Deputy Minister Marina Sereni speaks at the UN Global Compact 20th Anniversary Leaders’ Summit

“The private sector can play an important global role as a proactive stakeholder, for a new development model leading to positive change” said the Deputy Foreign Minister Marina Sereni, by video link, at the United Nations’ Global Compact 20th Anniversary Leaders’ Summit. The Global Compact, an initiative created by the United Nations in 2000, is […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy, June 15th: latest news from the world

ALGERIA – NEW CONTRACT FOR MAIRE TECNIMONT An important new contract has been signed between Maire Tecnimont and a consortium formed by Sonatrach with the two partners PTTEP (Thai) and PVEP (Vietnamese). The contract, of Engineering, Procurement & Construction – EPC, has a value of 400 million euros and concerns the expansion of the existing […]

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the repatriations of Italians from abroad continue

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still committed to the safe repatriation of Italian citizens stranded abroad. In the last 3 days about 1,000 people have been repatriated, with flights from the United Kingdom, Belgium, Bangladesh, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Spain and Portugal. Since the beginning of the emergency, more than 96,200 compatriots have returned with […]

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the repatriations of Italians from abroad continue

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still committed to the safe repatriation of Italian citizens stranded abroad. In the last 3 days about 1,000 people have been repatriated, with flights from the United Kingdom, Belgium, Bangladesh, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Spain and Portugal. Since the beginning of the emergency, more than 96,200 compatriots have returned with […]

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Minister Di Maio’s next missions

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will be on mission to Lugano (Switzerland) tomorrow 16 June, and to Ankara (Turkey) on Wednesday 17 June.  

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The culture of taste in Italian schools becomes a video

The culture of taste, the theme of the 2019 edition of Italian cooking week in the world, has become a food education project involving children, parents and teachers from 50 Italian schools around the world. And this project is now narrated in a video in which children from 3 to 18 years old from nine […]

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Ms Del Re to the Contact Group of Development Ministers

  Today Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re participated by videoconference in the meeting of the Contact Group of Ministers for Development, which brings together eight countries: Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Norway, United Kingdom, United States, Sweden. The Commissioner for Social Affairs at the African Union, Amira Elfadil Mohammed Elfadil, was present as a guest. Speaking […]

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Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re attending the meeting of the Contact Group of Development Ministers

Today Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re participated by videoconference in the meeting of the Contact Group of Ministers for Development, which brings together eight countries: Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Norway, United Kingdom, United States, Sweden. The Commissioner for Social Affairs at the African Union, Amira Elfadil Mohammed Elfadil, was present as a guest. Speaking on […]

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IIC Bogotà: Italian Cinema Week starts

On the occasion of the exhibition ‘Fare cinema’ promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotà has set up a programme of events that will begin with a debate on the film “Ladri di Biciclette” (Bycicle Thieves) by Vittorio de Sica, by Paolo Vignolo. Tomorrow a meeting on the theme […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Luigi Di Maio and the Slovenian Minister Anže Logar

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with his Slovenian counterpart this morning.The conversation focused on the re-opening of borders within the Schengen Area and the improvement of the health situation in the two countries.

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The Human Rights Council resumes its 43rd session in Geneva today

The Human Rights Council has resumed its 43rd  session in Geneva today, suspended in March due to the COVID-19emergency. The resumption of the work has a strong symbolic value as it conveys a clear message from the Human Rights Council to the International Community on the will, importance and moral duty to carry out its […]

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The Inter-ministerial Committee for Development Cooperation approves the Italian strategy for Global Citizenship Education

The Inter-ministerial Committee for Development Cooperation (CICS) approves the Italian Strategy Document for Global Citizenship Education (ECG), reference text for the promotion of education, awareness and participation of all citizens in achieving the sustainable development goals.   

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