Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Lithuania: Gemmo Holding to operate public lighting services
Lithuania: Gemmo Holding to operate public lighting services The Municipality of Vilnius has awarded Gemmo S.p.A. the contract for the modernisation and operation of the Lithuanian capital’s public lighting services. This complex and ambitious Public-Private Partnership will develop over the 18 years envisaged by the contract. The whole operation is worth 98.23 million euros, to […]
Read more“Diplomazia e dintorni” – The Diplomatic Service entrance exam. What to do and how to do it
The public competition for entry to the diplomatic service was published recently. Many well-educated, highly motivated young people who are interested in foreign policy and in promoting Italy abroad aspire to a diplomatic career. The Diplomatic Service entrance exam is one of the most selective and complex in the Italian public administration. In the 26th […]
Read moreMontevideo – Al via festival dedicato al cinema europeo (in translation)
Montevideo rende omaggio all’Europa e al cinema del Vecchio Continente. Prendera’ il via sabato 3 maggio il “Festival de Cine Europeo”, organizzato da una delegazione dell’Ue in Uruguay per celebrare la Giornata dell’Europa, commemorata ogni 9 maggio. Quindici film provenienti da vari paesi fanno parte del programma, tra i quali spiccano lo spagnolo “La chispa […]
Read moreLondra – Incontro sui problemi italiani visti da Leopardi (in translation)
L’opera di Giacomo Leopardi sara’ al centro di un dibattito che si terra’ a Londra mercoledi’ 7 maggio tra il romanziere inglese Tim Parks e lo scrittore italiano Mario Andrea Rigoni. Contrasto tra la storia artistica e individualismo della vita civile Prendendo spunto da “Il discorso sopra lo stato presente dei costumi degli italiani”, si […]
Read moreAlbania – L’Italia e la mafia, Pietro Grasso ne parla a Tirana (in translation)
Un testimone d’eccezione vola a Tirana per parlare di mafia: il presidente del Senato, Pietro Grasso, è ospite dell’Istituto italiano di cultura per presentare al pubblico albanese “Per non morire di mafia” e “Lezioni di mafia”. Due opere che testimoniano i suoi “quarantatre anni di vita professionale dedicati alla lotta contro la mafia, alla tutela […]
Read moreDiplomazia Economica Italiana – 2 May: Latest World News, compiled in collaboration with Il Sole 24 ORE Radiocor
Deputy Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda, in Washington for meetings with the Obama administration and the Congress on trade talks between the US and the European Union, sees significant opportunities for Italian firms in the American market. Especially in the heartlands, where growth is strong and which the Made in Italy label has neglected. […]
Read moreMozambico – Missione di imprenditori italiani a maggio (in translation)
Una delegazione italiana di 200 imprenditori sara’ dal 19 al 21 maggio in Mozambico per esplorare le opportunita’ di investimento che offre il Paese africano. L’iniziativa, dedicata ai settori dell’agroindustria, infrastrutture ed energia, e’ stata promossa dal ministero dello Sviluppo economico, in collaborazione con la Farnesina, e organizzata da Confindustria, Ice, Abi, Unioncamere, Rete Imprese […]
Read moreItaly-Brazil – Embassy gives a boost to cooperation
Italy and Brazil are seeking to develop collaboration, especially with regard to trade. To that end, the Italian embassy in Brasilia has organised a seminar for 13 May on “The Excellence of Made in Italy: technologies for bilateral cooperation”, a political-institutional-business encounter in which the Brazilian authorities and business leaders will meet with Italian and […]
Read moreUSA, intellectual property: after 25 years, Italy no longer on watch list
The Farnesina celebrates Italy’s removal from the US “watch list” of countries under observation for problems regarding intellectual property. This important outcome, after 25 years of having been listed, is the fruit of intense and coordinated activity by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through its embassy in Washington, and other national administrations and authorities. Especially […]
Read moreExpo 2015 – Thai Pavilion presented in Bangkok
Taste, innovation and sustainability: concepts key to modern Thai culture and to the country’s pavilion for the 2015 Milan EXPO. The pavilion was officially presented today by Deputy Premier and Minister for Agriculture Yukol Limlamthong, who also unveiled a model of the structure that had been installed in one of Bangkok’s busiest areas. Read more, […]
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