NATO’S ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP
On 22 January 2018, the Italian Ambassador to Kuwait, H.E. Giuseppe Scognamiglio, attended the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Policy Advisory Group (ICI PAG) Meeting at the NATO-Kuwait ICI Regional Centre in Kuwait City. H.E. the Italian Ambassador, as Head of Mission of NATO’s Contact Point Embassy (CPE) in Kuwait, made a speech at the panel “NATO-ICI […]
Read moreANNUAL KUWAIT MOTOR SHOW
On 18 January 2018, the Italian Ambassador to Kuwait, H.E. Giuseppe Scognamiglio, attended the launch of the annual Kuwait Motor Show at 360 Mall, which featured some of the best designs and technologies of the world in the automotive industry, including car brands Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Ferrari.
Read moreCALENDAR OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2018
01 January NEW YEAR 25 February KUWAIT NATIONAL DAY 26 February KUWAIT LIBERATION DAY 01 april EASTER OF N.S. 02 April EASTER MONDAY 01 May LABOUR DAY 02 June NATIONAL DAY OF THE REPUBLIC 15 June EID EL FITR (movable festivity) 21 August EID AL ADHA (movable festivity) 25 December CHRISTMAS 26 December SANTO STEFANO
Read morePROJECT “RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT (RTOP)”
On 12 January 2018, the Minister of Education, University and Research, Valeria Fedeli, and the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, gave the official start to the project for schools “Responsibility to Protect (RtoP)”. The “Responsibility to Protect – RtoP” is a concept developed within the United Nations since 2000, in […]
Read more7TH INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING GRAND PRIX
On 13 January 2018, the Italian Ambassador to Kuwait, H.E. Giuseppe Scognamiglio, attended the opening ceremony of ” His Highness the Amir 7th International Shooting Grand Prix ” at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Range, in the presence of H.E. Khaled Al-Roudan, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Youth affairs. The […]
Read moreMINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE: ISSUE OF NEWSLETTER “NARROW PATH” – FIFTH EDITION.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance published the fifth edition of “The Narrow Path”: an English-language newsletter aimed at updating a professional audience on the main reforms and on the economic-financial situation of Italy to attract foreign investments, illustrating to the protagonists of foreign markets the reforms implemented by the government. The main contents of […]
Read moreINAUGURATION OF FIRST SKYDIVE CENTER IN KUWAIT
On 9 December 2017, the Italian Ambassador to Kuwait, H.E. Giuseppe Scognamiglio, took part in the inauguration of the first Skydiving center in Kuwait, along with H.E. Sheikh Mohammad Abdallah Al-Sabah. At the center anyone can experience a Tandem Skydive over the Al Khairan Area from 13,000 ft, with highly qualified Instructors and plane from […]
Read moreWORKSHOP “KUWAIT’S EFFORTS IN COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING”
On 12 December 2017, at the Sheraton Hotel in Kuwait City, the Deputy Head of Mission of the Italian Embassy in Kuwait, Mr. Andrea Quartieri, participated in the workshop entitled “Kuwait’s efforts in combating human trafficking”, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait, with the participation of the International Organization for Migration (represented […]
Read morePIZZA NAPOLETANA BECOMES A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE
On the 6th of December 2017, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Unesco, meeting in session at Jeju island in South Korea, positively assessed, and by unanimous vote, the Italian candidature for the insertion of the Neapolitan pizzaiolo art in the list of the intangible cultural heritages of humanity. […]
Read moreLAUNCH OF AL-ZOUR COMPLEX OIL PROJECTS
On 6th December 2017, the Italian Ambassador to Kuwait, H.E. Giuseppe Scognamiglio, participated in the official launch of AL-Zour Complex Oil Projects by the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPC) in the refinery area of Al-Zour, where important projects have been entrusted by Kuwaiti Authorities to the Italian society Saipem.
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