North Korea

Following the requests for clarification on the case of North Korea’s former Chargé d’Affaires in Italy, Jo Song Gil, the Foreign Ministry specifies the following: last 3 January, the Foreign Ministry already informed that it had received, through diplomatic channels, a notice relative to the official’s transfer from the Embassy of North Korea in Rome. […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 20 February: latest news from the world

Kosovo: GCF wins a contract to upgrade the railway line The Italian company GCF (Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie) and the railway agency InfraKos signed a 78-million-euro contract to upgrade the Fushe Kosove – Hani i Elezit railway line. The works, involving a 70-km-long section of the line connecting Pristina to the border with Macedonia, constitute the first […]

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Jerusalem: Palestine as it used to be – in the photographs by Luciano Morpurgo

A permanent photographic exhibition at the Consulate General of Italy in Jerusalem tells the story of 1927 Palestine. The pictures of daily life in this land during the British Mandate are the work of the great photographer, Luciano Morpurgo, whose collection ‘Palestine 1927’ comprises over 200 photos. Morpurgo, born in Split from an ancient Jewish […]

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‘Italian scientists at school’ in Frankfurt

Paolo Ferri, the father of the Rosetta mission and leader of flight operations for all ESA satellites – including the BepiColombo probe, an interplanetary mission that will reach Mercury in 2025 to discover its geophysical mysteries – was a guest of the European School in Frankfurt as part of the “Italian scientists at school” initiative […]

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Prague: record trade volumes between Italy and the Czech Republic

Trade relations between Italy and the Czech Republic are very positive and have great growth potential, said the Italian Ambassador in Prague. Francesco Saverio Nisio, at the signing ceremony of a Cooperation Protocol between the Italian-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CAMIC) and the Chamber of Commerce of the Czech Republic (HKCR – Hospodarska komora […]

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Madrid: young chefs win the “Nuovi talenti cucina italiana” cooking contest

A Spaniard and an Italian, both residing in Barcelona, are the two winners of the second edition of the “Prepara il tuo futuro – Nuovi talenti della cucina italiana” contest that was launched by the Italian Embassy in Madrid, in partnership with the Italian National Tourism Board (ENIT) and the Italian Chamber of Commerce and […]

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EGYPT: Walter Tosto signed a major agreement with Petrojet

The Walter Tosto company signed a major mutual cooperation agreement with Petrojet, a leading EPC contractor in Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East. The purpose of the agreement is to assist Petrojet in a technological upgrading process to enable it to manufacture pressure equipment and heat exchangers in its laboratories. The process involves an […]

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Conference in Tunis on the dialogue between the two shores of the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean, nationalism, borders, roots, dwellings, origins, the sea, fluidity, identity. These are the themes of the fifth two-day International Conference on Mediterranean Studies: “Transnational fluid identities” that was held at the prestigious Beit al Hikma, “l’Académie des belles lettres” in Carthage. The main purpose of the event, organized by the Department of Italian Studies […]

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Exhibition on Fellini’s works at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

The exhibition Federico Fellini Genius of humanity has been inaugurated at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Promoted by the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Geneva, in collaboration with the Federico Fellini Foundation, the exhibition pays tribute to one of the greatest masters of cinema but also to Italy’s commitment to all civilization […]

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Moavero Milanesi: «Disagreements over the TAV high-speed rail are likely to stay between Italy and France; if necessary, we’ll bring the issue to the scrutiny of Parliament» (Corriere della Sera)

«The return of the French ambassador to Rome is in the order of things. » So, peace has been made, Minister Moavero Milanesi? «As far as I have gathered, the recall depended more on several political dynamics than on the two Countries’ diplomatic relations and it is important that the ambassador returned in a relatively […]

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Minister Moavero meets with his British colleague, Jeremy Hunt

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Interational Cooperation,  Enzo  Moavero Milanesi, had another meeting with his British colleague  Jeremy Hunt in Brussels today. The talks focused on updating the latest developments in the institutional framework of the so-called Brexit by analysing the possible scenarios for the near future. Special attention was dedicated to the issues […]

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Minister Moavero meets with his Croatian and Slovenian colleagues​

Today in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo  Moavero Milanesi, had two meetings with his Croatian and Slovenian counterparts.  The meetings offered the opportunity to debate several specific issues of importance for the Countries’ bilateral relations, which were confirmed to be positive and cordial. The meetings also examined mutually important issues […]

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