Giancarlo Marcheggiano is appointed Secretary-General of the European Schools

The Farnesina expresses its deep satisfaction for the appointment, approved today in Brussels, of ​Giancarlo Marcheggiano to Secretary-General of the European Schools.It is the first time that an Italian is appointed to this post. It represents an important acknowledgement of the action Italy has carried out at the national and international level in the field of […]

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Minister Gentiloni is today attending the 21st ItalianGerman Intergovernmental Summit

Minister Gentiloni is attending the 21st Italian-German Intergovernmental Summit today, which will be an opportunity to confirm the strong relations between the two countries and also to consolidate a common European agenda within the framework of the priorities identified at the meetings in Berlin and Ventotene: security, economics, social cohesion and youth. Minister Gentiloni will […]

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Finland: Gabriella Giandelli’s comics on display at the Helsinki Comics Festival

Original comics by Gabriella Giandelli and Anke Feuchtenberger will be on display at the 2016 Helsinki Comics Festival, which opens tomorrow at the Espoo Cultural Centre in the Finnish capital. The exhibition of works by the two world-renowned pioneers of the comics world was organised by the festival in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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Italy gets centre stage at the Dubai Opera

Italy will be opening Dubai Opera’s season. Trieste’s Fondazione Teatro Lirico “Giuseppe Verdi” is contributing the first six shows to the very rich and intense calendar of Dubai’s brand new Opera House, which opens its door to the public today. The Italian Embassy to Abu Dhabi and the Italian General Consulate in Dubai have worked […]

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​Vincenzo Tagliaferri appointed Head of European mission EUBAM Libya

​The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses great satisfaction for the appointment of Vincenzo Tagliaferri as Head of the European mission EUBAM Libya in Brussels today . EUBAM Libya is a civil mission launched by the European Union in 2013 to assist the Libyan government in managing its borders. Vincenzo Tagliaferri is taking the helm at a […]

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​Afghanistan – New road opens between Kabul and Bamyan

A lengthy trip lasting 13 hours or more will now take just two and half hours thanks to the new Kabul-Bamyan road, which the Italian Development Cooperation helped build by donating more than 100 million euros. The opening ceremony was attended by Afghanistan President, Ashraf Ghani, the Minister for Public Works, Mahmoud Baligh, and the […]

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Germany – Italian Consulate and Cultural Institute take part in Day of the Open Monument

The Italian Consulate General and Italian Cultural Institute in Cologne invite Italians and the general public to visit their building during Germany’s “Day of the Open Monument” (Heritage Day). It is a unique chance for people to delve into the past and discover an architectural work of singular beauty. The building that hosts the Consulate […]

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Brazil – Monte Siao pays homage to six Italian immigrant families

The Brazilian city of Monte Sião officially opened its celebration of Italian immigration with a special tribute to the six families of Andretta Corsi, Favaro, Giarolla, Rosa, and Tortelli on Monday. A motion of congratulations for the Italian Consul in Minas Gerais, Aurora Russi, was also made during the ceremony, which was organised with the support […]

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POSTCARDS FROM THE OTHER ITALY – In Finland to study the state of health of the sea

Finland is the setting for the fifth 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 Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Helsinki is home to Letizia Tedesco, oceanographer at the Research […]

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Gentiloni received at the Farnesina the Foreign Minister of Kosovo Enver Hoxhaj

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received at the Farnesina the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj.  The meeting focused on fighting radicalization and violent extremism, combating human trafficking and making a common commitment to progressively stabilize the region of the Balkans. Minister Gentiloni confirmed Italy’s support for Pristina’s EU […]

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Lawyer Malek Adly released from prison in Egypt​

The Farnesina welcomed the release of Lawyer Malek Adly after 114 days of detention in the Egyptian prison of Torah. There is hope that this encouraging, albeit limited, sign may be followed by similar measures for other activists, among whom several university students, currently detained in Egyptian prisons.

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Charitable Initiative by Slow Food#unfuturoperamatrice

Two euros for the populations struck by the earthquake for every plate of pasta ‘all’amatriciana’ consumed anywhere in the world. This is the campaign promoted by Slow Food, inviting all the Chefs of the world to include a plate of “pasta all’amatriciana”, the world-famous dish created precisely in Amatrice, on their menus for a year. […]

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