Africa

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26 November 2014

Luanda – Electro-music closes Italian Language in the World Week

The events organised in Angola to mark the Italian Language in the World Week conclude this week with Unione Elettronica, a festival of electronic music. Featuring Italian DG Vanessa Laino along with 11 Angolan DJs and others from Spain, Germany, France and Holland, the Festival’s slogan is “Angolan and European DJs united by music”. Read […]

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26 November 2014

Immigrants: Gentiloni calls for stronger EU-Africa cooperation 58 countries sign “Rome Declaration” on development and combating trafficking

The European Union and West Africa have taken a step forward in the dialogue on migration policy. This was Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s comment as he announced the signing of the “Rome Declaration” by the 28 countries of the European Union, Switzerland and Norway, and 27 African countries. Agreement in framework of “Rabat Process” The agreement […]

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Accreditation Notices

25 November 2014

ACCREDITATION NOTICE: CORRECTION – 4th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development (Rabat Process) – (Rome, NH Midas Hotel 27 November 2014)

The 4th Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development will be held on 27 November in Rome at the NH Midas Hotel, chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni and Minister for the Interior Angelino Alfano, with Senegal holding the honorary co-chair, having last hosted the conference in 2011. Conference attendees […]

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Accreditation Notices

25 November 2014

ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Ministerial Conference for launch of the Khartoum Process – (Rome, 28 November 2014)

A ministerial conference for the launch of the Khartoum Process (EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative – HoAMRI), will be held at Rome’s NH Midas Hotel on 28 November, co-chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni and Minister for the Interior and Angelino Alfano. Participants will include the representatives of 40 […]

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25 November 2014

Migrazioni – 38 Paesi a Conferenza ministeriale a Roma il 28 novembre (مضمون متوفر باللغة الإيطالية فقط)

La “EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative” (“Processo di Khartoum” o ‘PK’) sarà lanciata con una Conferenza ministeriale a Roma il 28 novembre, presieduta dai Ministri Paolo Gentiloni e Angelino Alfano, accompagnati dal Vice Ministro Pistelli e dal Sottosegretario Manzione. Flussi migratori e stabilizzazione regionale Scopo dell’iniziativa la promozione di progetti concreti per una più […]

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25 November 2014

Migrations – 38 Countries at ministerial conference in Rome on 28 November

The EU-Hornof Africa Migration Route Initiative (Khartoum Process) will be launched at a ministerial conference in Rome on 28 November. It will be co-chaired by Ministers Paolo Gentiloni and Angelino Alfano, accompanied by deputy ministers Pistelli and Mazione. Migration flows and regional stabilisation The purpose of the initiative is to promote concrete projects for the […]

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20 November 2014

Africa – Cinema and music to promote Italian culture

The Italian Cultural Institutes of Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Pretoria are the main promoters of Italian culture in Africa. Their 2014 activities are especially focused on cinema and music, with projects successfully carried out including “Jazz in Africa”, an initiative funded for years now by the Farnesina and that brings some of the best Italian […]

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12 November 2014

Madagascar L’Italia riprende le relazioni diplomatiche (in translation)

L’Ambasciatore d’Italia in Sud Africa Vincenzo Schioppa ha presentato al nuovo Presidente del Madagascar le proprie credenziali, firmate dal Presidente Napolitano, ristabilendo cosi’ le relazioni diplomatiche ufficiali con la quarta Isola piu’ grande al mondo, “congelate” per oltre quattro anni. Un colpo di Stato del marzo del 2009 aveva infatti trascinato il Paese in una […]

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11 November 2014

Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Grecia: avvia gare per gas e petrolio offshore (in translation)

Grecia: avvia gare per gas e petrolio offshore E’ stato lanciato il bando di gara per la concessione di licenze di esplorazione e sfruttamento di giacimenti di idrocarburi siti in tre distinte aree della Grecia occidentale. Il termine per la presentazione delle manifestazioni di interesse e’ stato fissato al 6 febbraio 2015. Nei prossimi giorni […]

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11 November 2014

Addis Ababa – Saxophonist Enzo Favata and the Addis Acoustic Band

Jazz music set the tone in Addis Ababa with a performance by Italian Saxophonist Enzo Favata and the famous Ethiopian group, the Addis Acoustic Band. The event took place at the African Union (AU) Commission during a ministerial conference attended by African cultural ministers, AU president Dlamini Zuma, and the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Mistretta. The […]

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7 November 2014

Cameroon – “Kindergarden” hand over in Yaoundé

A ceremony was held for the official handing over to the Cameroon government of the “Kindergarten” in the Green City of Youndé, built by the Imprese Sociali Ferrero. The project was part of the socio-humanitarian activities promoted by the Ferrero group and is the second realised in Cameroon, after the Saint Martin de Porres Hospital, […]

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5 November 2014

Cape Town – ‘The New Italian Design’

The exhibition “The New Italian Design”, curated by Milan’s Triennale Design Museum, brought Italian innovation and creativity to Cape Town’s Water Front. Designers, collectors and journalists, tourists and residents and a large number of secondary school and university students were among the visitors. A cycle of seminars with Italian architects was run simultaneously, while the […]

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