Australia – Italian contemporary art on show with Merlatti Collection

Australia focuses its attention on Italian contemporary art. The opening of the exhibition of the Merlatti Collection, on show at the Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne until 10 January, was a great success. The exhibition displays the most important works in the collection of Silvano Merlatti, an Italian art collector residing in Melbourne. In opening […]

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Latin America – Legality and security: strategies, shared experiences, and cooperation perspectives

Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) is hosting the Conference entitled “Legality and security in Latin America: strategies, shared experiences, and cooperation perspectives”, organised as part of the celebrations of the 150th Anniversary of the foundation of the Italo–Latin American Institute (IILA). The Conference unites the Ministers of Justice of many […]

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Brussels – Statue of St. John the Baptist returned to Italy

The Italian Embassy in Belgium informs that on 15 December a work of art illegally taken from Italy’s artistic heritage was returned to the Country in Brussels. The work of art is an almost 1-meter-high white Carrara marble statue of St. John the Baptist attributed to the16th Century artist Gerolamo Galizzi, a.k.a. Gerolamo di Santacroce […]

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Alfano: «The Government does not have a date of expiry. We need to immediately pass a new Italicum electoral law» (Il Messsaggero)

The new government does not have “consume by” date. This is the opinion of Angelino Alfano, the newly appointed Foreign Minister and leader of the New Centre-Right Party, who said that early elections are not on the agenda of the Government majority and that Matteo Renzi has no intention to shorten the life of the […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 15 December: latest news from the world

Senegal: DIIEZ integrated economic project presented in Dakar The DIIEZ (Dakar International Integrated Economic Zone) project was recently presented in Dakar. The project is a public-private partnership funded by Teylom Logistics, a Senegalese real-estate group, and Agility, an American conglomerate in the logistics, pharmaceutical and infrastructure sector. The project falls under the PSE (Plan Senegal […]

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Syria: Minister Alfano calls UN Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan De Mistura

During a telephone conversation today with Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, the United Nations Special Envoy to Syria, Staffan De Mistura, confirmed the beginning of evacuations of civilians from Eastern Aleppo. Mr De Mistura also reiterated the need for the United Nations to monitor such operations. Minister Alfano expressed his profound concern for the humanitarian emergency […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Conference of the Directors of Italian Cultural Institutes in the World (Farnesina, 19 December 2016)

The Conference of Directors of Italian Cultural Institutes in the World will take place at the Farnesina on 19 December 2016.   The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International   Cooperation Angelino Alfano will open the conference. He will be followed by the Minister of Cultural Property and Cultural Activities and Tourism Dario Franceschini, the President of the Dante Alighieri Society Andrea Riccardi, […]

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Tokyo – Enrico Rava on tour in Japan: first stop the IIC

“Enrico Rava and Japanese Friends”, is the name of Enrico Rava’s Japanese tour that starts on 15th December at the Institute of Culture in Tokyo and continues on the 16th in Fukuoka, the 17th at the Garaman Hall in Okinawa and the 18th at the Knowledge in Osaka.Accompanied for the first time by an entirely […]

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Beirut – Environmental cooperation, a seminar on the green economy in Lebanon

On 13th December, the Italian Embassy in Lebanon hosted a seminar on the green economy aimed at presenting Italian environmental development initiatives and investment opportunities in the country. The conference focused on various matters, including cooperation in the field of energy efficiency between the Lebanese Centre for Energy Conservation and the Italian Ministry of the […]

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Guatemala – ​ Italian Government supports project to promote legality

In order to prevent the spread of crime, the Italian Government will make a contribution of over 110,000 USD to the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CIGIG) for it to implement a cooperation project to promote the culture of legality in Guatemalan civil society, starting from children and young people. The project will focus […]

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Presentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2016

To celebrate the Human Rights Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hosts the Presentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2016, organized within the framework of the “EU4 Human Rights” by the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU), in partnership with the University of Padua. The event will be opened by the […]

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Training and Economic Diplomacy. Young Italian diplomats meet Enel management

The training process of ​the newly hired diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues. Today, they met with Enel management at the Farnesina to discuss the strategic challenges that lie ahead for Italy’s multinational energy corporation and the Italian economic diplomacy. The meeting focused on the main themes of creating “added value” and innovation […]

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