Del Re. Strengthening cooperation between Mediterranean and Indian Ocean for economic recovery
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, participated by video conference in the 20th Council of Ministers of IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association), a regional organization that aims to facilitate trade and investment among member countries and promote sustainable economic cooperation, of which Italy is a dialogue partner since last year. […]
Read moreDi Stefano takes part in the webinar on economic relations between Portugal and Italy
This morning, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano took part in the opening of the webinar on “Portugal: tools for strengthening bilateral economic collaboration”, for Italian businesses interested in expanding on the Portuguese market. The webinar was organised by Italy’s Embassy in Lisbon, in partnership with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Portugal, the ICE Agency and […]
Read moreThe 9th Session of the Italian-Ukrainian Council for Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation, chaired by Deputy Minister Di Stefano, kicks off with a welcome address by Minister Di Maio
The 9th Session of the Italian-Ukrainian Council for Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation was held in virtual format. Minister Luigi Di Maio kicked off the Council meeting with a video-message in which he emphasised the strengthening of Italian-Ukrainian relations during 2020, through the exchange of visits at the highest level and also recalled the mutual […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Di Stefano meets the Portuguese Secretary of State for Internationalisation, Eurico Brilhante Dias
This afternoon, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano met its Portuguese Counterpart Eurico Brilhante Dias, the Secretary of State for Internationalisation. “Our commercial ties are very positive, and Italy is Portugal’s 4th biggest trading partner. However, we can improve this further in many sectors,” said Deputy Minister Di Stefano. The meeting provided a valuable opportunity to analyse […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Ivan Scalfarotto at the virtual signing ceremony of the Italy-OECD Memorandum of Understanding on the Trento Centre for Local Development.
The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ivan Scalfarotto, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Ulrik Knudsen, participated in the virtual signing ceremony for the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding between the OECD and the Government of the Italian Republic on the Trento Centre for Local […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio at the Informal EU – Latin American and Caribbean Countries Ministers Meeting
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, took part on Monday in the Ministerial level EU video conference with Latin American and Caribbean Countries (LAC), aimed at relaunching and strengthening the strategic partnership between the EU and Latin American and Caribbean Countries, also in the context of combating the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Read more9th Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook meeting
On 15 December 2020, the meeting of the 9th Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook, co-chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, took place in virtual format. The Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook is an initiative for outlining the resources […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Di Stefano: Cybersecurity is a great opportunity for the country’s system
Deputy Minister, Manlio Di Stefano, spoke at the awards ceremony held this morning for the online CyberChallenge, organised by CINI’s National Cybersecurity Laboratory. CINI (National Inter-University Consortium for Informatics) involves more than 1300 informatics and informatics engineering lecturers, from 48 Italian Universities. This is the major Italian initiative for identifying, attracting, recruiting, and putting the […]
Read more70th Anniversary of the UNHCR
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, joins the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) emphasising that: “Since the early days of the Geneva-based organization, Italy has supported the protection of refugees and displaced and stateless persons as a prerequisite for building a […]
Read more6th Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Committee
Today, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano has co-chaired, with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An, the 6th Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Committee (JEC), in virtual format, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. At the virtual meeting, which has been attended remotely by numerous state administrations, trade associations and businesses, the participants have […]
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