Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 22 July: Latest News from the World​

PORTUGAL: ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI ACQUIRES SEGURADORAS UNIDAS AND ADVANCE CARE FOR €600 MILLION Pursuant to an agreement with Apollo Global Management, Assicurazioni Generali has acquired two Portuguese companies: Seguradoras Unidas and AdvanceCare (a service company) for a total of 600 million euros. The two companies are worth 510 million euros and 90 million euros respectively. This […]

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Update on the condition of Italian climber Francesco Cassardo

The Foreign Ministry confirms that Italian mountain climber, Francesco Cassardo, appears to be in better conditions than initially feared. He was airlifted from the Gasherbrum VII peak to the “Combined Military Hospital” in the city of Skardu in a helicopter rescue operation organised by the Pakistani Authorities. The Foreign Ministry thanked the Pakistani Authorities for […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 18 July: latest news from the world​

POLAND – IABM 2019 (International Automotive Business Meeting) The third edition of the International Automotive Business Meeting (IABM2019) is scheduled to be held in the Polish city of Dąbrowa Górnicza on 13 and 14 November.The IABM is an exclusive 2-day B2B event in the automotive sector attended by experts of the sector, automobile manufacturers, major […]

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Case of climber Cassandro – Update

The Foreign Ministry and the Italian Embassy in Pakistan continue to follow the case of the Italian mountain climber Francesco Cassardo, who suffered an injury on the Gasherbrum VII, by continuously keeping in contact with his family. Also Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi is being constantly kept informed. Today’s last contact between the Foreign Ministry’s […]

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The case of Italian climber Cassardo

Upon the immediate and compelling impulse of Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi, the Foreign Ministry and the Italian Embassy in Pakistan immediately contacted the local Authorities yesterday, obtaining the intervention of a helicopter rescue mission. According to the information available, the operation has been impossible up to now for technical reasons, which have made it […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi in Florence to attend the ceremony to return the “Vase of Flowers”

Today, in Florence, in the Sala Bianca of the Pitti Palace Museum,  Minister Moavero Milanesi attended the ceremony to return the “A Vase of Flowers”, the famous painting by Dutch painter Jan van Huysum, together with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, the Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Alberto Bonisoli, the Commanding General of the […]

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Italian-Czech Business Forum on “Innovation for better life”

The Italian-Czech Business Forum entitled “Innovation for Better Life” was on the agenda of the visit to the Czech Republic by the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Manlio Di Stefano. The event was organised by the Italian Embassy in Prague, the Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic, Confindustria, ABI and […]

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Electronic ID cards for Italians abroad​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, today countersigned the inter-ministerial decree establishing the procedures to issue the Electronic Identity Card for Italians abroad, thus completing the process initiated yesterday with the signature of Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. The new document will be issued by the Italian diplomatic and consular network […]

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Changes to the Press Accreditation Notice – 13th Conference of Italian Ambassadors (Farnesina, 24 – 26 July 2019)

On Wednesday, 24, Thursday 25 and Friday 26 July, the Farnesina will host the 13th Conference of Italian Ambassadors, on the theme: “Continuity and Change in Italian Foreign Policy towards the Horizon of   2030”. Speakers at the event will be the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi is in Brussels to attend the EU General Affairs Council

Minister Moavero Milanesi is in Brussels to attend the EU General Affairs Council, whose agenda includes the presentation of the priorities of the forthcoming rotating Finnish Presidency for the next 6 months, the European Union Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027 and an exchange of opinions on the implementation of the new Strategic Agenda 2019-2024.  

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Statement by the governments of Egypt, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America on Libya

The governments of Egypt, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America reiterate their deep concern about ongoing hostilities in Tripoli, call for an immediate de-escalation and halt to the current fighting, and urge the prompt return to the UN-mediated political process. There can be no military solution […]

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Ebola Emergency: Humanitarian activities by Italy’s Cooperation service in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Upon the initiative of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, Italy pledged a further financial contribution of €300,000 at the Geneva Donor Conference to support the healthcare operations (medical treatment, immunisation and burials in “sanitised” conditions) carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the North Kivu and […]

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