Message of greetings by the Hon. Minister Angelino Alfano to the personnel of the Foreign Ministry serving in Italy and abroad

It is with a keen sense of honour and enthusiasm that I take office as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the eve for a very important year for Italy at international level. In 2017 we will hold the Chair of the G7, sit on the UN Security Council, host the 60th […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Reminder: Presentation of the Italian Year Book on Human Rights 2016 (Farnesina, 15 December 2016)​

On Thursday, 15 December at 3 p.m., the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will host the Presentation of the Italian Year Book on Human Rights 2016, organised by the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU), in partnership with the University of Padua. The event will be opened by the Deputy Secretary General of […]

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Khartoum – “Include me at your table”, solidarity in Sudan begins in the kitchen

In Sudan solidarity sits around a table. The cycle of diplomacy of solidarity initiatives announced by the Italian Embassy to celebrate the “First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World” continues. The next project promoted by the Italian Development Cooperation Agency (AICS) and the Italian Embassy in Khartoum will be “Includimi a tavola” (“Include me at your […]

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Belgrade – Trilogy of events to commemorate Dario Fo and Franca Rame

A trilogy of performances, in Italian and Serbian, was staged in Belgrade to commemorate Dario Fo, playwright, actor, director, writer and Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature, who passed away in Ocotber. The event will also commemorate the author’s wife and muse, Franca Rame, theatre actress and playwright. The performances, promoted and hosted by the Italian […]

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Washington – Two stolen artworks returned to Italy

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency returned to Italy an illuminated manuscript of the 14th Century and a 19th Century painting by Carelli in a ceremony recently held at the Italian Embassy in Washington.   “This ceremony marks another important phase in the long-standing cooperation between the […]

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Syria: The Foreign Ministry expresses utmost concern for the situation in East Aleppo

The Foreign Ministry expresses utmost concern for the situation in East Aleppo and reaffirms the imperative of protecting the civilian population and of respecting international humanitarian law. In recalling that also the Holy Father underscored the fact that Aleppo is above all a city inhabited by thousands of innocent civilians, the Ministry calls on the […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Presentation of the Italian Year Book on Human Rights 2016 (Farnesina, 15 December 2016)​

On Thursday, 15 December at 3 p.m., the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will host the Presentation of the Italian Year Book on Human Rights 2016, organised by the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU), in partnership with the University of Padua. The event will be opened by the Deputy Secretary General of […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Conference “Youth and Intercultural Dialogue: Italian and GCC voices” (Farnesina, 14 December 2016)

On Friday, 14 December, at 10:15 a.m., the Farnesina will host the Conference entitled “Youth and Intercultural Dialogue: Italian and GCC voices”, organised by the Institute of International Affairs (IAI) in conjunction with the Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), under the patronage of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI). The […]

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“Cartoline dall’altra Italia” – Neapolitan plays on stage in Brazil

Anita Mosca brings Italy and Naples on stage in Brazil. The theatre actress, who moved to Belo Horizonte nearly six years ago, has worked on the writings by Neapolitan playwright Enzo Moscato. “The Italian and Brazilian culture meet and blend well on stage,” she told “Cartoline dall’altra Italia” (“Postcards from the other Italy”), the web series produced […]

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Conference on Inclusion of People with Disabilities within Italian Cooperation

Chamber of Deputies: 13 December the Conference on “Inclusion of People with Disabilities within Italian Cooperation” On 13 December the Conference on “Inclusion of Disabilities in Italian Cooperation” will be organised by the Chamber of Deputies by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Maeci), the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (Aics) and the […]

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Cooperation -“Evaluation of cooperation projects 2012-2015”

The publication “Evaluation of cooperation projects 2012-2015” provides a summary of independent technical evaluations of the initiatives financed by Italian cooperation from 2012 to date, in different formats and in different geographical areas. The publication was commissioned by the 9th Office of the Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

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United States – Andrew Viterbi guest at the Italian Cultural Institute

Andrew James Viterbi is an Italian engineer and entrepreneur naturalised American. Born in 1935, Viterbi is the co-founder of Qualcomm – one of the major communication companies in the world – and the inventor of the algorithm that bears his name, the groundwork of a large part of the mobile telephony. He will be hosted […]

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