Czech Republic – Italy participates in the International Cybernetics Forum in Brno

AIdAM – The Italian Association of Mechatronic Automation participated in the Kybernetická revoluce forum in Brno, an international event attended by Czech and Italian companies involved in mechatronics and industry 4.0. The initiative, which took place on 26 April last, was part of the agreement signed between AIdAM and the Italo-Czech Chamber of Commerce (Camic) on […]

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Australia – Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Sydney returns to the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre with an exciting new film season entitled Beyond classics. New Italian Cinema. Following a careful selection of the latest and most brilliant contemporary Italian feature films, viewers will have a unique opportunity to see Italy on the big screen through the ironic, sensitive, […]

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‘Giorgio de Chirico. Metaphysical Apparitions’

The first big exhibition by the master of metaphysical painting entitled ‘Giorgio de Chirico. Apparizioni metafisiche’ (‘Giorgio de Chirico. Metaphysical Apparitions’) made its debut in Russia. The exhibition is a historic event if we consider that in 1929 only four of the artist’s works had been displayed in Moscow and some of his drawings and […]

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Minister Alfano meets with the members of the BIC Consortium at the Farnesina

Alfano meets with the members of the BIC Consortium at the Farnesina: pooling into a supply chain is essential for the success of Italy’s economic diplomacy. “Economic diplomacy is one of the priorities of my mandate at the Foreign Ministry and I am therefore always extremely interested and attentive to the overseas activities of important […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Alfano and President Al-Sarraj

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation today with the Libyan President, Fayez Al-Sarraj. During the conversation, the Italian Foreign Minister expressed his satisfaction for the positive and cordial atmosphere that had characterised the Rome meeting a few days ago between the President of the House of Representatives […]

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Telephone call between Minister Alfano and EU Commissioner Hahn on the Western Balkans Process

This morning, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation with the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn. The telephone call, made at the request of the European Commissioner, concerned the Western Balkans Process, of which Italy currently holds the Presidency. The conversation, which […]

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​Russia: agreement with Italian consortium for Sirius project studies

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed in Moscow between the Biomedical Studies Institute of the Russian Academy of Science and the Italian scientific and industrial consortium “TuscaRnet” to launch a new season of studies on isolation and human interplanetary flight simulations, as part of a five-year project known as Sirius (“Scientific International Research In […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Workshop “Global partnerships for poverty reduction” (Farnesina, 28 April)

On Friday, 28 April 2017, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Farnesina will host the Workshop entitled “Global partnerships for poverty reduction”, which will open with remarks by Pietro Sebastiani, the MAECI’s Director General for Development Cooperation, by Pierferdinando Casini, the Chairman of the Senate’s Third Standing Commission for Foreign Affairs and Immigration and by […]

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Antarctica

The Seminar on the “Plan for research and monitoring in the Marine Protected Area in the Ross Sea Region  in Antarctica” opens today at the Farnesina, with a welcome address delivered by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sen. Benedetto Della Vedova. The three-day Seminar aims to develop the plan for research and monitoring […]

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Conference “Sixty years and beyond: contributing to development cooperation” (Farnesina, 27 April 2017)

On Thursday, 27 April 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the Farnesina will hold the conference entitled “Sixty years and beyond: contributing to development cooperation”, a high-level meeting on development cooperation within the European Union. The Conference will open with remarks by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, and by the EU Commissioner for International Development and Cooperation, […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 24 April: world breaking news

Morocco: FCA MotorVillage opened in Casablanca The FCA MotorVillage was officially opened in Casablanca. The imposing structure was developed by the company in Bouskoura, at the gates of the Moroccan metropolis.  The FCA flagship store covers a surface area of approximately 80,000 square metres, with a showroom of 4,300 square metres, an Italian restaurant and […]

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Letter of the Secretary General Elisabetta Belloni to the daily Secolo XIX

The article published by the daily on 22 April 2017 about the diplomatic career, requires the following specifications. The public competition for admission to the diplomatic career is far from being a so-called “cronyville,” as proven by facts (as an example, only one individual out of the 33 who passed the competitive examination, was a relative of […]

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