European University Institute of Florence – Dehousse elected new Rector

Renaud Dehousse has been elected new Rector of the European University Institute of Florence. Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which represents Italy on the Council of the European University Institute, the election comes a few months after Ambassador Schioppa Narrante was appointed Secretary General of the Institute and one year after Italy took […]

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Italy’s visa portal wins Innovation Prize at SMAU

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ portal “Visa for Italy” will be awarded the Innovation Prize for excellence at the SMAU exhibition in Bologna, an international IT and office furniture fair to be hosted at Bologna Fiere on June 9 and 10. “Visa for Italy”, which recorded over two million hits since it first began […]

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Republic Day Celebrations – Italian diplomatic and consular offices around the world celebrated Republic Day

From Baghdad to Basel, Italian diplomatic and consular offices around the world celebrated Republic Day. Conferences, concerts and exhibitions, among other initiatives, focused on personalities from the world  of politics, culture and business. Israel A live performance by the Arakne Mediterranea dance company from Apulia entertained the many guests invited to the reception held by […]

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Santiago – Italy-Chile, “Incontri 1” project continues with the “Amabili Resti” exhibition

“Spectators will feel they are taking part in a poetic event that forces them to search their minds and find a moment of metaphysical detachment from established certainties, from lovable remains”, is how curator Katy Ferrante describes the “Amabili Resti” exhibition by Iris Broquedis, which will open on 20th June, at 7.30 p.m., at the […]

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Moscow – “EU-Russian crisis: the Italian perspective”, according to Ambassador Ragaglini

A few days ago (1st June), the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Science (IMEMO) hosted the Italian Ambassador in Moscow Cesare Maria Ragaglini, who held a conference entitled “The EU-Russian crisis: the Italian perspective”. The Ambassador was received by the deputy director of the Institute Dr Voitolovsky and Professor […]

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Bucarest – A photography exhibition on “Italian influences”

A large audience gathered to attend the opening of “Ciao Bucarest. Italian influences in Bucarest”, a photography exhibition organised by the Italian Embassy in the Romanian capital, in the prestigious National Museum of Art of Romania. The show, which is part of the events organised to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Republic on 2nd June, […]

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Iraq – Italy donates 4.5 million for reconstruction

Italy has donated the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 4.5 million euros to finance the Funding Facility for Immediate Stabilization (FFIS) project in Iraq. The purpose of the initiative is to support UNDP to take swift action in the areas liberated from ISIS. The funds come in addition to the 2.5 million euros granted by Italy […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 6 June: the latest from the world

“Italy for Companies” Roadshow makes a stop in Brescia The next stop of the “Italy for Companies” Roadshow around the country will be in Brescia on June 8. The Roadshow, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and promoted with the support of the Ministry of Economic Development, is organised by the foreign […]

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Mexico – ‘Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia’ cycling competition arrives in Mexico

The residence of the Italian Ambassador in Mexico, Alessandro Busacca, hosted a press conference to launch the Mexican edition of “Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia” in the presence of the Governor of the State of Mexico Eruviel Avila Villegas. The country’s main newspapers were present for the press launch of the first sporting event in Mexico […]

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Astana – Italy’s Republic Day celebrated with Kazakhstan’s business community

Kazakhstan celebrated Italy’s “Festa della Repubblica” (Republic Day) on Thursday by discussing business relations between the countries. The Italian Embassy in Astana organised an event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Italian republic at the Rixos Hotel that was attended by many politicians and representatives of Italian and Kazakh companies. Guests […]

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Madrid – Italy’s take in European photography staged at Culture Institute

The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Madrid, concomitantly with the exhibition “Gabriele Basilico, Architecture and the City” (“Gabriele Basilico, architettura e città”), will host a lecture entitled “European Photography. An Italian Take” (“Fotografia europea. Uno sguardo italiano”), curated by Elio Grazioli, contemporary art and photography critic. The lecture is scheduled at 8 p.m. on […]

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and FIGC together again in the Caribbean

Italy’s excellence in football is back in the Caribbean one month after the workshop that brought Marcello Lippi to the region to deliver high-level training to 9 coaches of the national teams of an equal number of Caribbean States. From 3 to 5 June two workshops were held in Barbados, one for under-17 footballers and another […]

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