Intra-Yemeni dialogue on the constitutional arrangements in post-conflict Yemen

Rome-Fiesole, 16 June 2017.  The European University Institute (EUI) of Florence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) hosted a session of the Informal Dialogue on the future constitutional framework to be promoted in Yemen. The Country has been in the grips of a tragic civil war for the past two years, […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE – Conclusive round table of the event “Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar” (Farnesina, 22 June 2017)

On Thursday, 22 June 2017, at 9:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the final round table of the event “Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar”, entitled “Getting a Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in a Globalized World”. The seminar, which is now at its 29th edition,  is organised by the Economics Foundation of “Tor Vergata” University of Rome […]

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Save the Children​ National Forum

The Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Maria Vignali, was invited to attend the National Forum “Protect, Shelter, Grow Together” organised by Save the Children, at Palazzo Marino in Milan. The event represented an important opportunity for an in-depth analysis and debate on […]

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Minister Alfano to ​speak at the international conference “Human Rights and the Tolerance Crisis”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will speak at the international conference “Human Rights and the Tolerance Crisis” at 6:15 p.m. on Friday, 16 June, in the Council Hall of the City Hall of Catanzaro, on Via Iannoni 68. “For us, human rights are etched on the gene pool of Italian […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy 15 June: latest news from the world

Australia: Government announces major infrastructure project in Queensland The 2017-18 Queensland State Draft Budget was announced just a few days ago. The budget, which envisages an increase in public exoenditure and a reduction in the budget surplus, has the following priorities: creating new jobs to bring the unemployment rate down to 6%, increasing infrastructure funding and incentives to promote a transition to a […]

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Brexit – Consequences for the Italian community in the United Kingdom

This morning Luigi Maria Vignali, the Director General for Italians Abroad and for Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, appeared before the Senate Committee for the Affairs of Italians Abroad in a hearing on the consequences of Brexit for the community of Italians residing in the United Kingdom (Act No. […]

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Open for You

The Farnesina  and its Art Collection will be open to visitors on Friday, June 30. Volunteers from the Touring Club Italiano will guide visitors through the building. Make your reservation here, to get a priority entrance to the new space and installations in progress dedicated to artists who use photography as a means of expression.

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Tunisia – Palais Ennejma Ezzahra hosts Barocco Italiano and Rêverie Napolitaine

An Italian soiree will take place at Sidi Bou Said, in the splendid Palace  Ennejma Ezzahra, on June 21 on the occasion of the “Festa della Musica”,   a concert by the Ensemble Partenope, with Salvatore Morra. The Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis and the Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music will perform in the beautifully restored […]

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Australia – The stories of 31 Italo-Australian artists collected in one volume entitled ‘Ritratti’ (Portraits)

The book, published by the Italian Consulate in Melbourne, narrates the creative career  of 31 Italo-Australian artists. The group of creative artists of Italian origin, based in Melbourne, was selected according to their brilliant profiles which, all together, offer an extremely varied picture. Some worked on storytelling, others focused on the visual impact, some used […]

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“Due ma non Due” by Clara Salina on show

“Due ma non Due” (“Two but not Two”) is the title of the double installation to be displayed at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Santiago in Chile from 27 June to 1 August. The installation, by Italian artist Clara Salina, tries to cast light on the cycle in which we are trapped and of […]

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Italianism, the Design of the Word. The Word of Designers

On Thursday, 15 June 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Farnesina hosted the 4th edition of the “Italianism” project entitled “Il design della parola. La parola ai designer” (“The Design of the Word. The Word of Designers”). “The initiative –  said Minister Alfano – is meant to capitalise on the relationship between our […]

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​Headquarters Agreement signed between the Italian Government and the IDLO

Today at the Farnesina, the Director General of Development cooperation, Ambassador Pietro Sebastiani, and the Director General of the IDLO, Irene Khan, signed a new Headquarters Agreement between the Italian Government and the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO), which is hosted in Rome ever since it was established in 1988. “With this Agreement, Italy confirms […]

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