Libya: Italians continue to transfer out
Operations continue for the transfer out of Libya of Italian nationals requesting it. Another Italian Air Force plane, operating in coordination with the Foreign Ministry Crisis Unit and COI/Difesa, left Tripoli to land this afternoon in Pisa with 47 Italians and other nationals aboard. This week’s operations will conclude with this mission, which follows on […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Made in Italy: anti-food fraud agreement between CIA and CSA
Made in Italy: anti-food fraud agreement between CIA and CSA Italy’s Confederazione italiana agricoltori (CIA) and Centro studi anticontraffazione (CSA) signed a protocol of collaboration aimed at identifying instruments and measures for combating the spreading counterfeiting of Made in Italy products, including foods. The agreement is reported to contain common actions that include analyses, meetings, […]
Read moreEbola epidemic. Foreign Ministry following the phenomenon, responds to WHO appeal to donors with 200,000 euros for Guinea
The Italian Foreign Ministry is carefully monitoring the Ebola virus epidemic on the African continent, and has responsed to the World Health Organization’s appeal to donors with a contribution of 200,000 euros for Guinea. With the worsening of the situation on a regional scale, further Italian interventions in coordination with the WHO and the other […]
Read moreLibyan parliament convened at Tobruk: Statement by France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States
Statement by the Governments of France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States on the occasion of the opening session of the Libyan Council of Representatives “The governments of France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States commend the members of the [Libyan] Council of Representatives for beginning their work today. […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – Thailand: to launch high-speed system in 2015
Thailand: to launch high-speed system in 2015 The government of Thailand’s military junta approved a plan for the construction of a high-speed network calling for 18 million euro in funding between the start of construction and its estimated completion in 2022. Funding modalities have not yet been disclosed, but the junta declared that they will […]
Read moreDei/Sole 24 Ore – 119 countries now featured on infoMercatiEsteri site
The publication of the entries for Sudan, Nepal and Armenia brings the number of countries featured on the infoMercatiEsteri website to 119. The site is the free tool produced by the Farnesina’s Directorate General for Country Promotion to provide the business and economic communities with broad and in-depth information on internationalisation opportunities. Online since March […]
Read moreBolivia – I militari a lezione di prevenzione degli incendi (in translation)
“Prevenzione e controllo di incendi forestali – tecniche di uso controllato del fuoco”. E’ questo il titolo di un corso di formazione che si e’ tenuto dal 28 al 30 luglio, presso il Collegio militare dell’Esercito Gualberto Villarroel a La Paz. L’iniziativa e’ stata organizzata dal Programma Amazonia sin Fuego (Pasf) e dal locale viceministero […]
Read moreTirana – exhibition featuring the work of Agnese Purgatorio
“Rimani mi dicesti ed io restai” is the title of an exhibition featuring 12 artworks and a video installation by Agnese Purgatorio that has opened in the Albanian capital. The exhibition is the first in a programme entitled “Confini: linguaggi, spazi, cose, persone” organised jointly by the Italian Cultural Institutes of Cologne, Strasbourg, Zagreb and […]
Read moreDubrovnik – Baricco’s “Oceano Mare” performed on the beach
The sea and stones of the beach at Dubrovnik were the setting for a theatrical performance drawn from Alessandro Baricco’s “Oceano Mare” and directed by Mani Gotovac. The initiative was organised with support from the Italian Cultural Institute in Zagreb in collaboration with the Croatian National Theatre in Varazdin and the Dubrovnik Festival. Read more, […]
Read moreLibya: Mogherini in Parliament – Italy engaged in international talks to stop the violence
“New Parliament must meet” “It is unlikely that any winner can emerge from the fighting in Libya. If they continue along this route, they will drag the country into a bloody civil war”. That was how Minister Mogherini described the increasingly worrying situation during her appearance before the Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee today. “The clashes […]
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