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Press Releases
20 January 2015
Italy-Argentina: agreement signed for repayment of sovereign debt by Argentina

Italy and Argentina signed a bilateral agreement yesterday, 19 January 2015, on the repayment to Italy of about 450 million euro in commercial and aid credits. The agreement was signed by Argentina’s Minister for the Economy and Finance, Axel Kicillof, and the Ambassador of Italy in Buenos Aires, Teresa Castaldo. The agreement, which implements the […]

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19 January 2015
Peru: Finmeccanica 100mln-euro contract with defence ministry

Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi signed a 100 million euro contract with the Ministry of Defence of Peru for that country’s purchase of two C-27J Spartan aircraft. The contract, which brings the number of those planes ordered by the Peru Fuerza Aerea (FAP) up to four, includes integrated logistical support and technological assistance. The aircraft were chosen for […]

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18 January 2015
Venezuela: Under-Secretary Mario Giro hails grant of house arrest in Scarano case

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mario Giro expressed the Italian government’s deep satisfaction with the Venezuelan judiciary authorities’ concession of home arrest to Enzo Scarano. “We have made repeated requests for house arrest”, the under-secretary said, “and we now express our thanks to the Caracas Supreme Court of Justice”. Italy continues to monitor […]

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16 January 2015
Mexico: The “impossible show” of Leonardo, Raphael and Caravaggio

The Year of Italy in Latin America opens with “Leonardo, Raffaello, Caravaggio: una mostra impossibile”, hosted by Mexico City’s Centro Nacional de las Artes (CENART) from 15 January through March. The exhibition will consist of high-definition reproductions of the great Italian artists’ masterpieces, and will be the first in a packed calendar of approximately 200 […]

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13 January 2015
Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Argentina: Parliament approves Argentina Digital law

Argentina: Parliament approves Argentina Digital law The Argentine Parliament has approved a bill entitled “Argentina Digital”, which introduces new national market regulations on telecommunications and Internet and cable television services. In particular, it establishes a new sector administration and control agency known as “Autoridad Federal de Tecnologias de la Informacion y las Comunicaciones AFTIC” and […]

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7 January 2015
Chile: Concert in Santiago by harpist Moretti

The electric harp will take centre stage in an important musical event in Santiago taking place on 13 January 2015 and organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute. Italian-Swiss artist Raoul Moretti will present the “Harpscapes” project, also featuring live electronics produced by Massimo Colombo. Read more, in Italian.

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31 December 2014
Argentina: Italy guest of honour at the ‘Bienal del Fin del Mundo’

Italy is the guest of honour at the 4th edition of the “Bienal del fin del mundo”, a cultural and artistic event that recently opened in Mar del Plata and will run through 22 February. Contrasts and utopias The event’s theme this year is “Contrasts and Utopias”, and the 150 artists participating under the direction […]

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18 December 2014
Cuba: Italy to send system mission in April 2015

The change in relations between Cuba and the U.S. is a “prelude to the opening of a major market also for Italian firms”, declared Deputy Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda in a press release. “I was on a mission to Cuba during the Havana Trade Fair, at which Italy made a good showing, and […]

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12 December 2014
Gentiloni meets Mexican Foreign Minister José Antonio Meade Kuribreña to discuss commercial cooperation, political dialogue and human rights

In the margins of the closing session of the Italy-Latin America Forum on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (PYMES), the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met the Mexican Foreign Minister, José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, at Villa Madama. The two foreign ministers reviewed the excellent relations between the two countries. Their discussion focused […]

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12 December 2014
Argentina – Ambassador Castaldo visits Lomas de Zamora

A mission to Lomas de Zamora for the Italian Ambassador in Argentina, Teresa Castaldo, to meet the consular agent, Francesca Cardurani Meloni, and the Agency staff. The mission is part of a programme of visits by the Ambassador to Italian consular offices throughout Argentina to maximise their efficiency and effectiveness in providing services to Italian […]

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12 December 2014
Italy-Latin America Forum – Internationalisation a winning card for business, says Gentiloni

“Internationalisation helps trigger a virtuous mechanism that increases firms’ capacity to diversify and determines the end uses to which production factors are put”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni during the closing session of the Italy-Latin America Forum on SMEs taking place in Rome. “Experience tells us that, conditions being equal, companies […]

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11 December 2014
Cile – Europa costruisce il piu’ grande telescopio del mondo (in translation)

Il consiglio dello European southern observatory (Eso) ha dato il via libera alla costruzione dello European extremely large telescope (E-Elt), il piu’ grande telescopio ottico del mondo. Lo strumento avra’ 39 metri di apertura e sara’ il piu’ grande “occhio del mondo rivolto al cielo”. La costruzione avverra’ sul Cerro Armazones, nel deserto cileno di […]

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