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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Jakarta: artists of the ‘Luciano Pavarotti’ Foundation in concert

The Aula Simfonia Jakarta hosts a concert by the artists of the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation who will perform together with Indonesian singer Anggun to celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Indonesia. Organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute and born out of an idea of the President of […]

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The Foreign Ministry expresses satisfaction for the re-election of Gianotti a the CERN

The Foreign Ministry expresses great satisfaction for the re-election of Professor Fabiola Gianotti as Director General of the CERN for the 2021-2025 five-year period at the Organisation’s extraordinary Board meeting today. It is the first time that an outgoing Director General is confirmed for a second term in office in this organisation that operates the […]

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The Foreign Ministry expresses satisfaction for the re-election of Gianotti a the CERN

The Foreign Ministry expresses great satisfaction for the re-election of Professor Fabiola Gianotti as Director General of the CERN for the 2021-2025 five-year period at the Organisation’s extraordinary Board meeting today. It is the first time that an outgoing Director General is confirmed for a second term in office in this organisation that operates the […]

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Di Maio and the Silk Road “We will evaluate the situation in 2020”. The agreement on Trieste has been signed (Corriere della Sera)

Sitting in a colosseum-shaped terrace overlooking the Italian Pavilion at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, Luigi Di Maio sent out a series of messages.  “We will make an evaluation of our trade relations with China and of our exports in March 2020, one year after the signing of the memorandum of understanding on […]

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Meeting of Del Re with the President of the CICR, Peter Maurer

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, received the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, at the Farnesina. The meeting provided the opportunity for taking stock of the state of bilateral collaboration with Italy and for an exchange of ideas on the main areas […]

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Meeting of Del Re with the President of the CICR, Peter Maurer

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, received the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, at the Farnesina. The meeting provided the opportunity for taking stock of the state of bilateral collaboration with Italy and for an exchange of ideas on the main areas […]

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​Buenos Aires: concert by harpist Raoul Moretti ​

The Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires presented “Harpscapes”, a harp concert by Maestro Raoul Moretti which is part of the programme of the ‘Vivacissimo Classica’ cycle of concerts. The concert is the outcome of a deep-reaching research into the pureness of the sound of a harp, with an essential but calibrated use of live electronics by […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 6 November: latest news from the world

Kenya. The Guala Closures Group invests in the manufacturing sector. The Guala Closures Group, world leader in the production of bottle caps and containers for alcoholic drinks, wine, oil and vinegar, water and soft drinks, food and pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Spinetta Marengo, in the province of Alessandria, has opened a production plant in Nairobi. The plant, […]

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