Dublin – The “Aquileia: the Crossroads of the Empire” exhibition stops in Ireland

Aquileia was founded in 181 BC in the North-East of the Italian Peninsula and was vested with military, economic and commercial functions. Its excellent location, a well-equipped river port and commercial and cultural relations with both the eastern Mediterranean and Northern Europe, turned it into Italy’s fourth-largest and most important city and in the ninth-largest […]

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Italy and Brazil strengthen bilateral cooperation

‎Italy’s Ambassador to Brazil, Antonio Bernardini, and the President of Banco do Brasil, Paulo Rogério Caffarelli, discussed future strategies for the Working Group recently launched by the embassy in support of Italian businesses that have taken an interest in Brazil’s logistics, infrastructure, and energy programme.  Ambassador Bernardini and President Caffarelli talked on the sidelines of […]

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Poland – The Renaissance in Northern Italy on show in Warsaw

‎The National Museum in Warsaw is hosting a selection of Renaissance paintings from the Tosio Martinengo Art Gallery in Brescia. The section includes works by Moretto, Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, Giovan Battista Moroni, Raphael, Titian, and Lorenzo Lotto. The exhibition “Brescia. Il Rinascimento nell’Italia del nord” (Brescia: the Renaissance in Northern Italy) will run until Aug. […]

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Law No. 125/2014: Joint Development Cooperation Committee convenes for the 5th time

Today the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, chaired the fifth meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee, the deliberative body of Italian Cooperation established by Law No. 125/2014. During today’s meeting the Committee passed 18 deliberations worth nearly 50 million euros, subdivided between tied aid and voluntary contributions to international […]

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OSCE: Italy elected to 2018 chairmanship

With a unanimous decision, the 57 participating states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) elected Italy to its chairmanship in 2018. “This decision fully represents the recognition of our country’s commitment and the desire to actively contribute to peace and stability in Europe,” stated Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni. In a […]

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Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, received at the Farnesina the Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez

During the meeting, Minister Gentiloni emphasized that Italy is closely following the evolving situation in Venezuela, in the light of the strong ties between the two Countries and of the large Italian community residing there. Minister Gentiloni also drew Minister Rodriguez’s attention on the increasing difficulties faced by the Italian community, especially in terms of […]

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Malta – Italian Cultural Institute confers the “Culture and Fashion Award 2016”​ to three fashion designers

On 23 July, Salvatore Schirmo, the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in La Valletta, conferred the “Culture and Fashion Award 2016” to Italian fashion designers Gianni Molaro and Carlo Alberto Terranova and to Maltese designer Luke Azzopardi. The award ceremony was the highlight of the ”Gran Gala of Fashion”, an event held in […]

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Stockholm – Claudio Magris presents the Swedish version of “Non luogo a procedere”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm will host an evening dedicated to literature with an exceptional guest of honour: at 6 p.m. on 23 August Claudio Magris will present his latest book “Non luogo a procedere”. Claudio Magris, the winner of the Strega Prize in 1997 and the Kafka Prize in 2016, will have a […]

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Athens – The Italian Short Film Festival hosted in Greece

‎Ten Italian short films will be screened over two days on the Greek island of Leros to promote Italian cinema within the Italian Short Film Festival hosted by the Artemis Association. The event was organised by the Italo-Hellenic Cultural Association (AIAL) in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Athens, and promoted by the […]

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Lithuania – Tonino Guerra’s work on show in Vilnius Museum

‎The Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Film Museum in Vilnius will host an exhibition on Tonino Guerra entitled “La bellezza e’ gia’ una preghiera” (“Beauty is Already a Prayer”). The exhibition will be open till Sep. 30 and will feature watercolours, illustrations, hand-printed ancient tapestries, and works on other supports. Footage on Guerra’s life will also […]

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CIDU opens a public online consultation on the National Action Plan on Businesses and Human Rights

The Inter-Ministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has recently published on its Website –  www.cidu.esteri.it – the preliminary National Action Plan on Businesses and Human Rights. The Plan is the outcome of a broad consultation campaign promoted by CIDU among institutional bodies, business representatives, civil society organizations, trade […]

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Libya: Minister Gentiloni meets with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Martin Kobler

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received at the Farnesina the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Libya, Martin Kobler.  The meeting focused on an exchange of opinions on the situation in Libya and on its institutional consolidation, in the wake of the recent Libyan Political Dialogue meetings in Tunis, […]

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