The Farnesina Collection goes online on Google Art Project

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has joined the Google Art Project, an online technology platform developed by Google to promote and protect culture, by displaying a digital Collection of 176 works of art. By searching for “Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation” on www.google.com/culturalinstitute, visitors will be able to take a […]

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​Message of condolence on the death of Egyptian policemen

The Foreign Ministry expresses its condolences on the death of the Egyptian policemen who were killed in a terrorist attack on the outskirts of Cairo. This new attack confirms the need for stronger commitment and a cohesive stand by the entire international community in the fight against fundamentalist terrorism.

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Unified Patent Court

The Unified Patent Court, a new supranational court specialised in patent litigation, based on the Unified Patent Court Agreement signed by 25 Member States of the European Union will have a wide and exclusive competence in respect of infringement and validity of European patents and European patents with unitary effect. It will consist of a […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Event celebrating 150 years of Diplomatic Relations between Italy and Japan (Farnesina, 11 May 2016)

On Wednesday, 11 May 2016, at 11 a.m. an event will be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations to celebrate 150 years of Diplomatic Relations between Italy and Japan. The celebration is part of the new edition of the new “Farnesina Open Doors” cycle of events. The Ministry’s Director General for […]

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Minister Gentiloni on diplomatic mission to Tunis

Italian Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, will be back in Tunis today after his two visits to the Country in 2015, one of which took place immediately after the bloody attack on the Bardo Museum in which 23 people, including 4 Italians, were killed. Mr Gentiloni’s visit represents a further opportunity to give new momentum to […]

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Sydney – Italian Institute of Culture offers a tour of Italy’s famous wine-producing regions

The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Sydney offers a tour of Italian wines across Italy’s most famous wine-producing regions and the excellence of their products. The first event of the series (organised by the IIC in partnership with the Osteria Balla Manfredi) will be hosted at the IIC on 12 May, from 6 to […]

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Jakarta – 7 Italian films screened at European Film Festival

Seven Italian films are being shown at the European Film Festival in Jakarta. Now at its 16th edition, the festival will screen 78 films by the most acclaimed European directors. The festival opened with “Long Live Freedom” (“Viva la Liberta”) by Roberto Ando’ at the Indonesian capital’s Epicentrum Theatre. A large audience attended the screening […]

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Tokyo – ‘Napoli Festa’ makes comeback in Kagoshima with a 2-day celebration

The Japanese city of Kagoshima has held its second ‘Napoli Festa’, a tribute to its sister city Naples. For the occasion, the central ‘Napoli dori’ (Naples Street) was closed to traffic and turned into an exhibition area for holiday packages and products from Naples and other parts of Italy. Concerts and talk shows on Naples […]

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Bangkok – May events: Italian Festival in Thailand 2016

The May billboard of the Italian Festival in Thailand 2016 is particularly dense, with the Italian Embassy in Bangkok offering over 50 cultural and promotional events thanks to the support of 41 Italian and Thai sponsors and 21 local partners. This months’s programme was launched on 6 May with a dual event: the Siam Paragon […]

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Iraq – An exhibition opens today at the MAXXI which tells the story of Italy’s fight to help preserve a cultural heritage

An exhibition called “Mesopotamia: Rising Again from Beauty” was opened today by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mario Giro. It runs from 7 May to 22 May and takes visitors on a journey across a multifaceted experience made of hologram projections, 3D reconstructions, videos, photographs and an original score. The exhibition tells a story […]

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DEI – Australia works with Health Industry SA to attract medical-health investments

Following the establishment of Health Industry SA, a government body, Australia is pressing ahead in its commitment to attract investments in the medical-health sector in its southern regions. Health Industry SA, which boasts modern facilities which are being expanded, is creating the largest medical-scientific district in the Southern hemisphere. It has five priority sectors: ICT-applied […]

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States General of the Italian Language in the World – Preparation in the lead-up to the second edition started officially today at the Foreign Ministry Headquarters

Preparation for the second edition of the “States General of the Italian Language in the World” officially started today with the launch of the Working Groups at the Foreign Ministry headquarters attended by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mario Giro.The first edition of the “States General of the Italian language in the world” in October 2014 gave a new impetus […]

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