Deputy Minister Del Re at the Nagoya G20​ Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Deputy Foreign Minister, Emanuela Del Re, is in Nagoya, Japan, to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. On 1 December 2019, Italy will officially become a member of the G20 Troika which, in addition to Italy, will include the outgoing Presidency (Japan) and the incoming Presidency (Saudi Arabia). Italy’s presidency of the G20 will begin on 1 […]

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​Italian Cuisine Week in Rabat: food education and culture of taste

The Italian Embassy in Rabat crafted a programme of events to celebrate Italy’s Cuisine Week in conjunction with the Consulate General in Casablanca, the Italian Trade Agency – ICE, the Italian Institute of Culture, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Morocco (CCIM) and the Dante Alighieri Committee in Casablanca. The Week started with a gala […]

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Italian Cuisine Week in the World: Oslo showcases the best of Italy’s wine and food products

The Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo put together a rich programme of events to celebrate the Italian Cuisine Week in Norway. An evening dedicated to “A taste of Italy” took the Norwegian audience on a virtual journey through vineyards from Piedmont and Tuscany to Sicily, illustrating Italian wine and food tradition. […]

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Belgrade: Fabio Sgroi on show at the Photography Festival

The photographic exhibition “Lo stivale” (“The Boot”) by Italian photographer Fabio Sgroi participates in the 7th edition of the “Vizualizator” Photography Festival in programme in Belgrade. The initiative, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade, will give the opportunity to become familiar with the work of the Italian artist who started his photographic career as a […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 22 November: breaking news from the world​

UN: CARPI-BASED CMB TO RESTORE THE PALAIS DES NATION IN GENEVA THANKS TO A 245 MILLION EURO CONTRACT CMB Cooperativa Muratori e Braccianti of Carpi, in the capacity of group leader of the joint-venture with CSC Impresa Costruzioni SA – of the Salini Impregilo Group – and Italiana Costruzioni S.p.A., has signed a contract to refurbish the historical Palais […]

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The Italian Cooperation services dispatches humanitarian aid to Somalia

To respond to the humanitarian emergency provoked by flooding in the Hir-Shabelle, Jubaland and South-West States in Somalia, the Foreign Ministry arranged for a humanitarian flight from the Italian Cooperation service, which took off yesterday evening for Mogadishu Airport from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot in Brindisi carrying a 22-tonne load of emergency relief […]

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Week of Italian Cuisine: a major event was held in Lima to celebrate Italian premium food and wine​

​On the occasion of the 4th Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, the Embassy of Italy in Lima, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the ICE – Italian Agency for Foreign Trade, organized a series of initiatives aimed at spreading the culture of taste, at emphasizing how important it is to educate […]

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Doha: Signing of the MAECI-UNESCO Agreement on children’s education in Iraq

The Director General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Marrapodi, and the Director of the UNESCO Office in Iraq, Paolo Fontani, signed an agreement today in Doha for the implementation of a joint cooperation project aimed at ensuring access to education for children in Iraq who currently cannot […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 21 November: breaking news from the world​

TERNA: INAUGURATION OF THE ITALY-MONTENEGRO POWER CABLE WITH A TRANSFER CAPACITY OF UP TO 1200 MW    The power line that was recently inaugurated by Terna runs for 445 km, between the power stations of Cepagatti, in the province of Pescara, and Lastva, in the municipality of Kotor (Montenegro). This is the longest submarine infrastructure […]

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Italian Cuisine Week: Armenia hosts a seminar on food security

Food security, economic growth and developing human capital are the topics of the conference organised in Yerevan by the Italian Embassy in Armenia together with the World Food Program Armenia to celebrate the Italian Cuisine Week in the World. Private sector companies and international experts from Armenia, China, the EU, Italy and the Russian Federation […]

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Helsinki: Italian start-ups on show at Slush 2019

This year, there are 12 Italian companies at Slush Helsinki 2019, the Expo for Start-ups conceived for expanding enterprises looking for investors, mentoring and venture capitalists. The attendance of Italian companies at this annual global event involving the major players in the universe of innovation is organised by the Italian Embassy in Finland and by […]

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World Children’s Day: Del Re attends an event on the protection of minors

To celebrate World Children’s Day, the Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re attended an event on the wellbeing and protection of minors at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See. According to the UNICEF figures quoted by the Deputy Minister, in 2018, almost 200 million children under 5 suffered from chronic and acute malnutrition, a […]

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