Deputy Minister Di Stefano meets the Portuguese Secretary of State for Internationalisation, Eurico Brilhante Dias

This afternoon, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano met its Portuguese Counterpart Eurico Brilhante Dias, the Secretary of State for Internationalisation. “Our commercial ties are very positive, and Italy is Portugal’s 4th biggest trading partner. However, we can improve this further in many sectors,” said Deputy Minister Di Stefano. The meeting provided a valuable opportunity to analyse […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 16 December: latest news from around the world

BRAZIL – TIM-LED CONSORTIUM WINS THE TENDER FOR THE ACQUISITION OF OI TIM Brazil, Vivo (a subsidiary of Spain’s Telefonica) and Claro (a subsidiary of Mexico’s America Movil) have won the tender for the acquisition of the mobile segment of Brazilian operator Oi (33.7 million customers). According to TIM Brazil, the Italian company will take […]

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Deputy Minister Ivan Scalfarotto at the virtual signing ceremony of the Italy-OECD Memorandum of Understanding on the Trento Centre for Local Development.

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ivan Scalfarotto, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Ulrik Knudsen, participated in the virtual signing ceremony for the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding between the OECD and the Government of the Italian Republic on the Trento Centre for Local […]

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Minister Di Maio at the Informal EU – Latin American and Caribbean Countries Ministers Meeting

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, took part on Monday in the Ministerial level EU video conference with Latin American and Caribbean Countries (LAC), aimed at relaunching and strengthening the strategic partnership between the EU and Latin American and Caribbean Countries, also in the context of combating the COVID-19 pandemic.  […]

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Sereni: “The death penalty, Italy is mobilised for a moratorium” (Il Riformista)

Today, the UN General Assembly will be called to vote on the resolution for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. Despite the pandemic crisis, the Italian Government has dedicated great attention, in recent months, to the initiative against capital punishment, which is traditionally central to our foreign policy since the United Nations approved the […]

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Sereni: The Foreign Ministry issues its first strategic policy document dedicated to Africa (Huffingtonpost.it)

For the first time the Foreign Ministry has prepared a strategic policy document dedicated to Africa, presenting it at the highest level with the participation of Minister Di Maio. A ground-breaking initiative, to be continued in the future, aimed at combining the institutional dialogue with our African partners with the essential involvement of all other […]

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9th Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook meeting

On 15 December 2020, the meeting of the 9th Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook, co-chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, took place in virtual format. The Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook is an initiative for outlining the resources […]

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Deputy Minister Di Stefano: cybersecurity – a great opportunity for Italy

Deputy Minister, Manlio Di Stefano, spoke at the awards ceremony held this morning for the online CyberChallenge, organised by CINI’s National Cybersecurity Laboratory. CINI (National Inter-University Consortium for Informatics) involves more than 1300 informatics and informatics engineering lecturers, from 48 Italian Universities. This is the major Italian initiative for identifying, attracting, recruiting, and putting the […]

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Deputy Minister Di Stefano: Cybersecurity is a great opportunity for the country’s system

Deputy Minister, Manlio Di Stefano, spoke at the awards ceremony held this morning for the online CyberChallenge, organised by CINI’s National Cybersecurity Laboratory. CINI (National Inter-University Consortium for Informatics) involves more than 1300 informatics and informatics engineering lecturers, from 48 Italian Universities. This is the major Italian initiative for identifying, attracting, recruiting, and putting the […]

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Meeting of the 9th Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook

The meeting of the 9th Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook, co-chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, will be held today in virtual format. The Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook is an initiative for outlining the resources and guidelines […]

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INFORMATION NOTE – THE 9TH MEETING OF THE COORDINATION UNIT FOR ITALY’S INTERNATIONALISATION STRATEGY (15 December 2020)

Today, 15 December, at 16:00, the 9th Meeting of the Coordination Unit for Italy’s Internationalisation Strategy, co-chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, will be held in virtual format. The Coordination Unit for Italy’s Internationalization Strategy is an initiative for outlining […]

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70th Anniversary of the UNHCR

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, joins the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) emphasising that: “Since the early days of the Geneva-based organization, Italy has supported the protection of refugees and displaced and stateless persons as a prerequisite for building a […]

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