The 24th of June will be a first for a delegation of Yemeni businessmen, who will arrive in Italy accompanied by the Italian Ambassador to San’a Luciano Galli for a B2B (business to business) encounter with Italian firms organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With a GDP growth rate of 4.4% – expected to […]
Read moreThe Gezi Park protests, the Syrian crisis, the attempted attack on the Italian Embassy in Libya. These were the three dossiers on which Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s day at the Chamber of Deputies focused. This morning she gave an urgent Government briefing on developments in Turkey. The briefing was followed by addresses to the joint […]
Read moreDeputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù met today in Rome with Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Adnan Amin, on the occasion of his first visit to Italy. “The development of renewable energy sources is one of the mainstays of Italy’s and of Europe’s energy strategy, as well as a factor […]
Read moreWith an eye on the future, Italy reaches out to the African continent, inviting South African students to study at Italy’s most prestigious universities. The deadline to apply for one of the three study bursaries offered by the “Invest Your Talent in Italy” programme, sponsored by the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Economic Development and […]
Read more“When they called me I was in Egypt, and thought I had retired”. According to her, Emma Bonino had no idea she would be called upon to be Minister for Foreign Affairs on the cusp of turning 65. Her curriculum vitae is a full one. While her political activism and civil rights advocacy in Italy […]
Read moreCelebrations around the world for the Festival of the Italian Republic. Embassies and consulates on 5 continents – from Japan to France, and from Romania to the United Arab Emirates, by way of Nigeria and Ethiopia – organised events, seizing the opportunity to promote the Made in Italy brand in all its many forms: music, […]
Read moreIn the course of a mission to Ethiopia, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Lapo Pistelli, accompanied by Director General for Development Cooperation Giampaolo Cantini, Ambassador of Italy to Addis Ababa Renzo Rosso and Director of the Local Technical Unit Fabio Melloni, made a visit today to the St. Luke Hospital of Wolisso, in the Oromia […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino expressed “deep satisfaction” for Somalia’s ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, announced today by the Director of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) from its headquarters in The Hague. By this act Somalia becomes the 189th State Party to the OPCW treaty. “This is a major […]
Read moreAbuja is hosting the exhibition “Historic Italian rural landscapes as part of the celebration in Nigeria of the Festival of the Italian Republic. The photographs will remain on display through 2 June at the Transcorp Hilton in the Nigerian capital. Read more, in Italian.
Read more“In times of crisis and cutbacks we have been able to double aid to Ethiopia from the €48 million of 2009-2011 to €98.9 million for 2013-2015. An important contribution aimed at developing the area, with a special focus on mother/child healthcare, which is also an acknowledgement of Ethiopia’s role as our partner in regional stabilisation”. […]
Read moreThe Ministry for Foreign Affairs has received the Euromediterranean Award 2013 for the www.infomercatiesteri.it portal, judged to be one of Europe’s best institutional projects for business support. The prize was awarded during a Cloud Communication forum in Rome, organised by Confindustria Assafrica & Mediterraneo, the business confederation’s Africa and Mediterranean division. Infomercatiesteri is an innovative, […]
Read moreItaly is at work to develop its collaboration with Sub-Saharan Africa. Today, 30 May 2013, sees the start of a series on meetings between the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Global Affairs and the African ambassadors accredited to Italy to introduce less well-known aspects of our country. The first meeting will be devoted to the […]
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