ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Joint press conference of Minister Gentiloni and the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for the Coalition to Counter ISIL, Ambassador Brett McGurk (Farnesina, 28 October)

On Friday 28 October at 5:15 p.m. the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will receive at the Farnesina President Obama’s Special Envoy for the Coalition to Counter ISIL, Ambassador Brett McGurk.  A joint press conference will be held at the end of the meeting. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in […]

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Brazil – Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute organise a Solo Exhibition by Salvatore Garau in Brasilia

From Nov. 8 to Dec. 4, Brasilia will experience a new dimension where infinity meets the profound, a dimension at the same time so minute and energising. This is the intensity expressed by the cross-cutting antagonisms that will be on show in Brasilia, with the works of one of Italy’s most complete and original contemporary […]

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China – Food Safety, 4th Italo-Chinese Dialogue on beef

The Italian Embassy in China confirms its commitment to support Italian agrofood companies interested in accessing the Chinese market. The 4th Italo-Chinese Dialogue on Food Safety took place today in Beijing. It represents an important forum of debate between high-level experts of the Italian Ministry of Health and of the China Food and Drug Administration, […]

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Union of Jewish Communities: Gentiloni received at th Farnesina a delegation led by President Noemi Di Segni

Today at the Farnesina, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, received a delegation of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities led by the President, Noemi Di Segni.

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Launch of the ‘First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World’

Promoting Italy’s culinary tradition abroad as one of the most distinctive features of Brand Italy. This is the aim of the ‘First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World’ initiative which will be presented this morning at Villa Madama. The event intends to provide continuity to the themes successfully developed by Expo Milano 2015 and […]

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Paolo Gentiloni and Maurizio Martina: “A Week in which to promote Made in Italy cuisine” (Il Sole 24 Ore)

A legacy from Expo Milano 2015 that the Government is bringing forward is the «Food Act» project, which includes the protocol of understanding signed last March to promote Italian high-quality cuisine abroad. Thanks to this, we have created for the first time a team that puts together institutions, companies, chambers of commerce, the world of […]

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Relations between Italy and Japan

Today and tomorrow Rome will play host to two seminars celebrating the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan. The seminars, to be respectively held at the Chamber of Deputies and at the Luigi Sturzo Institute, will discuss the economic and political issues that bind the two Countries together. The Italian Foreign Ministry […]

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Lake Chad: Italy allocates 6.3 million euros for emergency actions in favour of Boko Haram victims

Italy has allocated 6.3 million euros for emergency actions in the four countries of the Lake Chad Basin, namely Nigeria, Cameroun, Chad and Niger, which are facing the consequences of Boko Haram’s radical and extremist violence. The actions will be carried out by Italian civil society organisations and other non-profit stakeholders working in the four Countries.  Actions […]

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Italy and Kenya renew the “Luigi Broglio” Space Centre Agreement (Trento, 24 October 2016)

Fabrizio Nicoletti, the head of the Unit for Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), commented the renewal of the agreement between Italy and Kenya for Malindi’s “Luigi Broglio” Space Centre. He said: “Supporting our points of excellence in the aerospace sector – at bilateral and multilateral level […]

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Serbia – “Concerts in Galleria” at the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC), in partnership with the KCB, the Cultural Centre of Belgrade, will host ‘Concerts in Galleria’, a series of concerts scheduled every Monday. A notice posted on the IIC website reads: “Thanks to this cooperation with the KCB, a relevant cultural institution in the city, the Institute confirms to be a […]

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Sudan – Course on Peacekeeping and conflict management winds up in Khartoum

A course on the Italian experience in peacekeeping has just wound up in Khartoum. The first course on “Training Programme for Conflict Management” was closed at the presence of the director of the Peace Research Institute of the University of Khartoum, the Italian Ambassador to Sudan and the coordinator of the international activities of the […]

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Turkey – Vinicio Capossela celebrates his 25-year career in Istanbul

Vinicio Capossela, Italian artist, singer and entertainer, will stage his “Qu’Art de Siecle” show to the Teatro della Casa d’Italia in Istanbul on October 28. The event, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Istanbul, will celebrate his 25 year-long career dedicated to music. It began in 1990 with his debut album “All’una e […]

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