Tsunami in Indonesia

“We Italians stand by the people of Indonesia in a spirit of great solidarity and sincere friendship in these terrible times,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, while expressing “the deepest grief” for the families of the numerous victims claimed by the tsunami in Indonesia. The Foreign Ministry’s Crisis […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy 21 December: latest news from the world

​Sparkle invests in young talents to set up the Mediterranean Hub of the future with Sicily as a strategic focal point for Internet traffic as well as a laboratory of technological innovation   Sparkle, the international service provider and wholly owned subsidiary of TIM Group, which ranks among the top ten global operators, enhances its […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi receives Denis Cavatassi at the Farnesina

  Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, received Denis Cavatassi today at the Farnesina. Mr. Cavatassi, who was arrested by Thai authorities in 2011 and sentenced to death in 2016 to be later acquitted by Bangkok’s Supreme Court, returned to Italy from Thailand this morning. “We followed his situation with the […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy 20 December : Latest News from the World

UAE – 20 JANUARY, 2019 IS THE DEADLINE TO BECOME TECHNICAL PARTNERS OF THE ITALIAN PAVILION AT EXPO 2020 DUBAI   The last day on which businesses can express their interest in becoming Italy’s Technical Partner at  Expo 2020 Dubai is 20 January 2019. Businesses must respond to the public notice for the expression of […]

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Collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and RAI

RAI (the Italian broadcasting company) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) have launched a new project to showcase young emerging talents of Italian modern music as part of a cultural promotion of Italy throughout the world. A global tour will be organised in March with six young performers who are taking […]

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Humanitarian aid by the Italian Cooperation Service in the Lake Chad region

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, authorised a package of emergency contributions worth 8.4 million euros to tackle the food and humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad region (Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon). These funds will be used towards initiatives to help local people in the areas of food security, […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 19 December: latest global news

The government of Georgia chose the company Keios  (www.keios.it) to work in a joint venture with CMC (Georgia) to plan and oversee urban regeneration work in the spa town of Abastumani. Worth about 850,000 euros, the project is financed by the World Bank under the Third Regional Development Project. The aim is to increase tourism in […]

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‘Mediterranean’ photography exhibition by Mimmo Jodice in Rabat

The ‘Mediterranean’ photography exhibition by Neapolitan artist Mimmo Jodice was opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Rabat. The photographs on display are the fruit of the artist’s long research and years of travelling across the two shores of the Mediterranean: Naples and the South of Italy, Greece, Spain and France but also Turkey, Syria, […]

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Information Note – Presentation of the Twinning Project for the reform of the Tunisian Administrative Justice system (Rome, Palazzo Spada, 20 December 2018)

On 20 December, at 3 p.m., Palazzo Spada will host the presentation of the Italy-Tunisia Twinning Project for the reform of the Tunisian Administrative Justice system   On Thursday, 20 December, at 3 p.m., the Sala di Pompeo of Palazzo Spada (Piazza Capo di Ferro, 13) will host the meeting promoted by the Consiglio di Stato in association with the […]

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International Anti-Corruption Day at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, opened “International Anti-Corruption Day” at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, devoted to the prevention of corruption in public and subsidiary companies. The President of the National Anti-Corruption Authority, Raffaele Cantone, and the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating […]

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Media accreditation notice – Arrival of the body of Antonio Megalizzi at the Ciampino Military Airport (18 December 2018)

Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in covering the arrival of the body of Italian citizen Antonio Megalizzi, scheduled for today, 18 December, at the Ciampino Military Airport, are requested to apply for accreditation. Accreditation applications should be sent by email to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s Institutional Press and Communication Service […]

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Italy present at Design Creativity Month in China

The Milan Polytechnic participates in the Creativity Month opened at the Jinsha Ecool Park, the Design District of Chongqing, in China. The Ecool Park, located in a decommissioned factory, is an enormous complex dedicated to creative industries in the perspective of becoming the major design district in all of Southwest China. It houses exhibition spaces, […]

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