Houda Emma Kharat travels back to Italy to reunite with her mother

Houda Emma Kharat, a little girl kidnapped five years ago by her father, a Syrian citizen who brought her to Aleppo, is travelling back to Italy from Istanbul, where she will land in Milan’s Malpensa Airport this afternoon to be reunited with her mother, Alice Rossini. Houda Emma, who will soon turn 7, was abducted […]

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Accreditation Notice – Tenth MAECI – Banca d’Italia Conference (Farnesina, 13 March 2017)​

On Monday, 13 March, at 9:30 a.m., the Farnesina will host the Tenth MAECI – Banca d’Italia Conference with the attendance of Financial Delegates and Attachés working abroad. The opening session (from 9:30 to 10:20 a.m.) is open to the media and will be introduced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, and by […]

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Russia – Moscow screens the films shown at the Venice Film Festival

Moscow’s Cinema Oktjabr will host the eighth edition of “From Venice to Moscow”, a festival traditionally organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Moscow, in cooperation with the Biennale of Venice. The event, beginning today and running until March 14, offers a broad selection of Italian films screened at the Venice Film Festival. “This is […]

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​New York – Cinema, the Italian Cultural Institute hosts an evening with James Ivory

In 1987, “A Room with a View” won three Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. Thirty years later, on 28 March at 6:30 p.m., the Italian Cultural Institute in New York hosts an evening with director James Ivory. The debate will also be extended to professors and authors André […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE- Press point by Minister Angelino Alfano with his Jordan counterpart, Auman Al Safadi (Farnesina, 10 March 2017)

​On Friday, 10 March at 3:30 pm, the Minister Of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will receive at the Farnesina the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan, Ayman Al Safadi.A joint press point is scheduled at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event are requested […]

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Second day of the Mission to Saudi Arabia for Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola

Second day of the mission to Saudi Arabia for the Undersecretary of State Vincenzo Amendola, who is currently on a visit to Jeddah. Mr Amendola, along with the Italian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Luca Ferrari, met with the Governor of Jeddah, Prince Mishaal bin Majid, this morning. Their talks focused on the crises in the Middle […]

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Sydney – Science in the feminine: Italian female researchers in Australia meet at the IIC​

Physics, medicine, engineering: the world of science may appear to be dominated by the male gender but in fact many are the research studies and discoveries made by female scientists and researchers. To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney, in conjunction with the office of the Science and Technology Attaché at […]

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Dublin – Italians in Ireland, photographs on display ​

A story of Italians in Ireland, narrated in a photography exhibition open at the RDS Library in Dublin. The series of images, created from a collection belonging to deceased Cavaliere Barbato Borza and other sources, traces the history of Italians in Ireland from the end of the 1800s to date. The event is organised by […]

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Minister Alfano meets with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg

Minister Alfano met with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, in Brussels today. Many were the matters addressed: from the relevance of the Atlantic Alliance for international security to the need to reflect on its role in the face of new challenges. Minister Alfano underscored the centrality of the Mediterranean, the meeting point between […]

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Mission to Saudi Arabia by the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola​

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, departed on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia today. In Riyadh this morning, the Italian Government official met with the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. “The Gulf Countries can play a key role in designing the architecture of security […]

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​Speech by the Minister at the Italy-Georgia Business Forum

(The authentic text is only the one actually delivered)   A warm welcome to Prime Minister Kvirikashvili, Vice Premier Kaladze, who is “on home ground” here in Italy (as a former A.C. Milan player), my colleague Janelidze, the other ministers and institutional representatives, our ambassadors, and our many Italian and Georgian guests. We consider Italy to be a […]

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United States – Literature, Peter Cameron speaks about his ties with Italy

As it is customary for this series of events, the Italian Cultural Institute(IIC) in New York presented author and novelist, Peter Cameron who talked about his ties with Italy in conversation with Stefano Albertini, Professor of Italian, Director of Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (New York University). The event was hosted at the IIC premises on 7 […]

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