Sereni – «Libya Memorandum, negotiations are under way – The national security measures need to be overhauled» (Avvenire)

Negotiations between Rome and Tripoli to review the controversial memorandum of understanding signed three years ago have not yet kicked off. But the Deputy Foreign Minister Marina Sereni assures us that «It is not true that there will be no more space for manoeuvre after February 2. Instead, there is the possibility and the will […]

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Mission by Undersecretary Scalfarotto in Canada

Undersecretary Scalfarotto is visiting Toronto (Canada) to inaugurate the first edition of “WeLoveModainItaly Toronto”, organised by CNA Federmoda, in collaboration with the Italian Foreign Ministry and the ICE – Italian Foreign Trade Agency, in support of the fashion and accessory sector. The visit also aims to strengthen economic relations with one of the wealthiest regions […]

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Mission by Undersecretary Scalfarotto in Canada

Undersecretary Scalfarotto is visiting Toronto (Canada) to inaugurate the first edition of “WeLoveModainItaly Toronto”, organised by CNA Federmoda, in collaboration with the Italian Foreign Ministry and the ICE – Italian Foreign Trade Agency, in support of the fashion and accessory sector. The visit also aims to strengthen economic relations with one of the wealthiest regions […]

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Meeting between Minister Luigi Di Maio and the Cypriot Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Italy and Cyprus met today in Rome to discuss their excellent bilateral relations, Libya crisis, migration, the most recent developments in Eastern Mediterranean and energy related issues. Recalling the Conclusions of the European Council of October and December  2019, Italy reiterated its full solidarity with Cyprus on Turkey’s continued […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 21 January: latest news from the World

MAURITANIA. OPENING OF A NEW BRANCH OF SAIPEM The Italian company SAIPEM is currently opening a branch in Nouakchott after having been awarded in January 2019 in consortium with the French company Eiffage, the EPIC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation) contract for works on the marine infrastructure in the “Tortue-Ahmeyim” LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) hub […]

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Middle East: Italy voices support for the “Two People Two States” solution

Following the unveiling of the US plan for the Mideast Peace Process, Italy expressed its appreciation of the efforts by the United States to get the process back on track and its intention to carefully examine Washington’s proposal, coordinating with the European Union and in line with the relevant resolutions approved by the United Nations. […]

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Undersecretary Scalfarotto, visiting the Usa, defends Italian businesses and consumers

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ivan Scalfarotto, has completed a mission to the Usa. While in Washington, the Undersecretary had a number of meetings with representatives of the Administration and of Congress. Several days after the announcement, on 24 January, by the US Administration, of new customs tariffs on aluminium and steel products, […]

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Farnesina: today’s first contended child task force in 2020

Today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation took place the first disputed Junior Task Force in 2020. The technical-operational table, chaired by the General Directorate for Italians Abroad, was attended – as usual – by representatives of the Ministry of Justice and the Interior. The meeting, once again, was characterized, by the […]

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Crisis Unit organises flight to repatriate Italian citizens from Wuhan

The Farnesina Crisis Unit, in close coordination with the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Health and the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, is organising a flight operated by the Interforce Summit Operations Command to repatriate Italian citizens stranded in Wuhan, the Chinese city most affected by the new coronavirus. The aircraft, scheduled […]

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USA: concerts, conferences and exhibitions for the Holocaust Remembrance Day

The diplomatic representations and Italian cultural institutes in the USA celebrated with conferences, exhibitions and concerts the Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp. The Italian writers who witnessed the Shoah were at the centre of the event organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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Lyon: Leonardo Opera Omnia exhibition

Full-size backlit reproductions of the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci will be on display until February 29th at the Catholic University of Lyon as part of the  ‘Leonardo Opera Omnia’ exhibition organised and designed by the Italian Cultural Institute of Lyon. Using digital technologies, the exhibition enables visitors to rediscover the works of the genius […]

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Prague: conference on Primo Levi

The Italian Institute of Culture in Prague dedicated the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, on the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, to Primo Levi. The conference on the writer’s work, held by Domenico Scarpa,  who has co-authored with Roberta Mori the […]

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