New Consulates in China and Vietnam – Farnesina, growth diplomacy opens new missions
The foreign ministry confirmed it would be opening two new Consulates General, one in Ho Chi Minh City, the financial capital of Vietnam, and one in Chongking in south-central China, a city of over 30 million inhabitants. “The openings fall within the scope of the growth diplomacy programme promoted by Minister Emma Bonino and aimed […]
Read moreAprono due nuovi Consolati a Ho Chi Minh e Chongqing (in translation)
Due nuovi consolati in Vietnam e Cina. La Farnesina ha formalizzato l’apertura di due rappresentanze diplomatica a Ho Chi Minh City, capitale economica del Vietnam, e Chongqing, municipalità di oltre 30 milioni di abitanti situato nel Centro-Sud della Cina. L’attuale stato della rete diplomatica-consolare nel mondo è stata inoltre oggetto dell’audizione della Vice Ministro degli […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Pakistan: ENI interested in shale gas and offshore deep-water exploration
Pakistan: ENI interested in shale gas and offshore deep-water exploration Pakistan’s Minister for Oil and Natural Resources, Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi, and ENI’s Chief Executive Officer, Paolo Scaroni, met recently in Islamabad to review the company’s operations in the country. ENI is the biggest international oil and gas company in Pakistan, with an investment of over […]
Read moreHong Kong – Decollano le esportazioni italiane (in translation)
Decollano le esportazioni italiane ad Hong Kong. Il 2013 si e’ chiuso con un incremento dell’8,72 per cento rispetto al 2012, che permette al nostro paese di posizionarsi al 16esimo posto in assoluto tra i fornitori di Hong Kong e al terzo tra i paesi europei (dopo Gran Bretagna e Germania e superando la Francia) […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – Cina: utilizzo renminbi nelle lettere di credito sorpassa euro (in translation)
Secondo i dati di SWIFT, la societa’ che gestisce i pagamenti interbancari internazionali, il valore delle lettere di credito denominate in RMB ha superato nel mese di ottobre 2013 quello delle lettere in Euro, rispettivamente pari all’8,7 e al 6,6 per cento (la prima valuta impiegata a questo scopo rimane il dollaro americano, la cui […]
Read moreSyria: Gioia Tauro is chemical agents transfer port – Most important disarmament operation in last 10 years, says Bonino
The chemical agents leaving Syria on Danish and Norwegian ships will be transferred to the US vessel “MV Cape Ray” in the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro. The official announcement was made during a hearing before the joint Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees attended by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, […]
Read moreSfida tra Nazionale Diplomatici e “Amici di Pietro” (in translation)
Un match tra una selezione di diplomatici italiani e gli “amici di Pietro”, per ricordare un atleta leggendario come Pietro Mennea e anticipare al meglio la XV edizione della Corsa di Miguel, la gara nata per ricordare il maratoneta-poeta argentino desaparecido Miguel Benancio Sanchez. E’ in programma per domani alle 14.30 la partita di calcio […]
Read moreItaly in front line in protecting women’s rights, says Bonino
Women, education and development. With Italy in the front line in supporting and protecting women’s rights in Africa. These were the principal issues addressed by the 4th Conference organised by the Rita Levi-Montalcini Foundation and hosted by the Farnesina, entitled “Education for African Women: a question of gender and a driver of development”. Participants included […]
Read moreMinister Bonino meets the Globe-MAE networkMinister Bonino meets the Globe-MAE network
Minister Bonino, along with the Head of the Private Office, Pietro Benassi, and the Director General for Resources and Innovation, Elisabetta Belloni, has met representatives of GLobe-MAE. The aim of themeeting was to open a dialogue to find an administrative solution to the obstacles that to date have prevented the Foreign Ministry’s homosexual employees living […]
Read moreIran – Fadjr theatre festival sees Italian performances
Two Italian companies are taking part in the Fadjr International Theatre Festival taking place in Tehran until 2 February 2014. Rome-based Muta Imago will be performing “Pictures from Gihan”, while Bologna’s Instabili Vaganti group will perform “Ausencia – Sola nella Moltitudine”. The Italian presence enjoys support from the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Country Promotion. […]
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