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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Minister Alfano expresses his grief for the earthquake in Papua New Guinea

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano said: “I wish to express my personal and the Italian people’s closeness and solidarity for the earthquake that has hit Papua New Guinea and that unfortunately continues to produce aftershocks. The casualty toll that is progressively emerging is dramatic. I express my heartfelt condolences to […]

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Thailand: concert by Vinicio Capossela

As part of the Italian Festival in Thailand 2018, the Italian Embassy has organised a concert by the famous singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela, which will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 7 March 2018, at the Aksra Theatre King Power of Bangkok. Admission to the concert is free of charge but you are required to register […]

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FOODEX Japan 2018 – The excellence of Italian agro-food products in Japan

Brand Italy will be represented in large numbers at the annual FOODEX Japan fair, the most important agro-food event in Asia running in Tokyo from 6 to 9 March 2018. «Italy disposes of the largest exhibition area of the Fair: 2200 m² and vaunts the participation of the more than 170 companies from 16 Regions. This large presence […]

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“Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean” in Tunisia

As part of the «Italy, Cultures, the Mediterranean » cultural programme, Eugenio Bennato is en route towards the Southern Mediterranean. On 4 March, he will be at the Acropolium of Carthage (Tunis) for the first stop of his “Da che sud è sud” (« For as long as South has been South ») international tour, which will then […]

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