Quirinale – Delegazione scuole italiane all’estero (in translation)
C’erano anche le delegazioni delle scuole italiane all’estero di Addis Abeba, Barcellona, Madrid e Parigi all’inaugurazione dell’anno scolastico al Quirinale alla presenza del presidente della Repubblica, Giorgio Napolitano, e del ministro dell’Istruzione, Universita’ e Ricerca, Stefania Giannini. Le delegazioni erano composte da studenti italiani e stranieri, fra cui due studentesse etiopi dell’Istituto tecnico per Geometri […]
Read moreVietnam, Ho Chi Minh City: new Italian Consulate General
Goals: to encourage economic growth and promote Italian culture Carlotta Colli, the new Italian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, spoke with PEI News on the opening of the new diplomatic mission there. “The Consulate General is the result of a desire to increase and strengthen our institutional presence in order to help our […]
Read moreOman – Presentation of investment opportunities in DUQM Special Economic Zone
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova will join President of the Duqm Special Economic Zone Minister Yahya bin Said Al Jabri in the presentation on 24 September at the Farnesina of investment opportunities for Italian businesses in Oman, with a special focus of the Duqm Special Economic Zone (SEZAD Duqm). The Duqm Special Economic […]
Read moreUnited Nations – Italy in the forefront on climate change
A Climate Summit was held on 23 September, convened by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in the margins of the UN General Assembly. Its aim was to maintain awareness among heads of state and government of the upcoming UNFCCC conferences in Lima and Paris for the drafting of a new global accord on climate. Climate change awareness […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Belgium: Selex ES signs 20m euro Post contract
Selex ES, a Finmeccanica group firm was awarded a 20 million euro contract with bpost during the Post-Expo 2014 trade fair in Stockholm. Selex ES will provide a 900-metre long Multisorting Parcel Handling System (MPHS) with a capacity of 30,000 packages per hour, to be installed in the new bpost logistics hub located in the […]
Read moreAlessandro Di Battista Fellowship 2015-16
In 2002, the Italian Government, in collaboration with the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), established the Alessandro Di Battista Fellowship. It is co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Finance in memory of the young Italian economist Alessandro Di Battista, who came from that Ministry […]
Read moreQatar – Infrastrutture: le aziende italiane volano (in translation)
E’ tutto pronto per la missione imprenditoriale organizzata dalla Camera di commercio italiana in Qatar e dall’Ufficio Ice di Doha. A partecipare un gruppo di imprese italiane che operano nell’edilizia, nell’arredo e nei trasporti, tutti settori collegati ai maggiori progetti infrastrutturali del paese arabo. Il mercato qatarino La missione partirà alla volta di Doha il […]
Read moreNew York – Lo ‘Stato di plastica’ della Finucci (in translation)
Dopo le tappe di Parigi, Venezia, Madrid e Roma, e’ in arrivo a New York il “Garbage Patch State” dell’artista italiana Maria Cristina Finucci, che intende cosi’ portare nel cuore delle Nazioni Unite il suo messaggio contro i residui plastici che inquinano gli oceani. Lo ‘Stato di plastica’ rappresenta la superficie occupata dai rifiuti di […]
Read moreBrasile – Il “Filmcup” scalda i motori (in translation)
Scadono il 26 settembre i termini per iscriversi alla “FilmCup Brazil & Italy” 2014. L’evento, annunciato durante la 71esima Mostra del Cinema di Venezia, e’ uno tra i piu’ grandi mercati audiovisivi internazionali che ospitera’ l’Italia dal 25 al 27 novembre nella Cinemateca brasiliana di San Paolo in collaborazione con il mercato di Ventana Sur […]
Read moreItaly in the UN – against child and forced marriages
Italy is in the forefront in the UN against the scourge of child and forced marriages. “The ending child marriages: towards a more gender equitable world” event was held in the margins of the General Assembly to promote more awareness of a phenomenon that is impacting dramatically on female populations and on socio-economic development prospects. […]
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