World Bank, Business Opportunities for Italian Companies

The World Bank, Business Opportunities for Italian companies. Meeting at the Farnesina  To enhance the dissemination of information and participation of Italian companies in the procurement-related business opportunities offered by major international institutions, the Farnesina today hosts the meeting entitled “Business Opportunities for Italian companies with the World Bank Group”. It is a sector of […]

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The Foreign Ministry follows the case of Noura Hussein

The Foreign Ministry, through the Italian Embassy in Khartoum, is following with constant and careful attention the case of Noura Hussein, the young Sudanese woman who is sentenced to death. Capital punishment is unjustified in any circumstance. Italy is in the front line in the international campaign to promote a moratorium on the death penalty […]

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Enhancing services for the Italian community in Britain

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has decided to hire ten contract employees at the Italian Consulate General in London in order to enhance the services for the Italian community in the United Kingdom after demand for services grew exponentially in the wake of Brexit. Another five employees were hired in the past […]

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Cooperation. Alfano:”Emergency humanitarian contribution to tackle a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, said: “To tackle a new outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and precisely in the north-western Ikoko-Impegne area, and respond to a humanitarian call launched by the World Health Organization, Italy has allocated 300,000 euros from […]

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A ILUSÃO PERFEITA by PIETRO RUFFO in Lisbon

Contemporary art exhibitions are continuing to be held at the Lisbon Italian Cultural Institute, including a selection of works by Pietro Ruffo that will be shown in his solo exhibition ‘A Ilusão Perfeita’. The artist will attend the opening, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Friday, 18 May, in the former Chapel of the Italian Cultural Institute at its seat […]

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Seminar on renewable energy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Seminar on renewable energy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

A high-level seminar was organised by RES4MED&Africa and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, addressed to a select group of senior officials at the Ministry. A number of leading market operators gave participants an overview of the increasing importance of renewable energy sources in Italian economic diplomacy.  It is of both global and national interest […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Presentation of “Business Opportunities for Italian companies with the World Bank Group” (Farnesina, 14 May 2018)

On Monday, 14 May 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Farnesina will host the presentation of “Business Opportunities for Italian companies with the World Bank Group”. The event is part of the initiatives promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to enhance the dissemination of information on the procurement-related business opportunities offered by major international […]

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Serbia: Ambassador Lo Cascio meets Italian enterprises

Ambassador Carlo Lo Cascio chaired a meeting today addressed to Italian enterprises in Serbia. The event, which was promoted by the Italian Embassy in Belgrade, gathered over seventy companies along with the institutions involved in the promotion of the Italian economic system. The Italian Trade Agency (ICE), the Italo-Serbian Chamber of Commerce, and Confindustria Serbia […]

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Expo Dubai

The Italian Government has established the Italian General Commissioner’s Office of Section for Italian participation in EXPO 2020 Dubai with the responsibility of assisting the Commissioner General in planning and organising the Italian participation in the first Universal Exhibition to take place in the Arab world. “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” is the theme of […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 9 May: latest global news

COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE ITALIAN WINE A short film entitled “Italian Wine – Taste the Passion” was screened during the 2018 Vinitaly exhibition. The film forms part of a communication campaign to promote Italian wine in the U.S. The campaign, promoted by the Italian Trade Agency (ICE), Federvini, Unione Italiana Vini, and Federcoc, follows market […]

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UPDATE on Press Accreditation Notice – OSCE Counter-Terrorism Conference 2018 “The Reverse Flow of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs): Challenges for the OSCE Area and Beyond” (Rome, 10-11 May 2018)

On 10 and 11 May 2018 Rome’s Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi will host the OSCE Counter-Terrorism Conference 2018 entitled “The Reverse Flow of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs): Challenges for the OSCE Area and Beyond”, promoted by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship for 2018. The event will be attended by numerous Italian and foreign government officials and international scholars […]

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Food innovation, Italian expertise at ‘Seeds and Chips’ in Milan

Innovation in the food sector, from the field to the table, is the core of ‘Seeds and Chips. The Leading Food Innovation Summit in the World’, taking place in Milan from 7 to 10 May. This is one of the leading events at world level for promoting technologically advanced, but also eco-sustainable, solutions in the […]

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