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    14 June 2017
    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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    14 June 2017
    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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    14 June 2017
    “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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    14 June 2017
    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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    Press Releases
    14 June 2017
    ​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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    14 June 2017
    The UNESCO project kicks off in Eastern Sudan with Italian funds

    ​Thanks to the signing of a technical agreement between UNESCO and Sudan’s Ministry of Information, the project “Promoting human development among Sudan’s rural communities: supporting radio broadcasters in Eastern Sudan States” has officially taken off. The project, financed by the Italian Development Cooperation Agency – AICS with 300,000 euros, will be implemented by the UNESCO […]

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    Speeches
    13 June 2017
    “Invest in Italy”

    Farnesina, 13 June 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually spoken) Ambassadors, Institutional Representatives, Representatives of foreign companies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome you all to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Today we want to answer just one question: why invest in Italy?   The great economist John Maynard Keynes said that the social […]

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    13 June 2017
    Minister Alfano on diplomatic mission to Warsaw

      “Relations, especially economic and trade relations, between Italy and Poland are excellent. We intend to further intensify political dialogue, both bilateral and multilateral, also in the prospect of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations, falling in 2019. I have come to Warsaw to strengthen our ties with Poland and to […]

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    Accreditation Notices
    13 June 2017
    PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Thursday, 15 June 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Farnesina will host the 4th edition of the “Italianism” project entitled “The Design of the Word. The Word of Designers”

    Alfano: “Let us capitalise on the relationship between our language, Italian creativity and the world of young and emerging designers “ On Thursday, 15 June 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Farnesina will host 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”). […]

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