Sydney, two Italian films at the Mardi Gras Film Festival

Italian cinema will once more take centre stage abroad: the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney, in association with Queer Screen, will present the screening of the films “Me, Myself and Her” (“Io e lei”) by Maria Sole Tognazzi and starring Margherita Buy and Sabrina Ferilli, and “Arianna” by Carlo Lavagna and featuring Ondina Quadri, at […]

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Cameroon – Deputy Foreign Minister Giro: Italy is considered among its most reliable partners

“I am seeing with my own eyes how President Sergio Mattarella’s long visit last year may have changed the relationship between Italy and Cameroon. Today Italy is no longer considered a foreign Country but a friend and one of its most reliable partners,” said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, […]

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USA: Undersecretary Amendola on mission to New York and Washington

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, had his second day of meetings in the United States. After yesterday’s meetings at the United Nations building and after voting in favour of the resolution on the protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks at the UNSC, today Mr Amendola is in Washington for bilateral […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura

On Wednesday, 15 February at 11:00 a.m. the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will meet at the Farnesina with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura. A joint press conference is scheduled at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the press point […]

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Foreign Ministry expresses condolences for attack in Lahore, Pakistan

The Foreign Ministry expresses its condolences for yesterday’s suicide bombing in Lahore, in which many people died – including several police officers – and many were injured.  Italy confirms its closeness to the Government of Pakistan, which has again been hit by a violent terrorist attack.

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 14 February: latest news from around the world

Argentina: private development projects to kickoff at Bahia Blanca Major private development projects are likely to get started in 2017 in Bahia Blanca, the most important of which regards the expansion of the Argentinian city’s petrochemical complex,which is key for its economy. Dow Argentina, one of the most important groups operating in the complex, is […]

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At the UNSC meeting, Italy votes in favour of protecting critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, today is in New York to attend the debate opened within the Security Council, and chaired by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Klimkin, on the protection of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. The representative of the Italian Government voted in favour of the UN resolution on this […]

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Alfano: “The vision shared by Italy and the Holy See should be enhanced” (Avvenire)

Dear Editor, Today is an important day for relations between Italy and the Holy See: we are commemorating the signing of the Lateran Treaty. When the Treaty was signed in 1929 and then followed by the New Concordat in 1984, those achievements were greeted very favourably on the two banks of the Tiber. The shared […]

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Economic diplomacy: Alfano attends the meeting of the Advisory Board of Assolombarda

“We, the Foreign Ministry together with Italian enterprises, continue to do teamwork together to make Milan, Lombardy and Italy win the challenge,” said Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in addressing the meeting of Assolombarda’s Advisory Board today in Milan. The Minister confirmed the Foreign Ministry’s intention to fully support Italian […]

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Czech Republic – New record set by Italian-Czech Republic trade volumes: +11.6%

A new record has been set in the volume of trade between Italy and the Czech Republic. According to the Czech Statistical Office, Italy has outperformed France and Austria, becoming the Country’s fifth-largest trade partner after Germany, China, Poland and Slovakia. The trend had already proved to be very positive in 2015 and has recorded […]

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Germany – La Grande Bellezza, Italian design of four wheels

The Italian Cultural Institute in Cologne, Germany, will hold an event dedicated to automobiles at 7 p.m. next 2 March, as part of International Italian Design Day. Professor Paolo Tumminelli, from the Köln International School of Design, will deliver a lecture entitled “La Grande Bellezza, Italian design of four wheels”. Automobiles – for the better […]

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The Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh screens Influx by Luca Vullo

The Italian Cultural Institute in Edinburgh will screen ‘Influx’, a documentary produced and directed by Luca Vullo on Italian immigration to London. “The British capital has never attracted so many Italians as in the last few years. In a period in which immigration in Europe is always the focus of political debate, especially after the […]

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