Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America

July 11, 2018 The Governments of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States, recalling their statement of 27 June 2018, welcome the announcement that Libya’s National Oil Corporation is resuming its vital work on behalf of all Libyans.  We commend the legitimate National Oil Corporation as it repairs infrastructure, honors its contractual obligations, […]

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Press accreditation notice – “The 10th Anniversary of the Bolzano/Bozen Recommendations on National Minorities in Inter-State Relations: New Challenges and Lessons Learned” (Udine, 16 July 2018)

Within the framework of the Italian Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), an international conference on national minorities in inter-State relations will be held at Palazzo d’Aronco, in Udine, on 16 July 2018 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the “Bolzano/Bozen Recommendations” that the OSCE presented in 2008 as the guidelines for the treatment of national minorities […]

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The 18th World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb

The 18th World Saxophone Congress  was inaugurated in Zagreb with ‘Saxophobia’, an exhibition of saxophones of all types and sizes from Attilio Berni’s vast collection. It is the largest collection in the world, with over 500 musical instruments in addition to 200 toys and accessories and 2000 photographs of famous saxophonists.  The Congress will take place from July 10 to […]

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Partnership agreement signed to promote sustainable agriculture

A partnership agreement was signed promoting sustainable agriculture to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) recently partnered with the FAO and with three of the major public research agencies in Italy: the National Research Council (CNR); the Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economics Analysis (CREA); and […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 10 July: latest news from the world​

Norway: partnership between Eni Norge and Point Resources kicks off Var Energi Eni Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Eni group, has partnered with Point Resources, a Norwegian oil & gas company controlled by local private equity investor HitecVision, to kick off Var Energi, an independent company with 17 producing oil and gas fields in the Barents […]

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Fast It: new registry portal for Italians abroad

Fast It is a digital platform developed by the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies (DGIT) in conjunction with the Directorate General for Administration, IT and TLC (DGAI) in order to enable Italian nationals residing abroad to enlist in the AIRE registry and quickly notify a possible change of address, if necessary. The […]

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Italy-ASEAN cooperation on Higher Education, Science and Research

The group of Southeast Asian Countries comprising the ASEAN is a major player on the global economic scene. Fully aware of its importance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Italy-ASEAN Association and Uni-Italia organised the Conference titled “Italy-ASEAN cooperation on Higher Education, Science and Research: Public and Private Synergies” on 10 July […]

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​Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, meets Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Ghassan Salamé

Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, received the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. During the cordial and in-depth discussion,  Minister Moavero Milanesi confirmed Italy’s full support to the Special Representative and the UN for their central role in the […]

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Enrico Rava and Ennio Morricone perform in Prague

Italian music and performers focus the attention of a qualified Czech public with two important dates in the Bohemia Jazz Fest in Prague.  At 8.30 this evening, the Enrico Rava New Quartet will perform a jazz concert in the Old Town Square in Prague during the opening concert of the Bohemia Jazz Fest, one of […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 9 July: latest news from the world

Argentina: INC Spa wins a 1.9-billion-dollar highway construction contract The Turin-based INC Spa, an Italian construction company belonging to the FININC Group, won a tender for public-private partnerships worth 1.863 billion dollars for the construction of the ‘A’ Road Corridor in Argentina. The contract concerns the construction (over 5 years) and the concession (for 15 […]

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Mission to Tripoli of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, was on a mission to Tripoli today, where he met with the Chairman of the Presidential Council Fayez Al Serraj, the Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maitig, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Taher Siyala, and the Head of the Higher Council of the State, […]

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OSCE and Conference of Regions launch a cycle of regional events to promote Italy’s food and wine as heritage

 The Italian Chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces launched their initiative for the promotion of Italy’s food and wine products of excellence in Vienna on July 6, 2018. The kick-off event was designed, promoted and organised by the Italian Permanent Mission to the OSCE and the […]

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