Dei/Sole 24 Ore: Latvia: New company created for Rail Baltica line
The government in Riga has approved the creation of a new Latvian company, EDL (Eiropas Dzelzcela Linijas), to represent the country in the Rail Baltica II interstate joint venture. Rail Baltica II is tasked with constructing the new line linking the Baltic countries and the rest of the European standard gauge (1435 mm) network (Finland […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore: USA: webinar on renewables and clean technologies now available on MFA website
The recording of the webinar on renewable energy and clean technologies which took place in July 2014 has now been published on the MFA website at (/Sala_Stampa/ArchivioNotizie/Approfondimenti/2014/07/20140729_UsaInvestRinn.htm). The webinar was organised by the Italian Embassy in Washington and by Confindustria. Companies who were unable to take part directly will now be able to view the […]
Read more6th Italian Film Festival in Maputo
“La Grande Bellezza” is the film selected to open the 6th Italian Film Festival in Maputo this evening, 19 August 2014, at the city’s Teatro Avenida. The Festival, which runs until 23 August, is being organised with the collaboration of “Il Sorpasso”, an Italian arts organisation in Lisbon, with support from private sponsors. In coming […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore: Turkey: late September Business Matching Event
The third edition of the “Match for Industry Business Matching Event”, organised by the Kocaeli Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry, the East Marmara ABIGEM (European-Turkish Business Centres Network), Enterprise Europe Network-Luxembourg and other professional organisations will take place on 25 and 26 September 2014 at the TOSB industrial park, […]
Read moreDichiarazione congiunta sulla Libia dei governi di Francia, Germania, Italia, Regno Unito e Stati Uniti (in translation)
Dichiarazione congiunta sulla Libia dei governi di Francia, Germania, Italia, Regno Unito e Stati Uniti
Read moreBuenos Aires – Italian EU Presidency a topic in Buenos Aires
“Italy and Europe: a journey across the Italian Presidency of the European Union” is the title of a workshop to be held on 9 September at the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires. Relateur will be Lorenza Sebesta, holder of the Jean Monnet chair at the University of Bologna’s Buenos Aires branch. The topic will […]
Read moreSweden – Italy intervenes in extensive fire
Responding to Sweden’s appeal to the European Commission Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC), Italy intervened to help fight the worst forest fire in the country’s recent history. The flames devastated an area of over 15,000 hectares in central Sweden’s Vastmanland county, approximately 150 km northwest of Stockholm. Two Canadair planes from the Italian Civil Defence […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Australia: go-ahead for Airport Link Project (Western Australia)
Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett announced the approval of the Airport Link project, a railway connection between the centre of Perth and the city’s airport. The project has an estimated value of 2.2 billion Australian dollars (approx. €1.54 billion) and calls for the construction of 8.5 km of new railway that includes an 8 km […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – India introduces restrictions on pharmaceutical labels
India introduces restrictions on pharmaceutical labels The Indian authorities are going forward with the application of legal restrictions on the labelling of medical products that include the inadmissibility of stickers, the consequence of which will be containers pre-printed for the Indian market. A recent Central Drugs and Standards Control Organization (DSCO) circular underscored the need […]
Read moreGaza: Mogherini calls death of Simone Camilli a tragedy
Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini expressed her condolences on the death of Simone Camilli in Gaza. “The death of Simone Camilli is a tragedy for his family and for our nation”, she said. “Yet again, a journalist has had to pay the price of a war that has lasted too many years, and for […]
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