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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Germany – “The New Light of Emigration” becomes a permanent exhibition.

Inclusion, training and the culture of reception are at the core of the artistic project of a monumental 28 sqm work by Morena Antonucci, titled “The New Light of Emigration.” The painting exhibition opened in April 2016 at the Citizens Hall in the Municipality of Wolfsburg, in Germany. The project was hosted and promoted by the […]

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Portugal – Lisbon: Lectures of Paper Conservation

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon is holding two lectures at the National Library of Portugal on March 9 at 7:30 pm. They form part of a series of lectures on paper and photograph conservation techniques. Barbara Cattaneo and Federcia Delia will give a lecture on: “Paper and photograph conservation between material culture and conservation […]

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Italy-Georgia Business Forum

The Farnesina is hosting an Italy-Georgia Business Forum, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the agency for the internationalisation and promotion abroad of Italian businesses (ICE) and the Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development. “The objective of the Business Forum,” said Angelino Alfano, Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – CORRECTION: Time changed for press point by Minister Angelino Alfano with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó (Farnesina, 8 March 2017)

This is a partial correction of the information provided early. The meeting scheduled to take place at the Farnesina between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, and the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter  Szijjártó, has been postponed until 6:00 pm. A joint press conference is scheduled at the […]

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#8March – The Foreign Ministry screens the true story of a Somali migrant woman to celebrate the occasion

For the 8th of March, International Women’s Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has organised the screening of the film “Desert Flower”, distributed in Italy by the independent producer “Ahora!”. The film tells the true story of Waris Dirie, a Somali migrant woman who became an internationally famous top model in London […]

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