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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Israel: Italian start-ups at the Tel Aviv Innovation Festival

Italy participated in the ‘Digital Life Design’ of the tenth edition of the Tel Aviv Innovation Festival with a very large representation. The event, which aims to exchange innovative ideas for sustainable development with a special focus on the new technologies sector, also thanks to the Italian Embassy and to the ICE-Agency, offered the delegations of 12 […]

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UPDATE Media accreditation notice – Joint press point by Minister Di Maio – US Secretary of State Pompeo (Villa Madama, 2 October 2019)

On Wednesday, 2 October 2019, at 12:00 p.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will meet the U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, at Villa Madama. A joint press point is scheduled at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in covering the event are requested to apply for […]

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Geneva: WIPO General Assemblies, Italy scheduled to speak today

The 59th series of meetings of the General Assemblies of WIPO is currently under way in Geneva, with the participation of 188 Member States and more than 1000 delegates. The Assembly’s agenda includes the principal issues relative to intellectual property and the agreements governed by the Organisation, as well as institutional and budgetary matters. Italy supports the […]

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The Hague: Italy organises an event on innovation

The Italian Ambassador to The Netherlands, Andrea Perugini, hosted the seminar “How innovation changes our working environments”, organised in association with the Bocconi University, in his Residence in The Hague. The seminar focused on the following topics: the relationship between start-ups and large corporations, networking as an instrument of innovation, innovation in the space sector […]

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