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Diplomatic Network
4 March 2019
Niger: training course on skills for combating terrorism

Upon the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, a training course was held in Niamey, Niger, on investigation techniques to be used in combating terrorism restricted to 20 local judges and magistrates. The aim of the course was to boost terrorism combating skills and […]

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Diplomatic Network
1 March 2019
Zambia: an Italian Cultural Centre to open in Lusaka

An Italian Cultural Centre will soon be opened in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, and will be located near the Italian School. The Centre is planned to host a multi-functional hall with a capacity for 300 spectators for theatre and music performances (it is fitted with a piano and an audiovisual system) and film screenings […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 February 2019
Kampala: Smiling Toys against childhood cancer

The distribution of toys, collected in Italy, to the young patients atf the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala concluded the initiative with which the Embassy of Italy celebrated the International Childhood Cancer Day. The event was attended by Ambassador Domenico Fornara, Deputy Health Minister Joyce Moriku Kaducu and a delegation from the Italian association AFRON […]

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Press Releases
21 February 2019
Deputy Foreign Minister Del Re meets with the CEO of the “Global Partnership for Education”

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, received at the Farnesina Alice Albright, the CEOof the “Global Partnership for Education” (GPE). The GPE is the major international partnership dedicated to access to education in developing Countries that puts together donors, developing Countries, civil society, philanthropists and the private sector, and to […]

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Diplomatic Network
13 February 2019
Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela del Re at the UN training centre in Turin

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, visited the UN International Training Centre in Turin. On meeting the interim director of UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute), Bettina Ticci Bartsiotas, the Deputy Foreign Minister discussed the perspective of relaunching the Institute, which has the active support of […]

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Press Releases
7 February 2019
Italy and IFAD sign a new framework agreement

Today, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, and the Director General of the International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD, Gilbert Houngbo, signed a new framework partnership agreement aimed at updating the context of the cooperation relations between Italy and IFAD, laying down general rules applicable to all the future […]

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Press Releases
5 February 2019
Mission in Angola

Mission in Angola. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is participating in the State Visit to Angola by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella

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Diplomatic Network
1 February 2019
Italy promotes two projects in Gambia in association with UNICEF

The Italian Ambassador in Dakar, Francesco Paolo Venier, and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) in Dakar, Alessandra Piermattei recently visited Gambia to launch together with the Gambian authorities, two development projects in association with UNICEF. The first project, which is directly financed by AICS, is concerned with promoting the Gambian side of a regional initiative, valued […]

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Diplomatic Network
28 January 2019
Direttore Cooperazione allo Sviluppo Marrapodi a Vienna

In occasione della visita (23-25 gennaio), il Direttore Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo Giorgio  Marrapodi e il Direttore Generale  UNIDO li Yong hanno firmato i Memorandum relativi a due programmi finanziati dalla Cooperazione Italiana che saranno realizzati dall’organismo ONU in Africa: –          un progetto del valore di 4MEUR per migliorare la filiera del caffè […]

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Press Releases
20 January 2019
Mission by Minister Moavero Milanesi to Brussels (21-22 January)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is on a mission to Brussels on 21 and 22 January to attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council and the EU–ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and EU-AU (African Union) Ministerial Meetings.  The Foreign Affairs Council will have the following points up for discussion: […]

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Press Releases
6 January 2019
​Sudan: Minister Moavero Milanesi confirms the release of journalist Antonella Napoli​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, confirms that Italian journalist Antonella Napoli, detained in Sudan by local Authorities, has been released. Minister Moavero had instructed the Italian Embassy in Khartoum to take immediate action in coordination with the Foreign Ministry. Local Authorities were thus contacted and asked to provide all […]

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