Beijing – Vinitaly promotes Expo2015
Vinitaly returns to Beijing to promote Italian wines on the first stop of the EXPO Milano 2015 roadshow. From tomorrow through Sunday, Vinitaly International will be presenting Italian wines as guest of the itinerant event, and will offer a preview of the wine pavilion that they will be coordinating with Veronafiere during the EXPO. The […]
Read moreNetwork Farnesina: Organizzazioni Internazionali giuridiche con sede in Italia (in translation)
Prima riunione tra Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale e vertici delle organizzazioni di diritto internazionale con sede in Italia “Insieme per i diritti umani, lo Stato di diritto e il buon governo”. Può essere così sintetizzato il significato della prima riunione tra il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e i vertici delle organizzazioni […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Iraq: new Baghdad terminal and Nasiriya airport
Iraq: new Baghdad terminal and Nasiriya airport Iraqi Minister for Transport Al Zubaidi announced that, in application of the BOT formula, the World Bank would finance the construction of a fifth terminal at the Baghdad international airport to service international departures. The call for tenders will go out as soon as the accords with the […]
Read moreArgentina – Books a cultural bridge
“Books as a cultural bridge between Italy, Argentina and Europe”, is the title of a book presented at the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires during the Week of Italian Culture. Speakers at the event included sociologist and professor at the Universidad Nacional di Buenos Aires Esteban De Gori, historian and philosopher and professor at […]
Read moreAlbania – Conference on a future in Europe
Relations between Italy and Albania will grow even closer thanks to a conference that opens on Monday afternoon in Tirana. The two-day “Albania and Italy: a Partnership for Europe” comes a few months after the granting of EU candidate status to the country. Its is to reflect on Albania’s future, starting with the role played […]
Read moreMontreal – ’18 Ius Soli’ by Italo-Ghanian Kuwornu
The sensitive issue of the nationality of children of immigrants will be the topic of debate in Canada when the documentary “18 Ius Soli” by Italo-Ghanian director Fredd Kuwornu will be presented on Wednesday. The film tells the story of 18 young people born and raised on Italian soil by Latin American, Asian or African […]
Read moreGhana – Italian cinema, music and architecture
The Italian embassy in Ghana is celebrating Italian Culture Week with a series of exhibitions, seminars and film screenings. The cycle opened with the seminar “Two cultures, same rhythms”, featuring Anna Nacci, founder of the “We are the Children” project. Three film screenings included “Pinocchio” by Luigi Comencini, “Generazione mille euro” by Massimo Venier, and […]
Read moreUdine – Internationalisation Roadshow
The next stop for the Italian Foreign and Development Ministries’ travelling “internationalisation roadshow” is Udine. The city, located in northeast Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia region, is to host the business internationalisation conference and showcase on 31 October. Attended by Deputy Development Minister Carlo Calenda and by local and central government internationalisation agencies and business lobbies, […]
Read more70th anniversary of SIOI
President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano opened the exhibition “1944-2014: i 70 anni della SIOI. Palazzetto Venezia racconta la storia della politica estera italiana”. In attendance were SIOI president and former foreign minister Franco Frattini and Farnesina secretary-general Michele Valensise. Società Italiana per l’Organizzazione Internazionale (SIOI), the historic Italian post-war agency that has been […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Morocco: examining new operations for €200 million
Morocco: examining new operations for €200 million Within the context of a Ministry of Economic Development mission to Morocco, SACE announced that Italy was examining 200,000 euros in new investments. Italy’s current portfolio of Italian exports and investments ensured by SACE in Morocco are mainly concentrated in high risk industrial sectors such as mechanics, infrastructure […]
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