Deputy Minister Del Re at the 15th edition of LuBeC: culture is a pillar of sustainable development

Today, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened the round table on “Training, international cooperation, promotion of the cultural system: policies and experiences compared”, organised by the Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, within the framework of the 15th edition of LuBeC (Lucca Beni Culturali). In her […]

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Letter from Minister Di Maio to Italian Businesses

  Custom duties are a very tricky issue to which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be attaching the utmost importance. I am very well aware of the concerns of the sector and the impact that these measures could have on our Country and on our businesses. As reiterated at the meeting with the Secretary […]

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MEDIA ACCREDITATON NOTICE – Minister Di Maio and Minister Bonafede – Press conference to present the new Government Decree on migration issues (Farnesina, October 4, 2019)

On Friday, October 4, 2019, at 11:OO a.m., the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the Minister of Justice, Alfonso Bonafede, will hold a press conference to present the new Government Decree on migration issues. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in covering the event are requested to apply for accreditation […]

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Italy-Jordan: 85 million euros for education and training

​An intergovernmental agreement was signed this morning in Amman between Italy and Jordan under which Italian Cooperation will contribute 85 million euros to the education and training of children and young people in Jordan. The agreement was signed by Giorgio Marrapodi, Director General for Development Cooperation of the Farnesina, and the Jordanian Minister for Planning and International […]

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Undersecretary Di Stefano attends the Assolombarda General Meeting

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio di Stefano attended the Assolombarda General Meeting in Milan today. The event was opened by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella. “I am here at the Assolombarda General Meeting once again this year, and […]

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Belgrade: chamber music concert, from Brahms to Paganini

“A Bridge for Music”, a concert organised by the Italian Cultural Institutein Belgrade, is part of the Italy-Serbia international cooperation project which bears the same name. Two are the events on schedule involving the Conservatorio “N. Paganini” and the Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa, in cooperation with the Faculty of Music of the University of […]

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Ankara: Italy-Turkey Innovation Day

Ankara hosted the first “Italy-Turkey Innovation Day”, organised by the Italian Embassy in conjunction with Tubitak, the Turkish research agency. The initiative was addressed to the R&D managers  of some of the most important Italian enterprises operating in Turkey, who shared their experiences in the field of technological innovation. The conference was also an opportunity […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 2 October: latest news from the world

Denmark: a new metro line inaugurated in Copenhagen The Copenhagen ‘M3 Cityringen line’, the city’s third metro line almost entirely constructed by Italian companies, was inaugurated at the presence of Queen Margrethe II. Italian firms were engaged both for the infrastructural component (with Salini-Impregilo as project leader), for the railway, rolling stock and signalling component […]

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Skopje: concert with music by Leoncavallo

To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo and the 60th anniversary of the introduction of the teaching of the Italian language in Macedonia, the Italian Embassy organised a concert with opera music at the Skopje Philharmonic. The tenor was Blagoj Nacoski, Macedonian-born but resident in Italy for over 210 […]

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Minister Di Maio meets US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo

Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, met yesterday at Villa Madama. The discussion focussed on a number of important issues, from the Libyan crisis to the question of custom duties, from 5G technology to relations with Russia, Iran and Venezuela. Minister Di Maio reaffirmed the traditional ties between Washington […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 1st October: latest news from the world

KUWAIT – ITINERA HAS BEEN AWARDED AN IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACT ​ Itinera, a company of the Gavio Group, has been awarded an important contract for the construction of stage 2 of the contract for the road section connecting the city of al-MutlaA, in the north to the rest of the country (al-Abdali road). The contract […]

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Naples: 5th stop of the Internationalization Roadshow

Naples was the 5th stop of the 2019 Roadshow for internationalization, the 66th of the project set up by the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and carried out with the collaboration of local organizations and representatives of Italian companies.   The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International […]

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