Wounded Libyans from Benghazi airlifted to Pratica di Mare

At approximately 6 p.m. today an Airforce C130-J aircraft equipped as an air ambulance carrying 16 wounded Libyans from Benghazi, from where it took off at 3:20 p.m., landed at the Pratica di Mare Airport. To begin with, the patients will be taken to the Celio Military Polyclinic. This humanitarian rescue operation, which follows the […]

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G7 Ministers Meeting in Lucca on 10-11 April

The G7 Foreign Ministers and the High Representative of the European Union will meet in Lucca on 10 and 11 April under the chairmanship of Minister Angelino Alfano. The G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting, a meeting traditionally held at least once a year by the seven most industrialised Countries in the world, offers a unique opportunity […]

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Mission of Undersecretary Della Vedova

New momentum to Italian Cooperation projects in Pakistan The visit of Italy’s Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova to Islamabad last week, where he attended the Conference “Italy and Karakorum: from Mt. K2 to the Central Karakorum National Park and beyond”, gave renewed momentum to the projects of Italian Cooperation in […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – “Starting from girls. Women Forum on inequality and sustainable growth”

On 7 and 8 April 2017, the Farnesina will host  “Starting from girls. Women Forum on inequality and sustainable growth”, an International Dialogue Forum. The forum is organized as part of the Italian G7 Presidency activities in cooperation with WE-Women Empower the World, the Aspen Initiative for Europe, and Valore D.“Strengthening young women’s rights and […]

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United States – Music, Maestro Nicola Luisotti special guest of Italian Conductors

“Italian Conductors in New York”, the cycle of events hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in the Big Apple, will continue on Thursday, 6 April (from 6 to 8 p.m.) with Maestro Nicola Luisotti who will have a chat with music historian Harvey Sachs. Maestro Luisotti is Musical Director at the San Francisco Opera since […]

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Lithuania – Vilnius to host ‘MAGMA’ international exhibition

Lithuania’s National Art Gallery will launch the international exhibition titled “MAGMA. Writing in bodies. Italy and Lithuania from 1965 to Nowadays” on April 14 in Vilnius. The exhibition, organised through the cooperation of the Italian Cultural Institute in Vilnius and the Italian Embassy, will showcase the work of major Italian and Lithuanian artists such as […]

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The Netherlands – Amsterdam hosts event on Lalla Romano’s home

The Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam has launched a new series of events focused around Italian writers’ homes. Gandolfo Cascio, professor of Italian Literature at the University of Utrecht, together with Carmela Callea, director of the Cultural Institute, organised the initiative entitled “Literary Tourism on Thursdays: a journey in the homes of eminent Italian writers.” […]

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‘A Era do Caos. Uma viagem pela grande desordem mundial’

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, with a view to promoting the dissemination of the translation of the Italian book, accepted the proposal of the local publishing house Editorial Presença to make a presentation of the Portuguese translation of the book by Federico Rampini ‘L’Età del Caos. Viaggio nel grande disordine mondiale’ (‘The Age of […]

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“The Western Balkans in the European Union: Enlargement to What? Accession to What?” (Farnesina, 5 April 2017)

The Farnesina hosts the International Conference “The Western Balkans in the European Union”, co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), in conjunction with the Centre International de Formation Européenne (CIFE) and the Centre Franco-Autrichien pour le rapprochement en Europe (CFA). The event is part of […]

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Minister Alfano in Brussels for the Conference on Syria

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, is on mission to Brussels today to attend the Conference on Syria. The Conference opening session will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Europa Building with opening remarks by the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and by […]

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Alfano: meeting with the Director General of IOM​

Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received at the Farnesina the Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), William Lacy Swing. The talks focused on the global challenge posed by migration, with special attention on the migration flows along the Central Mediterranean and the current cooperation with the […]

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Swiss Ambassador summoned urgently to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Swiss Ambassador, Giancarlo Kessler, has been summoned urgently to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the night-time closure of three border crossings and the statements that accompanied the Swiss decision. Mr Kessler stressed that it was a temporary and experimental measure. It will soon be reviewed as part of a further improvement of cooperation […]

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