 Entrepreneurship Roundtable took place in Suzhou on 13 and 14 October. Inaugurated in 2016, these meetings aim to give the G20 countries the opportunity to interact with companies, incubators, and with exponents of the academic world. The 2021 edition, dedicated to the theme “Reshape the paradigm of entrepreneurship and […]

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Speech by Minister Luigi Di Maio at the 7th edition of the International Audiovisual Market

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, gave an address at the 7th edition of the International Audiovisual Market. He confirmed that the Foreign Ministry is committed to the international promotion of Italian audiovisual production, as a representational element of our culture.  

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NOTE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – “Report card in your pocket” project for refugee minors

The project “Report card in your pocket – Channels of study for refugee minors”, promoted by UNHCR and INTERSOS, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior and co-funded by the Italian Episcopal Conference and Migrantes Foundation, has begun. The first five young refugees, Sudanese from Darfur, have arrived in Italy […]

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Italy-Libya: training of Libyan teachers to teach Italian

The arrival in Venice of 60 Libyan teachers, who will begin in-person training activities at Ca’ Foscari University to coincide with the opening of the Italian Language Week in the World, marks a step forward in the training activities envisaged by the Agreement signed in Tripoli in December 2020 as part of the strengthening of […]

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