Italian Economic Diplomacy 30 April: latest news from the world

World Bank: Fast-Track Covid-19 Facility (FTCF) launched The World Bank Group has developed a new instrument, the Fast-Track Covid-19 Facility (FTCF), which has made it possible to approve, in a very short time, several projects, up to 14 billion dollars, aimed at assisting governments of countries receiving IBRD and IDA funds in dealing with the […]

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Earth from Space: IIC webinar in Los Angeles

“Reflections on Earth seen from space” is the title of the webinar organised on Tuesday May 5th by the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, in cooperation with the Institutes of New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco. The journalist Maria Teresa Cometto from New York will lead a conversation with Cinzia Zuffada, Associate Chief […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and the Armenian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan

On 30 April 2020, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.

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Sereni: Italy needs a foreign policy vaccinated against fake news (Il Foglio)

Celebrating the first of May in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, means, even more than in the past, to celebrate labor and its dignity as a cornerstone of the human person and of its relationship with society. Among the consequences of Covid-19, in fact, we will be required to face an unprecedented economic crisis, […]

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Di Maio: “Italy will not allow military force to prevail in Libya” (La Repubblica)

«There is no alternative to a political settlement of the Libyan crisis. And there is no alternative to Europe as a whole getting the job done. I reiterated these convictions in recent talks with the EU’s High Representative Josep Borrell, who once again aired the proposal of appointing a special European envoy to Libya. An […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 29 April: latest news from the world

MOROCCO – Sparkle expands coverage in North Africa with new Point of Presence in Casablanca Sparkle, the leading international wholesale services operator in Italy and eighth in the world, announces the opening of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Casablanca, Morocco. Located in the neutral data centre of Orange Maroc, Sparkle’s PoP will provide […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Di Maio and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell

On 29 April 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.

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Sereni: #WeareItaly a success, culture pillar recovery

“With this campaign, just at the hardest moment of the epidemic, it was possible to communicate to the world Italy deep vocation to art, culture, creativity, which will be one of the important bases of our recovery, a vocation that the virus will never scratch”. This was stated by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni regarding the […]

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Sereni, #WeareItaly a success, art and culture pillars of recovery

“With this campaign, just at the hardest moment of the epidemic, it was possible to communicate to the world Italy deep vocation to art, culture, creativity, which will be one of the important bases of our recovery, a vocation that the virus will never scratch”. This was stated by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni regarding the […]

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Lisbon: more than 120 companies at the Embassy webinar

About 120 companies participated in the webinar organised by the Italian Embassy in Lisbon yesterday, together with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Portugal, in cooperation with ICE agency. An initiative addressed to Italian companies already operating in Portugal, but also to the entrepreneurs’ community willing to assess the Portuguese market attractiveness from Italy. “Through […]

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Embassy in Stockholm: Covid-19, videocall with the Italian System

A videoconference with the Italian System in Sweden to discuss Covid-19 emergency and to debate with entrepreneurs the measures taken in Italy and in the Scandinavian country to support the economy: this is the initiative organised yesterday by the Italian Embassy in Stockholm. Among the participants – besides the Director of the ICE Agency in […]

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#WeAreAreItaly: a video report concludes the Foreign Ministry campaign

The #WeAreItaly campaign, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, concluded with a video report signed by directors Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini. The video collects the exciting daily diary of the many musicians, singers, film and theatre actors, writers, performers, dancers, chefs (over one hundred in total) who joined in a […]

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