Italy’s economic diplomacy 8 March: latest news from the world

Finland: Helsinki to launch a 60 mln euro call for bids for rail transport HSL, the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority, has decided to launch a call for bids worth 60 million euros in the railway sector. In particular, the call is expected to be launched sometime this month and will concern the transport of commuters […]

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Minister Alfano: “Fabio and Filippo Galassi are in good health and are returning to Italy”

“Fabio and Filippo Galassi are in good health and are returning to Italy,” Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Angelino Alfano said today. The Italian father and son were released yesterday after being imprisoned in Equatorial Guinea since March 2015. Last week, Minister Alfano wrote a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Equatorial […]

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Press accreditation notice – Conference on EU Financial Instruments for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (Farnesina, 12 March 2018)

On Monday, 12 March, at 2:45 p.m., the Conference on EU Financial Instruments for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations will be held at the Farnesina.  The conference will open with remarks by Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Angelino Alfano, and EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. They will be followed by three themed panels, and the […]

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8 March: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs opened an information desk on the prevention of cancer in women

For International Women’s Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs opened an information desk where the doctors of the ASL Roma 1 Health Centre offered guidance on preventing cancer in women. The Ministry’s Secretary-General, Elisabetta Belloni, inaugurated the help desk underscoring that it is a tangible initiative offered to all the women working in the Ministry. […]

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8 March: Hall named after Ambassador Carla Zuppetti​

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, announced that the Meeting Room of the Directorate General for Italians Abroad will be named after Ambassador Carla Zuppetti. Carla Zuppetti served as Director General for Italians Abroad from 2008 to 2012 and, throughout her career, mainly performed consular functions […]

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The Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies, Luigi Vignali, on mission to Caracas

Following the instructions given by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, the Director General for Italians Abroad, Luigi Vignali, will set off on his mission to Venezuela today. It is the first mission by a Director General of the Foreign Ministry to Venezuela since the escalation of the political, economic and […]

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YOUNG ITALIAN MUSICAL TALENTS IN THE WORLD

A project launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in association with the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena, aims to promote young Italian musical talents abroad and support their career. The partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena will consolidate through Young Italian […]

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Minister Alfano on a diplomatic mission to New York

Minister Alfano will be at the United Nations in New York tomorrow, where he will meet the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres at 11.15 a.m.Subsequently Minister Alfano will meet  the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, David Harris. Alfano will then hold a briefing at the UN Security Council at 3.00 p.m. to illustrate the priorities of […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 07 March: latest news from the world

Finland: Almaviva group wins finnish railway tender The Italian AlmavivA Group (Transportation & Logistics Division)  has won the tender in a call for bids by the Finnish Transport Agency to create a new public information system in the over 200 stations of the Finnish railway network. The contract is worth seven million euros. AlmavivA will […]

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Visit by the Permanent Representatives of the four Framework Nations to Afghanistan, 22-23 February 2018

On 22 and 23 February, the NATO Permanent Representatives of Italy (Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero), the United States, Germany and Turkey, along with Supreme Allied Commander, General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, travelled to Afghanistan to reaffirm the Alliance’s commitment to the country.  NATO ‘Resolute Support’ (RSM) in Afghanistan is a non combat mission designed to provide training, […]

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Tunisia – Instrument Jam

The Zappalà Danza dance company made its world debut with lnstrument Jam on 1 March, which was received with great public and critical acclaim at the Théatre National Tunisien in Tunis. The event was part of the “Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean” programme and represented the first result of the three-party agreement between the Ministry of […]

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Alfano gives instructions on the dual nationality proposal for the German and Ladino-speaking people of Alto Adige

“I have instructed our Ambassador not to attend the meeting on the proposal to grant dual nationality to the German and Ladino-speaking people of Alto Adige scheduled in Vienna on 23 March. As was reaffirmed by my Austrian colleague Kneissl at the meeting in January, any eventual discussion on the theme can only occur between […]

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