Common messages aimed at raising awareness among EU citizens and businesses regarding involvement in financial and economic activities in the settlements
“The European Union and its Member States consider that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law, constitute an obstacle to peace and threaten to make a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impossible. The EU and its Member States will not recognise any changes to the pre-1967 borders, including with regard to Jerusalem, other than […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Spagna: 21% Aena a privati con gara 28% in Borsa (in translation)
Il Governo spagnolo ha annunciato che la parziale privatizzazione dell’ente statale di gestione aeroportuale AENA avverra’ attraverso il collocamento del 21% presso un nucleo stabile di azionisti privati e per il 28% tramite collocamento in Borsa. La prima operazione avverra’ tramite gara pubblica che si dovrebbe tenere in settembre. La quotazione in Borsa e’ prevista […]
Read moreUN – 1000 young people in Rome for diplomacy simulation
On Monday, 30 June, Rome will welcome the over 1000 young people from 100 countries who will be participating in Wimun 2014, the United Nations’ largest international youth simulation event, for which Italy has the global exclusive. The event runs from 30 June to 4 July and offers secondary school and university students a chance […]
Read moreHaifa – Children’s reading labs
To bring children from 3 to 12 years old closer to literature and creativity by guiding them in the discovery of the world around them through the most varied of instruments – this was the aim of the Italian Cultural Institute of Haifa, which organised a highly successful cycle of 8 laboratories for Italian and […]
Read moreScotland – Italy commemorates war prisoners held in the Orkneys
Italy commemorated the prisoners of Scotland’s Orkney Islands. Our ambassador in London, Pasquale Terracciano, participated in a ceremony in Kirkwall dedicated to the Italian prisoners captured in Egypt during the Second World War and interred on the island in “Camp 60”. The ambassador was accompanied by the Italian Consul General in Edinburgh Carlo Perrotta and […]
Read moreGrowth Diplomacy – Cuba presents itself to Italy, events in Rome and Milan
UNIDO ITPO Italy and ICE, with the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), have joined forces with the Embassy of Cuba in Rome toorganise presentations on new legislation on foreign investments and business opportunities in Cuba. The two events, one on 30 June in Rome and […]
Read moreCanada – Montreal dedicates retrospective to Paolo Virzi’
The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal dedicated a retrospective to celebrated filmmaker Paolo Virzì, who has had a string of successes over recent years that include his latest effort “Il capitale umano”, winner of the Donatello Prize. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreMogherini at NATO ministers meeting – Ukraine and Iraq dominate talks
The situation in Iraq is a threat to the security and stability not only of that country but of the entire Middle East and Euro-Atlantic region. Consequently, the foreign ministers of NATO meeting in Brussels agreed on the need to concentrate on a political approach, as Minister Federica Mogherini asserted during a pause in the […]
Read moreDiplomazia Economica Italiana – 25 June: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor
Cuba: Seminar in Rome on new investment lawAt the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome on 30 June, and at Milan’s Auditorium Centro Congressi Corridoni on July 1st, there will be a presentation of the new law on foreign investments in Cuba and business opportunities. The event’s joint organisers include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]
Read more“Italy of the Future” exhibit in Stockholm
“Italy of the Future” is the title of an exhibition on the excellent results of major Italian research institutes, and will open on 27 June in Stockholm within the context of the events planned for Sweden for the Italian Presidency of the EU Council. The exhibition has been organised by the National Museum of Science […]
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