Undersecretary Amendola Meets with the New Tunisian Government

The two-day agenda of meetings in Tunisia end today for Foreign Affairs Undersecretary, Vincenzio Amendola The representative of the Italian Government, accompanied by the Italian Ambassador to Tunis, Raimondo De Cardona, met with Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and the Ministers of: Industry, Zied Ladhari; Tourism, Selma Elloumi Rekik; Agriculture, Samir Taieb; and Cooperation, Fadhel Abdelkefi. […]

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Gianfranco Petruzzella, ​Italy’s Special Envoy for Yemen

Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni appointed Advisor Gianfranco Petruzzella to be Italy’s Special Envoy for Yemen. The Italian Government thus confirms its traditional commitment in favour of peace, of stabilization and development in Yemen and of its role as founding Country of the “Friends of Yemen” group.  

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Foreign Affairs Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, in London for the Ministerial Meeting on Syria

Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni is in London to attend the ministerial meeting on Syria at the Foreign Office in a “like-minded” format that will include the United Kingdom, U.S.A., France, Germany, Italy, EU, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, Jordan, and Qatar. The meeting will also be attended by Riad Hijab, General Coordinator of the High […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 7 September: latest news from the world

Vianini and CMC awarded a 400 million contract for the Stockholm tunnel in Sweden​  Vianini Lavori and CMC of Ravenna signed two important contracts with the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) ​for the construction of two motorway tunnels for the Stockholm bypass. This is a new route for the European E4 motorway that stretches from south to […]

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Israel – From 14 September tribute to Alberto Sordi

Italian comedy films are coming to Israeli film libraries thanks to the ADAMAS Cultural Association (Roma-Tel Aviv) in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institutes of Tel Aviv and Haifa, with the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Tel Aviv and with the support of the Istituto Luce Cinecittà Filmitalia and of the Cineteca Nazionale of Rome. […]

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Sudan – Italian books donated to the Comboni Italian Center

The Italian Embassy in Sudan celebrated the donation of a couple of dozen Italian books generously offered by the Publisher Marcianum Press of Venice to the Comboni Italian Center at the Comboni College of Science and Technology of Khartoum. This event is the highlight of “an important joint initiative held by the Italian publisher and the […]

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Venezuela – Photographic exhibition “Rome-Caracas, Magic Affinities”

Thursday 8 September, at 6:30 p.m., is the opening night of Italian photographer Pier Alberto Cucino’s photographic exhibition “Roma-Caracas, semejanzas magicas” at the Italian Cultural Institute of Caracas, where around 70 photographs present the different “souls” of Rome and Caracas. The exhibition is open to visitors until 8 October 2016. The Italian photographer has used different styles […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Reminder: Seminar on “Redefining Intercultural Dialogue in Time of Crisis: A Mediterranean Perspective” (Farnesina, 8 September 2016)

On 8 September at 4:45 p.m. the Farnesina will host a seminar on “Redefining Intercultural Dialogue in Time of Crisis: a Mediterranean Perspective”. The Seminar is organised by the Institute for International Affairs (IAI) in collaboration with the Italian Network for the Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue (RIDE), which leads the network of the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) in […]

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Farnesina’s new social media campaign

#Italiain, the Foreign Ministry’s new social media communication campaign entirely dedicated to Italy’s Embassies and Consulates. Step by step, we will discover the daily work performed by the diplomatic and consular network in defending Italy’s interests and values, providing assistance to Italian citizens, supporting Italian companies abroad and promoting Italy’s points of excellence. The stories […]

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Tunisia, Undersecretary Amendola meets Prime Minister Chahed

In Tunis today the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, accompanied by Italian Ambassador, Raimondo De Cardona, met Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, who was appointed Prime Minister in August at only 40 years of age, making him the youngest premier in the history of Tunisia. Chahed leads the new National Unity Government following […]

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Unesco Pizza Petition

Naples will host the presentation of the book “#pizzaUnesco orgoglio italiano nel mondo. La sfida continua: obiettivo 100 Paesi” (#pizzaUnesco Italian pride in the world – the challenge continues: objective 100 countries). The event will take place tomorrow at the Pizza Village on the famous Via Caracciolo. The hashtag #pizzaUnesco is an international petition for […]

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La Scala’s second Seoul concert features exceptional cast of singers

Milan’s Teatro alla Scala performed its second concert at Seoul’s Lotte World Theater with a cast of exceptional singers. The La Scala orchestra, again conducted by Maestro Chung, performed Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ in concert form. The cast included Simone Piazzolla (as Boccanegra), Carmen Giannattasio (as Amelia), Fabio Sartori (as Gabriele Adorno), in the leading […]

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