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Press Releases

20 May 2020

Notice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Transatlantic Conference Call on Emergency COVOD-19

COVID-19 emergency response, and the measures implemented to reopen the production activities, repatriate the compatriots stranded abroad, make availability medical supplies on the global market, develop a vaccine, manage the consequences of the crisis on trade and the global economy, support to the most at risk countries and fight against disinformation were among the main […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 May 2020

New York, meeting with Italians fighting Covid-19

An opportunity to debate with the Italian representatives of the medical-scientific community who are fighting against Coronavirus. It is the first event of the digital initiative #italiandigitaltownhall, dedicated to the Italians engaged in the front line against Covid-19 in New York. The meeting – promoted by the Consulate General of Italy in New York in […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 May 2020

The USA, six hundred companies at the MAECI (ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)/ICE (Italian Trade Agency) webinar

The Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio, together with the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Manlio Di Stefano, opened the webinar “Mercati in diretta, focus Stati Uniti (Live markets, the focus of the U.S.)”, organised by MAECI and ICE Agency in collaboration with the Embassy and ICE Office in New York. In the panel on the post-Covid U.S. […]

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Diplomatic Network

11 May 2020

“Raphael’s dream” at the IIC in Los Angeles

On 6th April 1520, Raffaello Sanzio, known as Raphael, one of the great protagonists of the Italian Renaissance, died in Rome. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes in the United States and Canada celebrates his genius with a series of online multimedia initiatives. The first […]

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In detail

6 May 2020

Italian Economic Diplomacy 06 May: latest news from the world

Sparkle boosts its Pacific routes by adding a fibre pair on Google’s Curie submarine cable Sparkle announces the enhancement of its American backbone and boosting of its Pacific routes with a new fibre pair on the Curie submarine cable system connecting Chile to the US. Google-owned Curie is the first direct new generation US-Chile cable […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 May 2020

Washington: ‘Stay at Home and #cookitalian’ campaign

At a time when Italians and Americans are called to stay at home to contain the risk of contagion from COVID-19, the Italian Embassy in Washington, together with the 9 Italian Consulates in the USA and the network of ICE offices, has launched the Stay at home and #cookitalian campaign. Its main aim is supporting […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 May 2020

IIC Los Angeles: four video concerts with Antonio Lysy

A series of four video concerts organized by the acclaimed Italian cellist Antonio Lysy: this is the proposal of the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles for its Maggio Musicale. Lysy has performed as a soloist in major theatres around the world, alongside prestigious orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestras of London, the Camerata Academica […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 April 2020

Embassy in Ottawa: over 500 companies at the webinar on Canada

More than 500 companies took part in the webinar organised by the Italian Embassy in Ottawa and the ICE Agency in Toronto on April 22nd, the third event in a series of meetings to inform and support Italian companies interested in the Canadian market. After the opening speech by the President of the ICE Agency, […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 April 2020

Earth from Space: IIC webinar in Los Angeles

“Reflections on Earth seen from space” is the title of the webinar organised on Tuesday May 5th by the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, in cooperation with the Institutes of New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco. The journalist Maria Teresa Cometto from New York will lead a conversation with Cinzia Zuffada, Associate Chief […]

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In detail

24 April 2020

Corporate financing under the United States Government’s “Paycheck Protection Program”. Second tranche and access by foreign-owned U.S. companies

Washington, April 24, 2020. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) has introduced a wide range of instruments to mitigate the negative effects of Covid-19. Such tools range from loans and grants for businesses to measures in support of personal income, from the expansion of the social safety net to increased health […]

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In detail

10 April 2020

Corporate financing under the US Government’s “Paycheck Protection Program”. Access by foreign-owned companies under U.S. law

Washington, April 10, 2020. With the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), the US government has introduced a wide range of instruments to mitigate the negative effects of Covid-19. Such tools range from loans and grants for businesses to personal income support measures, from the expansion of the social safety net to […]

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Diplomatic Network

2 April 2020

ItalyStayStrong: fundraising of the Italian Embassy in USA and Issnaf

The Embassy of Italy in Washington and the Italian Scientist and Scholars in North America Foundation (Issnaf) have launched the #ItalyStayStrong fundraising campaign through the GoFundMe crowdfunding platform. The money will be donated to three frontline medical and research centres fighting Coronavirus. The centres chosen are the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases in […]

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