Washington – Italian embassy focuses on protecting cultural and human heritage

The protection of cultural and human heritage is again taking centre-stage at the Italian embassy in Washington, with two events scheduled for the end of May. On May 25, the embassy hosted Christian Greco, the director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin, for a conference on the experience of the museum in involving local communities […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Meeting of the Fulbright Scholars

On Tuesday, 31 May, at 9:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the meeting of the Fulbright Scholars, an event promoted by the Fulbright Commission aimed as an orientation for Italian grant holders leaving for the U.S.A. and American grant holders holders coming to Italy. The meeting will be opened by the Undersecretary of State for […]

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Yangon – Italy-Myanmar partnership in the culinary sector

The cooperation between Italy and Myanmar expands thanks to a new initiative: Ye Ko Naing, a young Burmese student at the Hospitality and Catering Training Accademy (HCTA) of Yangon, is about to begin his new training activity with ALMA, the international school of Italian cuisine. The HCTA, created by Aung San Suu Kyi in memory […]

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Italy-Thailand – Second meeting of Business Forum

Twenty-nine companies from Italy and Thailand participated in the second Italy-Thailand Business Forum in Koh Samet, following the meeting held in Milan in October 2015. The forum is the most important bilateral economic tool between the two countries. It sees the now consolidated participation of the top management of large groups from both countries, with […]

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Moscow – Italy-Russia conference on legacy of Benedetto Croce

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Benedetto Croce, the Italian Institute of Culture in Moscow, together with the Faculty of Humanities of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, is organising a Russian-Italian conference dedicated to one of the most significant thinkers of the 20th century. The conference is […]

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Germany – Italy guest of honour at German Gardening Fair

Italy was a guest of honour at the International Landscape Architecture and Gardening Fair, held at Schloss Fasanerie, the historic estate of the Prince-Electors of Hesse in the German town of Eichenzell. The privilege confirms Italy’s excellence in the field of protecting and maintaining historic landscapes and in the food and wine sector. Italy’s participation […]

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Gentiloni: “Europe must not go back to being lethargic on migrants. Populism can be defeated by combating fear” (La Stampa)

Minister Gentiloni, the week started with the elections in Austria. Half of the voters chose the extreme right; can we be comfortable with that? «No unfortunately. There are sure to be domestic reasons underlying that result – the same two parties ruled for 70 years – but Vienna has given us a dual lesson». What […]

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Italian Marines: the Foreign Ministry expresses satisfaction over the Indian Supreme Court’s decision to allow Girone to return to Italy

Italian Marine Salvatore Girone might be going home any day now. The Foreign Ministry expresses satisfaction over today’s decision of the Indian Supreme Court to immediately enforce The Hague Court of Arbitration’s decision of 29 April, as recently requested by Italy. In line with the decision of The Hague Court of Arbitration, Italy and India […]

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Final meeting of the United Nations’ Scientific Advisory Board

The fifth meeting of the United Nations Scientific Advisory Board (UN SAB), established by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to boost awareness on the ties between scientific research and sustainable development, is under way in Trieste on 24 and 25 May The meeting, which is being held in Italy for the first time, has convened the […]

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Minister Gentiloni expresses satisfaction over the release of Nadia Savchenko and the simultaneous release of two Russian agents detained in Ukraine

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, expressed satisfaction at the release of the Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadia Savchenko and the simultaneous release of two Russian agents detained in Ukraine. “The news of the release of Nadia Savchenko, to whom I wish a hasty recovery after the long detention period, is […]

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Railway Forum – The Farnesina hosts the third meeting with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

During the meeting (the third since the establishment of the Railway Forum at the beginning of 2015), Ferrovie dello Stato presented the result of an analysis conducted on the basis of the indications given by participating companies and of a survey carried out by the Directorate General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation based […]

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Asuncion – Horse high jump, the best Paraguayan horsemen for the Italia Cup

As part of the events organised for the Year of Italy in Latin America, the Italian Embassy in Asuncion organised a few days ago – together with the Paraguayan Equestrian Federation and the Club Hipico Paraguayo – the second edition of the Italian Cup, a hurdle race between the best Paraguayan horsemen, ranging from the […]

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