Italian Economic Diplomacy/Sole 24 ore – USA: Employment growing but less than expected
USA: Employment growing but less than expected The recent labour market figures are, on the whole, positive. Unemployment has fallen from 7% to 6.7% and the number of people in search of work is also down. However, the growth in the number of jobs is slowing. In December 2013, the Establishment Survey reported the number […]
Read moreItaly–Canada – Innovation Award 2014 – call for proposals
The Canadian Embassy has announced a call for proposals for the “Canada-Italy Innovation Award 2014”. The award is intended for Italian researchers, scientists and innovators interested in developing projects with their Canadian colleagues and counterparts in priority sectors for the government in Ottawa. Its aim is to strengthen links between the two countries in the […]
Read moreEXPO 2015 – Ireland’s “yes” brings number taking part to 142
Ireland will be taking part in EXPO 2015 in Milan. Prime Minister Enda Kenny had already told his Italian colleague, Enrico Letta, of Ireland’s intention to attend when the two met in November 2013. Dublin’s participation brings the number of countries taking part in the EXPO, whose theme is “Feeding the Plan, Energy for Life”, […]
Read moreItaly-Japan – A meeting-place in Osaka for students and enterprises
A series of three-monthly meetings between students at the university of Osaka, Italian companies operating in Japan and Japanese enterprises with links to Italy has begun. The initiative was organised by our Consulate General in Osaka in collaboration with the Italian Studies Department at the University. The meetings have a threefold aim: to help Italian […]
Read moreDEI/Sole 24 Ore – USA: la crescita PIL rivista al rialzo (in translation)
L’espansione del PIL statunitense su base annua nel terzo trimestre 2013 è stata rivista al 4,1% rispetto al 3,6% stimato in precedenza. Al rialzo ha contribuito soprattutto la revisione della crescita dei consumi (2,0%, contro l’1,4%), mentre sono stati confermati sia la forte accelerazione degli investimenti privati (17,2%) sia il significativo contributo della variazione delle […]
Read moreRemembrance Day – At Yad Vashem with Ambassador Talò and the Italian community
The “duty of remembrance” was underscored by the Italian Ambassador to Israel, Francesco Maria Talò, at a Remembrance Day event at Yad Vashem, the Jewish people’s memorial to the Holocaust. The wreath-laying ceremony was attended by the Italian Jewish community in Israel, and by the Mayor of La Spezia, Massimo Federici. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreIntellectual property – A vital asset for growth, says Bonino
A vital asset for Italian growth, and an issue for which uniform worldwide protection is more than ever necessary. This was how Foreign Minister Emma Bonino described intellectual property (IP) at the conference on “Intellectual Property: a strategic economic development factor in a global market”. The aim of the conference was to focus individual aspects […]
Read moreSyria: Humanitarian access the most urgent concern, says Bonino
The most urgent concern, as the Geneva 2 negotiations go forward, is “to insist on humanitarian access in order to bring tangible relief to a Syrian people battered by three years of bombardment”. This was Minister for Foreign Minister Afairs Emma Bonino’s comment on Radio 24. Ceasefire appeal In her speech at the International Geneva […]
Read moreDevelopment Cooperation reform under way – A government priority once again, says Letta
The Development Cooperation reform is under way – another important and significant “segment” of our country’s “Europeanisation” and the fruit of a bipartisan parliamentary debate. The Council of Ministers has approved the bill containing “General provisions governing international Development Cooperation” and envisaging a systematic up-date of the system, after 27 years. The draft reform include […]
Read moreMediterranean: major challenge for the EU, says Dassù
“If we fail to meet the challenge of the Mediterranean, the winner in Europe will be the populist movements; by now the future depends to a varying extent on our ability to work out the problems of the Mediterranean”. Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassù launched this message as she participated today in a conference at […]
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