Italian Economic Diplomacy 17 October: latest world news
OICE 2018 Report: engineering, architecture and consulting are consolidating their activities abroad The Italian Trade Agency, ICE, will launch, on 19 October, the 2018 edition of the OICE Report, drafted in conjuction with CER – Centro Europa Ricerche – on the activities of Italian engineering, architecture and technical and economic consulting firms across the world. […]
Read moreMinister Moavero Milanesi is in Luxembourg to attend the Foreign Affairs Council
Minister Moavero Milanesi is in Luxembourg to attend the Foreign Affairs Council. On the agenda of the meeting: migration, Libya, Central African Republic and Venezuela. Minister Moavero will subsequently participate in the Eastern Partnership Foreign Ministers Meeting.
Read moreWorld Food Day, #ZeroHunger in the world by 2030
Hunger is growing again in the world: according to the latest reports issued by the FAO, over 815 million people suffered chronic malnutrition in 2016, 38 million more than the previous year. And with a world population forecast to reach 9 billion in 2050, farmers will have to find new more productive ways of farming and […]
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Norway: the first two guides for Italian investors and exporters published The first two in a series of guides designed for Italians who wish to invest in Norway have been published. Drawn up by our Embassy in Oslo and the Stockholm branch of the Institute for Foreign Trade, the guides aim to provide information and […]
Read moreMinister Moavero meets with the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ine Erisken Søreide
Minister Moavero meets with the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ine Erisken Søreide. The meeting focused on bilateral relations and major European and international issues. Special attention was paid to EU and NATO security policies, the Brexit negotiations and migration flows.
Read moreItaly’s Economic Diplomacy, 9 October: latest news from the world
CHINA – Pirelli finalizes the agreement for the acquisition of a 49% stake in the JV with the Hixih Group in China In execution of the agreements reported in August, Pirelli informs that it closed the Purchase Agreement for a 49% stake in the JV that, through Jining Shenzhou Tyre Co., owns a consumer tire […]
Read moreItaly’s Economic Diplomacy, 4 October: latest news from the world
European Investment Bank finances the ports of Rome and Lazio The European Investment Bank (EIB) is going to finance projects to expand the port of Civitavecchia and to create of a new commercial port in Fiumicino with 195 million euros. It is the EIB’s largest financing of a Port System Authority in the last few […]
Read moreItaly’s Economic Diplomacy, 1 October: latest news from the world
Luxembourg: TecnoInvestimenti seals deal to buy 50% of LuxTrust The CEO of the TecnoInvestimenti Group, Pier Andrea Chevallard, closed a deal with Luxembourg’s Minister of Economy, Etienne Schneider, for the acquisition of 50% of LuxTrust, a digital certification company that embraces almost all of Luxembourg’s digital ID certification management market by providing “strong authentication”, qualified […]
Read more74th anniversary of the Nazi slaughter in Marzabotto
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, and the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas, are in Marzabotto today to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the Nazi slaughter in 1944. It is the first time that the Foreign Ministers of Italy and Germany together attend the ceremony to pay tribute to the […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy, 28 September: Latest global news
Senegal: the “Bus rapid transit” project kicks off in Dakar with bus-only lanes At an event organised by the Executive Council of Urban Transport in Dakar, Senegal’s Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo, officially announced the launch of the Bus Rapid Transit project designed to create a new bus transport system with dedicated […]
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