Italy – Russia: Minister Gentiloni opened the meeting of the Italian-Russian Council for Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation

The 14th Session of the Italian-Russian Council for Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation opened today at the Farnesina. The meeting, addressed to the representatives of Russian institutions and corporations, is co-chaired by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Arkady Dvorkovich. Organised […]

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12th Contemporary Art Day – On Saturday, 15 October, the doors of the Farnesina Palace will be open to the public

On Saturday, 15 October, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will join in the celebration of the Contemporary Art Day organised by AMACI (Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums) by exceptionally opening its doors on a day of closing. The guided tour will unfold through the most representative rooms on the first, second […]

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Diplomatic Network. The Foreign Ministry opens three new Embassies

The Italian Cabinet has approved the proposal put forward by Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni to open three new Embassies: in Niger (Niamey), in Guinea (Conakry) and in the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo). More specifically, the opening of an Embassy in Niamey gives Italy an important operating advantage in the light of the current dynamics in […]

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China – Italian driver sets record on the most hazardous road in the world

With the amazing time of 10 minutes and 31 seconds, Italian driver Fabio Barone broke the world’s record speed on the “Tianmen Mountain Road”, in China’s Hunan Province, known as the most dangerous road in the world.    Fabio Barone was awarded the winner’s trophy by the Italian Consul Laura Egoli, who attended the Roman-born pilot’s […]

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Brazil – Infrastructure and energy companies meet

Some seventy Italian and Brazilian entrepreneurs met in Brazil to discuss partnership opportunities in the infrastructure and energy market. The event, organized by “Banco do Brasil S.A.” and the Italian Embassy in Brazil in conjunction with the Brazilian Chamber of the Construction Industry (CBIC), was attended, among others, by Brazilian interim Minister of Planning, Development and […]

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USA, 668 masterpieces by 345 Italian artists shown online

As of today, it is possible to admire online 668 masterpieces by 345 Italian artists from 39 museums in the United States. The artists span from Leonardo, Michelangelo and Caravaggio to Modigliani, Stradivarius and Canova. The “Italian Treasures in the U.S.” online gallery can be seen on the site www.ItalyinUS.org, which displays a vast and […]

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Germany – “The Human Side” by Francesca Picchi explains the relationship between designer and industry

One of the keys of the success of Italy’s post-war design was having designed an industrial product like a cultural product. This humanistic approach was expressed through a dialectic relationship between the emerging Italian industry and the post-war generation of designers: a generation of intellectuals committed to changing the state of affairs. “The Human Side”, […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Conference on “The Arctic Council and the Italian Perspective” (Farnesina, 10 October 2016)

On Monday 10 October 2016 at 10:00 am, the International Conference Hall of the Farnesina will host the conference on “The Arctic Council and the Italian Perspective“, with welcome address by Secretary General Elisabetta Belloni and opening speech by Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Vincenzo Amendola. Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International […]

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ANCE Report 2016: foreign markets are still growing with a total 12 billion euro turnover

Italian construction companies built over 230 new sites abroad in 2015 with a value of 17.2 billion euros and a world-wide turnover of 12 billion euros, up 14.5 percent from the year before. An increase which confirmed a trend that has been growing constantly for the past eleven years. Italian construction companies signed contracts for over […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Reminder – 14th Session of the Italo-Russian Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation Council (Farnesina, 5 October 2016)

Farnesina will host the 14th Session of the Italo-Russian Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation Council co-chaired by Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Arkady Dvorkovich. The meeting will be attended by high-level government officials and  representatives of major Italian and Russian  businesses. The sessions […]

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ANCE Report 2016

Today the ANCE Report 2016 on the presence of Italian construction companies in the world will be presented at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.The event, which is organised by the Foreign Ministry in partnership with ANCE – NationalAssociation of Construction Companies, will be attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International […]

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“Postcards from the Other Italy” – In the heart of Europe to build a future

Jacopo, 27, has a degree in Political Science and is in Brussels in order to add zest to his curriculum. He is the interviewee of this new episode of “Postcards from the Other Italy”, the web series produced by the news agency ‘9colonne’ with the support of the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration […]

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