The Foreign Ministry supports “Roots Tourism”

Roots Tourism potentially involves an estimated 60 to 80 million descendants of Italian emigrants worldwide, who reside mainly in the Americas, South Africa, Australia and European countries. They are not simply travellers: the root tourist is above all an investor and an “ambassador” of the territories he keeps in his family history. In 2018, ENIT […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 8th July: latest news from the world

Brazil – Saipem wins a 325 million dollars contract. Saipem has been awarded a contract with Petrobras for the installation of a submarine system for the pre-sal (i.e. at shallower depths than salt formations in the seabed) project in Buzios, off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, one of the largest deep-water […]

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Mr Scalfarotto in conversation with Swiss authorities

Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto met in Bern with Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and Trade Marie Gabrielle Ineichen Fleisch and Secretary of State and Director for European Affairs of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Roberto Balzaretti. Several issues related to the bilateral relationship between Italy and Switzerland were discussed, in particular the protection of […]

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Meeting of Undersecretary Scalfarotto with the Swiss State Secretary, Marie Gabrielle Ineichen Fleisch, and the Director for European Affairs of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Balzaretti

Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto met in Bern with Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and Trade Marie Gabrielle Ineichen Fleisch and Secretary of State and Director for European Affairs of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Roberto Balzaretti. Several issues related to the bilateral relationship between Italy and Switzerland were discussed, in particular the protection of […]

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Farnesina Art Digital Experience, the artists’ story online

After the event promoted by MAECI Farnesina Art Digital Experience last December 14th – when fourteen of the most important Italian Digital Art studios redesigned the facade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a video mapping show, transforming it into a 10,000 square meters and 15 million pixels canvas – the artists involved in […]

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Italian Embassy in Rabat Embassy: Youtube playlist dedicated to the Export Pact

The Italian Embassy in Rabat presented the playlist Le Istituzioni italiane in Marocco a servizio delle imprese (Italian institutions in Morocco at the service of businesses): presentation of the Export Pact and the economic measures introduced by the Moroccan government, available on the Embassy’s  YouTube channel in private mode, reserved for Italian companies present in Morocco, […]

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Sereni, meeting with Commissioner Várhelyi

Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni met today in Brussels with European Commission Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Olivér Várhelyi. The talks focused on relations between Europe and the Mediterranean countries. “It is essential that the European Union maintains a priority focus on relations with the countries on the southern shore of the […]

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Meeting between Vice Minister and the Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Várhelyi.

Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni met today in Brussels with European Commission Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Olivér Várhelyi. The talks focused on relations between Europe and the Mediterranean countries. “It is essential that the European Union maintains a priority focus on relations with the countries on the southern shore of the […]

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IIC Copenhagen: Rodari, a virtual exhibition

Leggere attraverso l’immagine. A tribute to Gianni Rodari is the new project of the Italian Cultural Institute of Copenhagen, realized together with the A Library. Baldini di Santarcangelo di Romagna, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous Italian writer and pedagogist. It is a virtual exhibition of illustrations inspired by one of […]

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IIC Sofia: “Fellini’s Sets” exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute of Sofia presents the photographic exhibition I Set di Fellini (Fellini’s sets), dedicated to the great Italian director. The event is part of the summer program of the IIC. The exhibition is realized thanks to the Cineteca of Bologna on the centenary of the director’s birth.     The photos that […]

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IIC Belgrade: the theatre review Italia IN scena ON line

The Italian Cultural Institute of Belgrade kicks off this evening with Italia IN scena ON line, a series of performances by Italian authors in Serbian by director Gianluca Barbadori. The four scheduled shows will be streamed every Tuesday in July at 9 p.m. and available for the following 48 hours on the online channels of […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 07 July: latest world news

GREECE – INAUGURATION OF A NEW SECTION OF THE ATHENS METRO LINE 3, BUILT BY THE GHELLA COMPANY. In the presence of Prime Minister Mitsotakis and Minister of Infrastructures and Transport Karamanlis, three new stations of the Athens metro line 3, and the related section, were inaugurated by a consortium led by the Italian company […]

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