CHANGE OF DATE – Press Accreditation Notice – Presentation of Italian participation to Expo 2020 Dubai (Farnesina, 25 January 2018)

In view of the upcoming Dubai World Expo 2020, the Farnesina will host the press conference presenting the Italian participation to the Expo on Thursday, 25 January, at 6:30 p.m. The press conference will open with remarks by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Angelino Alfano, who will be followed by the Commissioner General […]

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Foreign Investment in Italy – An overview of the Italian Labour Law

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hosted a seminar today entitled “Foreign Investment in Italy – An overview of Italian Labour Law”, with a special focus on Chinese investments.As Italy’s Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Senator Benedetto Della Vedova, said in his opening remarks, foreign investment is key to supporting economic growth […]

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“Novelties and the Future: the Italian World of Cooperation”

“Let’s help each other mutually, because any development project is also a co-development project in which both parties grow and have an opportunity to improve,” said the Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano, at the National Conference on Development Cooperation “Novelties and the Future: the Italian World of Cooperation”, putting his message in a nutshell. The Conference […]

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Mission of Minister Alfano to Paris

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, is in Paris today to participate in the Conference of the  International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons. The Conference, which will be attended by 33 like-minded countries (including G7 Member States, the major European countries, India, South Korea, Turkey, Jordan, […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Foreign Investments in Italy. Italian Labour Law in bullets (Farnesina, Wednesday 24 January)

On Wednesday, 24 January, at 4:00 p.m., the Farnesina will host the Workshop “Foreign Investment in Italy. Italian Labour Law in bullets”. The Workshop will offer the opportunity to present the first guide on the provisions regulating the Italian labour market translated into Chinese. Drafted and edited by the Ichino Brugnatelli & Associates and Giovannelli & […]

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ALTERATIONS TO THE APPOINTMENT PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Presentation to the Media of the International Conference on the Responsibility of States, Institutions and Individuals in the Fight against Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Area (Farnesina, 26 January 2018)

ALTERATIONS TO THE APPOINTMENT  for the Presentation to the Media of the International Conference on the Responsibility of States, Institutions and Individuals in the Fight against Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Area.Within the framework of Italy’s OSCE Chairmanship, the Minister  of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, along with the President of the Italian Union of Jewish […]

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Pianist Nicola Losito to perform in Istanbul

The Sala Teatro Casa d’Italia  of the Italian Cultural Institute in Istanbul will host a concert of the pianist Nicola Losito, who has performed extensively in Italy as well as in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and the United States. As a soloist, Losito has played with Solisti Aquilani, the Orchestra […]

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Palermo’s Mayor Orlando opens the exhibition “Praga Palermo. Impressioni”

During his two-day mission to Prague, the Mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, participated in the launching of the photo exhibition entitled  “Praga/Palermo. Impressioni” , organised in the Baroque chapel of the Italian Cultural Institute in the capital city of the Czech Republic. “With this photo exhibit, we are experiencing the beautiful possibility of looking at a city with […]

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Italian Economic ​Diplomacy 22 January: Breaking news from the world

Brazil: Ecorodovias (Gavio Group) wins major motorway licence Ecorodovias, Brazil’s third motorway operator, which was acquired by the Gavio Group in 2016, won a major contract for a 30-year licence of the north section of the Rodoanel – a ring road around Sao Paulo. The section is approximately 50 kilometres long. The company was granted […]

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Alfano: “The Mediterranean is at the centre of the international political agenda”

“In 2017, Italy made a great political and diplomatic investment to bring the Mediterranean back to the centre of the international political agenda. The Mediterranean may seem to be more like a lake than a sea on the map, but there are fundamental global security challenges at play in this area. For example, the risk […]

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Conclusions of the Minister’s mission to the UAE

“It was a very intense and fruitful visit, that allowed us to confirm the excellent state of our bilateral relations, and enhance the quality of our political dialogue in a country and a region which is of key strategic importance.”During  our mission we were able to sign a contract for Italy to participate in Expo […]

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​Minister Alfano in Brussels

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will be in Brussels to attend a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council. Libya, Israel and Palestine are among the issues on the meeting’s agenda. A working lunch is also scheduled with the Prime Minister of the National Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas.

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