UNESCO – Minister Gentiloni meets Franco Bernabè at the Farnesina​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met with the President of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, Franco Bernabè, in Rome this morning. Italy, which hosts a relevant part of the World Cultural Heritage sites, plays an important role in UNESCO. It is the Country with the largest number of sites […]

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Dunhuang – Matera to unite with China through a twinning inspired to history and culture

Matera, the City of the “Sassi” (stone houses carved out of the caves), has twinned up with Dunhuang, the city whose name means “shining beacon”, one of the most famous cultural and historical cities of China’s Jiuquan Prefecture, known as the “Singing-Sand Mountain”. Matera will take part in the Expo of cultural cooperation scheduled to […]

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Argentina – “Literature in Italian opera” series of talks to open in Buenos Aires

The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) of Buenos Aires has organised a series of meetings on “Literature in Italian Opera”. The series will take people on a guided tour of musical fragments to explore the fruitful and close relationship between literature and opera. Melodrama emerged in Florence in the late 16th century and has always […]

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Albania – Aterballetto to dance Don Quixote in Tirana

The show ‘Don Q. – Don Quixote de la Mancha’ will be performed for the first time in Albania by the Italian Aterballetto ballet and modern dance group. The event will take place on April 5 at the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Tirana. It was organised by the Italian Embassy, the Italian Institute of […]

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China – Italian Consulate in Chongqing holds photo competition for Chinese tourists

The Italian Consulate General in Chongqing recently organised a photographic competition for Chinese nationals who applied for Italian visas in 2015. The aim was to reward Chinese tourists who have visited Italy and highlight their stories and the emotions they experienced on their trips, in a bid to attract new visitors. The “Meeting with You […]

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“Diplomazia e dintorni” – What diplomats have to write

Writing is an activity that accompanies diplomats throughout their career. Reports, notes, speeches are only a few examples of the writing that every diplomat has to necessarily do in any office that he/she might be posted to. Writing is a relevant albeit little-known aspect of the everyday work of diplomats. The 56th episode of “Diplomazia […]

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Syria: Foreign Ministry condemns airstrikes on Deir al-Asafir

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation firmly condemns the airstrikes of 31 March on civilian targets in Deir al-Asafir, a suburb of Damascus, presumably carried out by forces of al-Assad’s regime, which killed dozens of civilians, including women and children. The Foreign Ministry calls on all parties concerned to comply with the basic […]

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Dei – Germany: New Federal Transport Plan totals 264.5 billion euros

Germany plans to invest 264.5 billion euros by 2030 to improve its  infrastructure. Federal Minister of Transport and Digital  Infrastructure, Alexander Dobrindt, presented the first draft of the new Infrastructure Plan (Bundesverkeherwegeplan – BVWP 2030), which  envisages a series of investments in roads, railways and waterways. The  Plan includes nearly 1,000 interventions of which 49.4 […]

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Belgrade – Archaeology meets cinema, a tribute to Italian treasures

The seventeenth International Archaeological Cinema Review, organised by the National Museum of Belgrade with the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) opened yesterday at the Yugoslav Film Library, Uzun Mirkova 1, Belgrade, and will run until 7 April. The IIC in Belgrade has been one of the event’s main sponsors since its first edition and, according to its […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE ​The “Pakistan Trade and Investment Forum”

​​The “Pakistan Trade and Investment Forum” will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 5 April, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   The event will be opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni and by the Chairman of the Pakistani Board of Investment Miftah Ismail. A speech by the Undersecretary for Economic […]

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release regarding the opening of the self-proclaimed representative office of the so-called “Republic of South Ossetia” in Rome

It has come to our knowledge that a self-proclaimed representative office of the so-called “Republic of South Ossetia” will shortly be opening in Rome. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation reiterates its established position in this respect, which it shares with the European Union and almost all the Member States of the United Nations, […]

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Jakarta – Giovanni Allevi debuts in Indonesia

Composer and pianist Giovanni Allevi will make his debut in Indonesia performing live at Usmar Ismail Hall (PPHUI) in Jakarta, on 8 April. The concert is organized by the Embassy of Italy in Jakarta and the  city’s Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). Maestro Allevi will meet students of the “Ananda Sukarlan Center” Conservatory on 7 April at […]

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