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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Deyang: Italia a Sichuan International Avion

Italy is guest of honour at the second edition of the Sichuan International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, the leading aviation industry fair in Southwest China held in Deyang.  For five days, in an area covering over 35,000 m2, the event will host over 250 Chinese and foreign companies displaying over one hundred aircraft and pioneering products […]

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Sydney: an Italian artist in Australia and Australian artists in Sicily

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney organised a residency exchange programme between Sicily and Australia with the participation of two North Australian aboriginal artists and a Sicilian artist. The project is aimed at promoting the sharing of innovative artistic techniques between the two Countries and also involved Regina Pilawuk Wilson, a very well-known artist belonging […]

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Italy re-elected to the ICAO Council

At the 40th General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) held in Montreal on 28 September, Italy was re-elected to a Part 1 seat on the Organization’s Council (reserved for the 11 contracting States of chief importance to air transport) for the 2020-2022 three-year period. Our Country received 160 votes out of a […]

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UN: Del Re affirms Italy’s full support for Sudan’s new government to the Prime Minister

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, attended the High-Level Event on Sudan in New York, that was organised for the first time on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The event, co-chaired by the UN Secretary-General Guterres, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Faki and the Prime […]

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