Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 8 November: latest news from the world

Armenia – Opening of the Sartex joint-venture in the high-end textile industry A production plant was recently opened in Armenia for the company Sartex, a joint-venture created last June between the Italian company Sartis, based in Veneto, and Alex Textile, an Armenian company controlled by the magnate Samvel Alexanyan. This is the fourth facility that […]

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Vietnam: kindergartens that adopt the Reggio Children approach​

Kindergartens based on the Reggio Children approach are to be set up in Vietnam. The method, conceived in Italy by Loris Malaguzzi in the immediate post-war period, considers the child as an individual and bearer of rights who learns and grows in relationship with others producing knowledge and communicating it to the outside world through […]

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“Story of a bunch of grapes that wanted to make wine”

Within the framework of the activities resulting from the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Farnesina and the Reggio Children Foundation, Centro Loris Malaguzzi, under which the “Taste Day” was promoted in Italian schools abroad on the occasion of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the world, the Italian private school of Tirana, established […]

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‘Il pasto della tarantola’ in Helsinki to celebrate the Italian Cuisine Week

Within the framework of the 4th Italian Cuisine Week in the World, the performance “Il pasto della tarantola”, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in partnership with the Cantieri Teatrali Koreja, was staged at the Cable Factory-Performance Sirkus in Helsinki on 5-6 November. With a skilful mix of artistic performances and the presentation of typical […]

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​Di Stefano receives the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Cambodia

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, today received at the Farnesina the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Borith Ouch. The discussions addressed the possible temporary suspension of Cambodia from the European preferential trade regime EBA (Everything But Arms), following […]

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​Di Stefano receives the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Cambodia

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, today received at the Farnesina the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Borith Ouch. The discussions addressed the possible temporary suspension of Cambodia from the European preferential trade regime EBA (Everything But Arms), following […]

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Italy and Tunisia enhancing cooperation on migration together

Negotiations were held yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation between Italy and Tunisia to finalise a framework agreement on migration and development. The meeting, chaired by the Director General for Italian Citizens Abroad and Migration Policies, Luigi Maria Vignali, was attended by delegations of high-level representatives from the Ministries of Foreign […]

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Title: Italy dialogue partner of the Indian Ocean Rim Association

Italy was welcomed with a broad consensus as Dialogue Partner of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), an important regional Organisation, at its Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Meeting.   The ministerial meeting was held in Abu Dhabi and sanctioned the Emirati Presidency of the IORA, an Organisation established in 1997 in the follow-up of a State Visit […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 7 November: latest news from the world

Costa Rica: CABEI grants a 550-mln-dollar loan for electric train system The Central American Bank for Economic Integration – CABEI – granted a 550-million-dollar loan to implement the “fast passenger train project for the greater metropolitan area” in Costa Rica. The project envisages an investment of 1,297.7 million dollars for the construction, equipping and putting […]

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Italian Cuisine Week: ‘Pizza for Peace’ in Niger

The Italian Embassy in Niamey opened the Italian Cuisine Week in Niger with the “Pizza for Peace” project. Antonio Cera’s “Fornosammarco”, a point of excellence of the Apulia Region, organised a course for the making of bread and pizza dough for a group of refugee women hosted at the UNHCR centre and Nigerien women beneficiaries of […]

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Tourism: Genoa relaunches partnership prospects with London

The Italian Ambassador in London, Raffaele Trombetta, met with the Mayor of Genoa, Marco Bucci, who was accompanied by Barbara Grosso and Laura Gaggero, City Councillors for Culture and Sports respectively. The Italian delegation travelled to London to support the participation of the Liguria region and its major actors in the field of travel and […]

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Reminder of Press Accreditation Notice – Fourth Italian Cuisine Week in the World (Officine Farneto, 11 November 2019) On Monday, 11 November 2019, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., the Officine Farneto in Rome will host the presentation of the “Fourth Italian Cuisine Week in the World”

The event will open with remarks by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, the Minister for Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, Teresa Bellanova and a Board member of the e Agency for the promotion abroad and internationalisation of Italian companies (ICE) and President of Filiera Italia, Luigi Pio Scordamaglia. The opening remarks will […]

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