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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Bansko – Alfina Scorza’s Mediterranean music arrives in Bulgaria

Salerno-born song-writer Alfina Scorza will soon travel abroad in the name of her love for music. Next 12 August she will hold a concert in Bansko, Bulgaria, near the city’s Nikola Vaptsarov Square. The concert is sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia. Since she was a teenager, the song-writer has explored various aspects […]

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Lisbon – Italian Cultural Institute celebrates the ‘Grande Torino’ football team

Italy’s world-famous journalist, Indro Montanelli, described the players of the historic ‘Grande Torino’ football team as heroes: “Heroes are always immortal in the eyes of those who believe in them. Therefore youths will believe that the Torino teams is not dead but only gone to play an ‘away match’.” The team had written one of […]

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Tunis – Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra at the El Jem Festival

‎Next Saturday the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra conducted by Maestro Fabrizio Maria Carminati, will perform at the 31st International Symphonic Music Festival of El Jem, in Tunisia. The event, co-organized by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy in Tunis and the Festival organizers, promotes peace at a time in which cultural diversity and […]

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Italy’s new Development Cooperation System to be presented at the Farnesina today

Italy’s new Development Cooperation System to be presented at the Farnesina today.​ Italy’s new Development Cooperation System to be presented at the Farnesina today.​ The event, which will be open by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) Paolo Gentiloni and by Deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro, will be attended by Giampaolo Cantini, […]

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