Women in diplomacy: Annual General Meeting of Women and Managers in Diplomacy takes place at Farnesina
The Annual General Meeting of Women and Managers in Diplomacy (Italian initials DID) has taken place at the Foreign Ministry in Rome. The AGM opened with a welcome address by the Deputy Minister, Marta Dassù, and was attended by the Director General for Human Resources and Innovation, Elisabetta Belloni. Deputy Minister Dassù expressed her appreciation […]
Read moreIslamabad – Polytechnic Institute holds its first “Italian Day”
The Polytechnic Institute in Islamabad organised a packed programme of events with its first “Italian Day”. Events focused on universities, culture and business, and on the increasingly important links between the business and academic worlds. The Italian Ambassador, Adriano Chiodi Cianfarani, thanked the Polytechnic for the initiative and underscored the importance of links between Italy […]
Read moreAfghanistan: training course for 20 Afghan police officers draws to a close
The third training course for officials and customs officers from the Afghan border police has concluded with a certification-award ceremony. The course, for 30 trainees, took place at the Finance Police training centre in Orvieto and was organised in collaboration with the Farnesina. Operational issues and international law The 3-week course covered operational issues and […]
Read moreDiplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore – Turkey: trade mission to Italy for investment and partnerships
Invitalia is organising an incoming trade mission from Turkey from 24 to 28 November 2013, in collaboration with the Ministry for Economic Development, the Italian Embassy in Ankara and the Turkish Embassy in Rome. The mission will be led by the Turkish foreign minister and will include representatives of associations and businesses from the automotive, […]
Read moreTurkey – Trade mission by 22 firms from Veneto Region
Twenty-two Italian companies have taken part in a trade mission to Turkey promoted by Confartigianato Veneto Orientale, Confartigianato San Dona’ di Piave and Veneto Promozione and supported by the Italian Embassy in Turkey. In the first 9 months of 2013, Italy was Turkey’s 4th commercial partner, with trade amounting to 14.5 billion dollars, of which […]
Read moreIran – Bonino meets Zarif: a historic opportunity for agreement on nuclear
“We are faced with a historic opportunity” on the Iranian nuclear dossier. The point was made by Foreign Minister Emma Bonino at the end of her meeting at the Farnesina with her Iranian colleague, Mohammad Javad Zarif, who will be returning to Geneva to take part in the third round of talks between Iran and […]
Read moreBuenos Aires: incontro Giro-Zuain (in translation)
Nel corso della sua visita a Buenos Aires, il Sottosegretario Mario Giro ha avuto ieri una lunga e articolata riunione di lavoro con il Vice Ministro degli Affari Esteri, Eduardo Zuain. L’incontro ha permesso di ribadire l’eccellente stato delle relazioni bilaterali, cementate da profondi vincoli culturali e di amicizia e da una forte collaborazione nell’ambito […]
Read moreInnovation: MFA wins new award with its “Claudiæ” Project
The Italian Foreign Ministry has won a new award for “Claudiæ”, its integrated, centralised cloud computing project, which has already won the Cloud Innovation Award for 2013. Today’s award was given at the conference organised by the Politecnico di Milano’s Department for Management Engineering on the subject of “Using the Cloud for Government”. Rationalising the […]
Read moreDiplomazia Economica/Sole 24 Ore -Francia: 21 Partners (Benetton) acquisisce controllo Synerlab (in translation)
Francia: 21 Partners (Benetton) acquisisce controllo Synerlab 21 Partners, guidata da Alessandro Benetton e Gerard Pluvinet, ha annunciato l’acquisizione di Synerlab, societa’ attiva in campo farmaceutico, da Ardian, private equity con asset per 36 miliardi di dollari. Il gruppo, specializzato nella produzione di soluzioni liquide sterili senza conservanti, ha un giro d’affari intorno a 90 […]
Read moreFund-raising efforts going well, says Pistelli
“The United Nations have praised Italy, because it earmarked over 1 million euros for the Philippines even before they asked us to. But in 15 days time the Filipinos will still be needing us: let’s hope we don’t get distracted by Christmas shopping”. That was the appeal sent out by Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli, urging […]
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