ITALY-BULGARIA – TRADE UP 24% IN FIRST 4 MONTHS OF 2013
Italy has retained its position as Bulgaria’s third commercial partner, with trade showing a strong increase from 1.1 billion euros in the first 4 months of 2012 to nearly 1.35 billion in the same period this year – a rise of 23.8 per cent. This compares with 12% for Germany and a decline of 5.6% […]
Read moreITALY-SERBIA – Bilateral Protocol signed
The first Scientific and Technological Executive Protocol between Italy and Serbia has been signed in Belgrade. The agreement, which envisages 15 3-year projects for exchanges of researchers in the biomedicine, agriculture, energy and environment sectors, was signed by our Ambassador, Giuseppe Manzo, and Serbia’s Minister for Education, Science and Technological Development, Zarko Obradovic. Read more, […]
Read moreJAPAN – Michelangelo’s “Madonna of the Stairs” on display in Fukui
The exhibition on “Michelangelo: The Making of a Genius and the 500th Anniversary of the Sistine Chapel” has opened in Fukui, as part of the Year of Italy in Japan. The event, organised in collaboration with the Casa Buonarroti Foundation, has been a huge success with the media and public, with visitors arriving from all […]
Read moreSOUTH AFRICA – Italy helping to celebrate Mandela sports and culture day
Italy will be sharing the sports field in events in honour of Nelson Mandela taking place on 17 August 2013 in Soweto, where Mandela gave his first speech after his long years in prison. “Mandela Sports and Culture Day” will include a football match featuring the Italian “masters” team, who will be playing South Africa. […]
Read moreMADE IN ITALY: Continuity and a change of pace, urges Pistelli. Rome can do great things in the EU, Middle East and Asia.
The Italian “system” can succeed, but we need “a change of pace and continuity in our commercial foreign policy in the international markets and, above all, in China. There’s a great demand worldwide for the ‘Made in Italy’ brand, a demand that exceeds our capacity to respond. Italy can offer much more than the Four […]
Read moreDiplomacy for growth in Oman and Kuwait – Bonino mission: it’s up to Italian businesses to grasp new opportunities
Minister Bonino’s mission to Kuwait and Oman is a new, important diplomacy for growth initiative. Politics has paved the way for revitalised economic collaboration with two countries rich in energy resources and which wish to diversify their economies. The Minister’s message is that it is now up to Italian entrepreneurs to embark and build upon […]
Read moreMediterranean: more women leaders to promote democratic and economic growth
Increasing women’s presence in the political and democratic life and labour markets of the countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean is a key component in fostering “a virtuous cycle of development”. For Deputy Foreign Minister Dassù, speaking at the Women Leaders in International Relations summit organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, the […]
Read moreITALY-SERBIA – new FIAT 500 introduced at Kragujevac
FIAT in Serbia: the new model of the 500L (Living), produced by FIAT’s Srbija (Fas) plant, was introduced at Kragujevac in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy to Belgrade Giuseppe Manzo, on his first visit outside the capital since his recent appointment. “Many Italian firms, even small and medium sized ones, are finding new […]
Read moreBULGARIA – italian night at the Plovdiv cultural heritage festival
It was Italian night for the opening of the first edition of the Plovdiv international cultural heritage festival, a week of events to be held from 15 to 21 July in the ancient Roman stadium of Bulgaria’s second city. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreEnergy: Pistelli, common policies against climate emergencies
We need to adopt global energy policies focused on sustainability in order to slow the earth’s warming, asserted Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli speaking at the “Climate and Energy” conference at the foreign ministry in Rome, where three reports by the International Energy Agency (IEA) – on climate change, renewable energy and gas – were […]
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