Guatemala – Students celebrate the Milan Triennale

The Milan Design Triennale and the genius of the great Milanese designers is the focus on an exhibition held between May 9 and 17, presented by 30 students of the Faculty of Architecture at the Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala. The Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Guatemala City has organised the event to celebrate […]

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Podgorica – A show of the selected works by Rosario Genovese

Podgorica is to host Rosario Genovese’s exhibition “Poetico Universo”. The Dvorac Petrovica Contemporary Art Centre is presenting the exhibition which is promoted by the Italian Embassy in Montenegro and organised by art director Ermenegildo Frioni. It will include a catalogue with texts written by Francesco Gallo Mazzeo and Marcello Palminteri and a 30-year anthology of […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Recall: First Italy-Africa Ministerial Conference (Farnesina, May 18, 2016)

On Wednesday, 18 May at 9:30 a.m., the Farnesina will host the First Italy-Africa Ministerial Conference, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in conjunction with the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). The Rome-based conference is due to unite 45 ministers from an equal number of African Countries, their Permanent Representatives […]

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Minister Gentiloni today chaired the third meeting of the Joint Committee

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, chaired the third meeting of the Joint Committee on Development Cooperation, the deliberative body established by the law reforming the Italian Cooperation system. The meeting approved, inter alia, the Invitation to Tender whereby to award, in 2016, contributions to initiatives proposed by social society […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy – May 10 : latest news from the world

Sweden to invest 30.8 billion euros in infrastructureNational Supplier’s Day, a conference organised by Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration, was held in Stockholm.  A gathering of national and foreign companies operating in the field of railway and road infrastructure, this year’s meeting illustrated upcoming projects and developments.  The General Manager of Trafikeverket, Lena Erixon, explained that over […]

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UN – Undersecretary Amendola today in New York at the General Assembly

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, addressed the United Nations General Assembly at 6 p.m. (CET) today.  The member of the Italian Government made his contribution during the high-level thematic debate “In a world of Risks. A New Commitment to  Peace”.

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Recall: 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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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Presentation to the press of the Telepresence Robot Project (Farnesina, 17 May 2016)

On Tuesday, 17 May, at 10:30 a.m., at the Farnesina, the Director General of Development Cooperation, Giampaolo Cantini, Prof. Pierluigi Beomonte Zobel of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Information Technology of the University of L’Aquila and Dr. Giorgio Felzani, Chief Medical Officer of the San Raffaele nursing home in Sulmona, will present to the […]

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Berlin – Culture Institutes and embassies join forces for “My Unique Jazz Festival”

A single Festival will feature the whole wealth of European jazz. Berlin will again host the “My Unique Jazz Festival” from 13 to 21 May. In addition to featuring musicians from more than 14 European Countries, this year’s edition will be co-organised by 13 European Institutes of Culture and embassies belonging to the network of […]

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Czech Republic – New guidelines to attract investments

The government of the Czech Republic has presented new guidelines for attracting investments. The regulations provide incentives for foreign investors and also for big foreign companies present in the country. These incentives focus on new strategic projects in the manufacturing sector with the creation of 500 new jobs, on strategic investments in technology and R&D […]

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Chongqing – Italy-China Innovation Week presented to the press

The Italy-China Science, Technology & Innovation Week 2016, which will be held in Italy from Oct. 25 to 27, was officially presented at a press conference in Chengdu by Italian Consul General in Chongqing, Sergio Maffettone, the Deputy Director-General of the Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province, Tian Yunhui, and the CEO of […]

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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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