Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs funds the latest edition of the Finance Police’s training course on illegal financial flows for the members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Cuba and the Dominican Republic

The course held by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police)  has become a milestone in the relations between Italy and the CARICOM countries. This year marks the fourth edition for the two-week training course, which has been held annually at the Tax Police School of the Guardia di Finanza in Ostia since 2015. Transnational financial […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi Meets Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, received Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Al-Thani, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. During the cordial meeting, Minister Moavero Milanesi confirmed that the Italian Government is committed to intensifying political dialogue and bilateral […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy – latest global news 22 June 2018

Finland launches  call for tenders for renewable energy production   Finland’s Energy Authority is calling for tenders in the autumn to select projects for generating renewable electricity, opening the market to competition from other countries. The tenders are for 1.4 TWh of renewable energy a year from investors using wind, solar, biomass, biogas or wave power. The […]

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African Metropolis. An Imaginary City

A contemporary African art exhibition “African Metropolis. An Imaginary City” opens at the MAXXI Museum in Rome on 21 June 2018. Organised in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the exhibition is being put on by internationally renowned curators and includes 100 works by 34 artists. The exhibition takes an innovative […]

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Music by Mander revived in Jordan

Jordan’s leading classical music broadcaster will play for first time the recordings of Francesco Mander, an orchestra conductor and composer of international renown,  in digital format. The Italian Embassy in Amman announced the event which will coincide with World Music Day, which falls on the summer solstice each year and features a rich calendar of events all […]

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The Italian Cooperation Agency makes an emergency contribution for Guatemala

In order to tackle the humanitarian crisis provoked by the eruption of the Volcano del Fuego in Guatemala, the Italian Cooperation Agency has provided to make a multilateral emergency financing of 200,000 euros. This contribution responds to the appeal launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), which is engaged […]

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The Foreign Ministry celebrates World Music Day

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) with its network of diplomatic and consular offices and the Italian Cultural Institutes abroad join in the celebrations of World Music Day 2018 by staging more than 40 events in an equal number of cities worldwide. Launched in France in 1982, the Fête de la Musique […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi holds a telephone conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi

Yesterday, on World Refugee Day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Enzo Moavero Milanesi, had a telephone conversation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,  Filippo Grandi, who is on a visit in Niger.

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Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jhinaoui

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, received at the Farnesina his Tunisian counterpart, Khemaies Jhinaoui.In the cordial and comprehensive talk, the two ministers confirmed their commitment to continue their efforts to further strengthen the special strategic partnership relations between Italy and Tunisia. The focus of the meeting was especially concentrated on […]

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Gambia: the Italian Cooperation service committed to assure vaccines

The components of the delegation that will travel to Gambia on an awareness-raising programme promoted by GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, will be from 6 national newspapers and media organisations (La Repubblica, La Stampa, Mediaset, Wired, F Magazine, Vanity Fair).   The initiative, which envisages a series of institutional meetings in Banjul […]

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Seoul: “Invest in Italy” Roadshow

The “Invest in Italy” Roadshow was held in Seoul last 18 June. The Roadshow is co-organised by the ICE Foreign Trade Agency in Seoul and the Italian Embassy in Korea with the support of the Bank of Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Ministry of Economic Development. The event […]

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Italy hands over to Spain the chairmanship of the Group of Friends of UNHRD

A ceremony, promoted by Italy, Spain and Panama, was held on 18 June, 2018 on the sidelines of the WFP Executive Board meeting to celebrate the 18th Anniversary of the UNHRD. Italy concomitantly handed over to Spain the chairmanship of the Group of Friends of UNHRD, which the Italian government launched in 2015 to support […]

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