International Year of Cooperation: towards a new development model
The world of cooperatives provides a valuable perspective from which to develop a new economic development model based on inclusion, both in Italy and worldwide. The issue was discussed today, 30 May 2012, at the Foreign Ministry in Rome during the meeting to set up the committee for the International Year of Cooperation, as proclaimed […]
Read moreCooperation: Egypt – food security for the most vulnerable
Italy is engaged in projects to foster Egypt’s economic and social development through actions to improve food security and nutritional quality for the most vulnerable segments of the population. Agreement worth 3 million dollars The Italian Ambassador, Claudio Pacifico, has signed a food security agreement on “Improving Household and Nutrition Security” with the Egyptian Agricultural […]
Read moreANKARA – Appalto per ponte Bosforo alla Astaldi, soddisfazione dell’Amb. Scarante (in translation)
L’Ambasciatore d’Italia in Turchia Gianpaolo Scarante ha accolto con grande soddisfazione la notizia dell’aggiudicazione, avvenuta oggi 29 maggio, della gara per la realizzazione del Terzo Ponte sul Bosforo e relative vie di collegamento al consorzio costituito dall’italiana Astaldi S.p.A. e dalla turca IÇTAŞ. La decisione presa oggi dalle Autorità turche giunge al termine di una […]
Read moreITALIA-MONGOLIA – Intesa tecnica sulla cooperazione in campo veterinario (in translation)
Intesa tecnica tra Italia e Mongolia sulla cooperazione in campo veterinario. La firma oggi a Pechino da parte dell’Ambasciatore italiano in Cina, Attilio Massimo Iannucci, accreditato anche in Mongolia, e dall’Ambasciatore di Mongolia in Cina, Tsedenjav Sukhabaatar. L’intesa, scaturita dal negoziato tra il Ministero della Salute italiano e il Ministero dell’Agricoltura, dell’Alimentazione e dell’Industria Leggera […]
Read morePARIGI – Consolato Generale fa acquisti digitali con progetto europeo PEPPOL (in translation)
Il Consolato Generale di Parigi comunica che a maggio si è conclusa con successo la sperimentazione di una gara pubblica telematica rivolta a fornitori esteri per l’acquisto di cinque personal computer tramite il portale “Acquisti in rete”, secondo gli standard del progetto europeo Peppol (Pan-European Public Procurement On Line). I risultati della sperimentazione (la sede […]
Read moreSyria: Syrian Ambassador “persona non grata” – Massacre in Houla: coordinated initiative by Rome and other European capitals
A coordinated initiative by Rome and the other European capitals after the massacre in Houla, for which the Syrian regime has been held responsible. The Syrian Arab Republic’s Ambassador to Rome, Khaddour Hasan, has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry and declared “persona non grata”. At the same time, similar measures were announced by the […]
Read moreItaly-Poland: inter-governmental summit at Villa Madama
The Italian-Polish inter-governmental summit which took place at Villa Madama in Rome was chaired by Prime Minister Mario Monti and Prime Minister Donald Tusk and attended by a delegation of ministers from both countries. Italy and Poland have sound bilateral relations and a well-established economic-commercial relationship in terms of both trade and investment. Over 800 […]
Read moreCooperation: credit for Albanian firms
On 25 May, within the frame work of the Italo-Albanian programme for the development of Albanian SMEs, Albanian Minister for Economy, Commerce and Energy Nasip Naço, Ambassador of Italy in Albania Massimo Gaiani and Director of the Italian Development Cooperation Office in Tirana Andrea Senatori, visited the Durazzo firms of “Tetra Solution” and “Coral” that […]
Read moreMADRID – The Prince of Asturie opens the Book Fair, Italy guest of honour
On 25 May the Prince of Asturia, accompanied by Princess Letizia, opened the 71st Madrid Book Fair, where Italy is this year’s guest of honour. Italian Ambassador Leonardo Visconti di Modrone welcomed the Prince at the Parque de “El Retiro” along with Spanish Minister of Culture Jose’ Ignacio Wert, President of the Book Fair Pilar […]
Read moreLIMA – Photography Exhibit on Italian emigration to Peru
The photography exhibit entitled “Italia y Peru’. Hermanados por la migracion”, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima and dedicated to Italian emigration to Peru and vice versa, comes to an end on 30 May at the Parliamentary the Peru-Italy Friendship League. The League’s president Carlos Tubino Arias Schreiber expressed his gratitude to Italian […]
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