Annual “Economic Performance Meeting 2019” in Canada

After recording a very positive performance in the first eight months of the year, Italy has become Canada’s 7th-largest supplier and the 2nd-largest trade partner in Europe after Germany but ahead of the United Kingdom. Positive is also the trend in investments and procurement contracts finalised by Italian companies. These excellent results were analysed at […]

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Week of the Italian Language: Readings of Dante in Bern

Public readings of Dante’s Divine Comedy at the University of Bern. This is one of the initiatives of the rich program of events organized by the Embassy of Italy on the occasion of the Week of the Italian language in the World. Pages from Dante’s work will be read by representatives of the political and […]

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Week of the Italian language: opening ceremony at Chongqing​

Fragments of Italian culture: literature, theater, music and cinema in Chongqing for the ‘Week of the Italian language’ dedicated this year to the Italian used in drama. The nineteenth edition of the event, which was inaugurated at the headquarters of the Consulate General of Italy in Chongqing by the Deputy Consul Davide Castellani, features a […]

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Italian-Belgian cooperation increases in the aerospace sector

The Italian Ambassador in Belgium, Elena Basile, hosted an event to mark the cooperation between Italy and Belgium in the aerospace sector which was attended by the CEOs of the companies Avio, Giulio Ranzo, and of SABCA, Thibault Jongen, both involved in the Vega and Ariane satellite projects.Present at the event were also the Director […]

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Italian Language Week: a 2-week scholarship to the Amalfi Coast allotted in Santiago

The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago, in association with the Italian Embassy and with local institutions and Italian partners, organises a series of conferences, refresher workshops and meetings with writers and personalities to celebrate the 19th Edition of the Italian Language Week in the World. In particular, in partnership with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in […]

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Information notice – Ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the Foundation of the Carabinieri Headquarters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Rome, “Salvo D’Acquisto” Barracks, 21 October 2019, 5:00 p.m.)

Today, Monday 21 October 2019, at 5 p.m., the “Salvo D’Acquisto” barracks of the Carabinieri in Rome will host the ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Carabinieri Headquarters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will close with an equestrian show by the 4th Carabinieri Cavalry Regiment. The event will be attended by […]

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​’The Italian Language Week’ showcases the Italian used by Collodi, Ariosto and Fo

Pinocchio by Collodi, the ‘Mistero buffo’ by Dario Fo, and the works by Ludovico Ariosto will be staged around the world to celebrate the ‘ Italian Language Week’ promoted, as every year, by the Foreign Ministry and which, in the 2019 edition, is dedicated to Italian spoken on stage.  From 21 to 27 October, the Italian diplomatic […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 18 October: latest news from the world

GREECE – KAFIREAS WIND FARM BY ENEL GREEN POWER KICKS OFF OPERATIONS Inauguration of the new Kafireas wind farm built by ENEL Green Power. With a total installed capacity of over 154 MW this is the largest wind farm in Greece. The event was attended by Prime Minister Mitsotakis and the Minister of the Environment and Energy Chatzidakis. […]

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Dhaka, a group exhibition to celebrate Contemporary Art Day

The Contemporary Art Day was celebrated in Dhaka with a group exhibition of Italian and Bangladeshi artists organised by the Italian Embassy with the support of the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation and in association with the Venice-based publishing company Lightbox. For three days, the artists of the two Countries exchanged ideas and prospects in a number […]

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Minister Di Maio will be in Matera on Sunday for the presentation of the Italy Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020

Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will be in Matera on Sunday, 20 October, together with the Emirati Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to attend the ‘1 Year to Go’ event. The event represents a symbolic passing of the torch from Expo Milano 2015 and Expo Dubai 2020, at exactly one year from its […]

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Di Stefano at the Blue Sea Land Expo of Mediterranean Clusters

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, today attended the 8th edition of the “Blue Sea Land Expo of Mediterranean, African and Middle Eastern Clusters” at Mazara del Vallo. In his remarks at the meeting on foreign trade and internationalisation in the fishing sector, the Undersecretary began by illustrating […]

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Del Re attends the 3rd Italian-Arab Business Forum

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, attended the 3rd Italian-Arab Business Forum of the Joint Italian Arab Chamber of Commerce in Milan, at the presence of the representatives of the institutions and the business community of Italy and of Arab Countries. “Today’s Forum represents and important opportunity to reaffirm […]

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