Italian Business Forum in Ljubljana – creativity as strategic competence

Creativity, as a strategic organisational competence, was the theme of the seventh Italian Business Forum (IBF) organised by the Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Embassy in Ljubljana. In a world where most skills of individuals and organisations are expected to be more linked to systems supported by artificial intelligence, creativity is a strategic […]

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Italian Pavilion at Balttour tourism fair in Riga ​

Italian regions showcased their best tourism services at the 26th International Travel Trade Fair “Balttour 2019″ in Riga in the Italian Pavilion, which was set up by the Italian Embassy. The most important tourism fair in the Baltic States, Balttour attracts 30,000 visitors (6,000 of whom are tourism industry professionals), 850 tourist operators from 40 countries […]

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Inter-institutional negotiation table to coordinate anticorruption activities

The administrations and agencies concerned will discuss Italy’s engagement in global anticorruption strategies, with a special focus on the activities of the G20 and the OECD, at the inter-institutional negotiation table set up at the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Global Affairs (DGMO). The specific themes addressed are: transparency and integrity in developing infrastructure; overcoming […]

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Italy confirms its leading role in FRUIT LOGISTICA in Berlin

​Italy participated in Berlin 2019 FRUIT LOGISTICA with a record-number of exhibitors. The largest international fresh produce fair in the world, FRUIT LOGISTICA, welcomed 3,226 exhibitors and over 78,000 trade visitors. As Ambassador Luigi Mattiolo said when welcoming the Italian participants at the Italian Embassy in Berlin, Italy with its 527 companies was once again the country with […]

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Celebrating Leonardo da Vinci: Exhibitions, conferences and performances

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is planning more than 150 events this year to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. They will  include exhibitions, conferences, films and theatrical performances celebrating the great genius of the Renaissance. Engineer, artist, scientist and polymath, Leonardo left an immense body of work to study, […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Hunt

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Hunt, met on 13 February to discuss, in particular, the situation of Italian citizens in the United Kingdom and of the British citizens in Italy ahead of Brexit.  

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European Medicines Agency (EMA)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, confirms that the Government, through the State Legal Advisory Service, has lodged an appeal with the European Court of Justice against EU Regulation 2018/1718 that establishes the new headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the city of Amsterdam. The impugnment of the […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela del Re at the UN training centre in Turin

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, visited the UN International Training Centre in Turin. On meeting the interim director of UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute), Bettina Ticci Bartsiotas, the Deputy Foreign Minister discussed the perspective of relaunching the Institute, which has the active support of […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi on mission in Warsaw

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is on a mission to Warsaw on 13 and 14 February to attend the Ministerial Conference “Promoting a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East”, organised at the initiative of the United States of America and hosted by the Polish Government. The American […]

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London: Italy celebrates the restitution of eight lots of ancient artworks

Today, the Italian Embassy in London hosted the restitution ceremony of eight lots of ancient artworks and a page of an illuminated code, that were given back to Italy by Christie’s auction house. The event was attended by the Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Alberto Bonisoli, the Italian Ambassador in London, Raffaele Trombetta, Carabinieri Commander for the Protection […]

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Communication by Minister Moavero Milanesi to the Senate on the situation in Venezuela​

Communication of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Enzo Moavero Milanesi, on the developing situation in Venezuela.  

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Maurizio Pollini in Madrid for the Great Performers Festival

Last night Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional de Musica had a great event featuring Maestro Maurizio Pollini. The pianist’s performance was part of the 24th edition of the cycle of Great Performers organised by the Fondazione Scherzo. The Italian Cultural Institute cooperated with the Foundation to promote Maestro Pollini’s concert. Since 2001, the Fondazione Scherzo has concentrated its […]

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