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Reconciliation and Human Rights: Call for Proposals "Bando Balcani 2023". Opportunities for Civil Society. Applications till September 30

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Reconciliation, inclusion and human rights: "Bando Balcani 2023" has been published, applications till September 3009/26/2023

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Directorate General for Europe and International Trade Policy-DGUE) has published a publicity notice (Bando Balcani) in favour of projects aimed at enabling Italian participation in international peace and humanitarian initiatives and the protection of human rights. The contributions are...

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Colloqui telefonici del Ministro degli Esteri Tajani con il Primo Ministro kosovaro Kurti e il Presidente serbo Vucic09/25/2023

Il Vice Presidente del Consiglio e Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, On. Antonio Tajani, ha avuto stamani colloqui telefonici con il Presidente della Repubblica di Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, e con il Primo Ministro del Kosovo, Albin Kurti. “L’Italia segue con forte preoccupazione i recenti sviluppi nel nord del Kosovo e ...

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FM Tajani in New York for UN General Assembly:  Western Balkans, priority region for Italy
FM Tajani in New York for UN General Assembly: " Western Balkans, priority region for Italy" 09/18/2023

As part of the high-level week of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly underway in New York, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, met today with his counterparts from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro...

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“Sanremo Giovani World Tour” in Pristina (Sep 24). Special guests MC Kresha & Lyrical Son
“Sanremo Giovani World Tour” in Pristina (Sep 24). Special guests MC Kresha & Lyrical Son09/15/2023

The summer in Kosovo comes to an end with a great Italian concert. On Sunday, September 24, Pristina is hosting “Sanremo Giovani World Tour” (“George W. Bush Square”, 8 p.m.), the tour organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, that for five years has been ta...

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Peace and humanitarian initiatives: grants to proposals from IO and Italian public bodies, applications till 31 October 2308/10/2023

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (General Directorate for Europe and International Trade Policy - DGUE) awards and allocates contributions for the implementation of initiatives within the framework of the provisions of art. 23 ter of DPR 18/67 (Presidential Decree), for aims related to Italian participation in peace and humanitarian...

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Message from Italian FM Antonio Tajani on the day of the 67th anniversary of the Marcinelle tragedy08/08/2023

Dear Italians abroad, it is with great emotion that today we commemorate the Marcinelle tragedy on its 67th anniversary. In memory of the 262 victims of 11 different nationalities – of whom 136 were Italian nationals – who lost their lives in the mining accident. Since 2001, on the anniversary of Marcinelle, the 8 August has also been celebrate...

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QUINT and EU in Kosovo Statement on the July 28 decision by the Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade07/28/2023

The Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and the European Union in Kosovo express their deep concern about today's decision by the Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship, and Trade confirming the suspension of Klan Kosova's business license. We are especially concerned that revoking Klan Kosova's business license is...

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Scholarships offered by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the academic year 2023-2024. The final list of winners07/17/2023

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) is offering scholarships in favour of foreign students as well as Italian students living abroad (IRE) for the Academic Year 2023-2024, with the aim of fostering cooperation in cultural, scientific and technological fields, the spread of Italy's economic system throughout the world...

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Minister Tajani: “W/Balkans top priority for Italy. Working to ease tensions in Kosovo”
Minister Tajani: “W/Balkans top priority for Italy. Working to ease tensions in Kosovo”07/10/2023

The Western Balkans are a priority for the Italian Government, "because they are Europe". This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, speaking at the Dubrovnik Forum 2023 held on July 7th and 8th in Croatia. Tajani recalled that Italy will host a...

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Amb. De Riu on RTK: “EU measures reversible, designed to encourage de-escalation. Immediately return to Dialogue”07/07/2023

The measures adopted by the EU are reversible and designed to encourage the governments of Belgrade and Pristina to implement what has been agreed upon for the normalization of relations. This was stated by the Italian Ambassador to Kosovo, Antonello De Riu, regarding the measures implemented by Brussels towards Pristina. "These measures have been taken to encourage...

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"NaturKosovo": the call for small businesses in the tourism sector is open, applications until 31 July 202306/21/2023

Volontari nel Mondo RTM in the framework of the NaturKosovo project, funded by the Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, officially opens the call for: “Mini-grants for Micro Service Providers in the Tourism Sector for the sustainable development of the Kosovar stretch of the Via Dinarica”. For more information, please refer to the ...

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Development project NaturKosovo: maintenance works on the “Via Dinarica” started
Development project "NaturKosovo": maintenance works on the “Via Dinarica” started06/15/2023

Maintenance works on the “Via Dinarica”, the network of hiking trails that connects villages and mountain communities across the Western Balkans, have begun in Kosovo. Armed with signs, stone cairns, and white-red markers, experts from the Italian Alpine Club (CAI) and mountaineering associations from the munici...

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