Minister Di Maio receives Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, received today at the Farnesina, seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sabri Boukadoum. During the meeting, the two Ministers examined bilateral dossiers of strategic interest and some international and regional issues, on which there is a strong […]
Read moreSereni: Venezuela, committed to a democratic solutions
The Vice Minister Marina Sereni met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Mariela Magallanes and Isadora Zubillaga, representatives of the Venezuelan National Assembly. The two opposition representatives spoke about the further deterioration of the political situation in their country, illustrating their concerns also on the humanitarian level. Sereni reiterated the Italian Government’s support […]
Read moreDi Stefano in conversation with UK Secretary of State for Trade
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano had a video call with British Foreign Trade Secretary Graham Stuart. The conversation was an opportunity to take stock of bilateral trade relations, also in view of the Covid-19 crisis and the post-Brexit situation. Di Stefano presented the main points of the Export Pact, signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
Read moreMs Del Re in videoconference on the Horn of Africa
Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re participated in a videoconference on the Horn of Africa, organised by the Foreign Minister of Finland, Mr Haavisto. The event was attended by IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu, African Union Peace and Security Commissioner Chergui, UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Di Carlo, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Urpilainen and […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy 8th July: latest news from the world
Brazil – Saipem wins a 325 million dollars contract. Saipem has been awarded a contract with Petrobras for the installation of a submarine system for the pre-sal (i.e. at shallower depths than salt formations in the seabed) project in Buzios, off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, one of the largest deep-water […]
Read moreMr Scalfarotto in conversation with Swiss authorities
Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto met in Bern with Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and Trade Marie Gabrielle Ineichen Fleisch and Secretary of State and Director for European Affairs of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Roberto Balzaretti. Several issues related to the bilateral relationship between Italy and Switzerland were discussed, in particular the protection of […]
Read moreFarnesina Art Digital Experience, the artists’ story online
After the event promoted by MAECI Farnesina Art Digital Experience last December 14th – when fourteen of the most important Italian Digital Art studios redesigned the facade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a video mapping show, transforming it into a 10,000 square meters and 15 million pixels canvas – the artists involved in […]
Read moreSereni, meeting with Commissioner Várhelyi
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni met today in Brussels with European Commission Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Olivér Várhelyi. The talks focused on relations between Europe and the Mediterranean countries. “It is essential that the European Union maintains a priority focus on relations with the countries on the southern shore of the […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy 07 July: latest world news
GREECE – INAUGURATION OF A NEW SECTION OF THE ATHENS METRO LINE 3, BUILT BY THE GHELLA COMPANY. In the presence of Prime Minister Mitsotakis and Minister of Infrastructures and Transport Karamanlis, three new stations of the Athens metro line 3, and the related section, were inaugurated by a consortium led by the Italian company […]
Read moreMr Di Stefano at the Assembly of Unione Italiana Vini
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano participated today in the General Assembly of Unione Italiana Vini. “The agri-food industry – he recalled – represents the first production chain in our country and contributes 42 billion euros to our exports. This is also thanks to a quality-oriented development model in which traditions and territories merge with innovation, research, […]
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