Khartoum – Cooperation and migration, Italy in the forefront in Sudan

Italy is in the forefront in managing the migration phenomenon in a strategic Country like Sudan. This was confirmed by a delegation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and of the Ministry of the Interior during a recent joint mission to Khartoum. The mission was made up by Foreign Ministry representatives […]

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Tirana – Architecture and landscape, dialogue between Italian and Albanian experts

“Evoked – Architectural Diptychs” is the title of the exhibition that will open this afternoon at Tirana’s Fab Gallery-University of Arts. Organised by the Albanian National Territorial Planning Agency, the Bari Polytechnic and Albania’s INTBAU (International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism) in partnership with the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC), will be free […]

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Rome – Call for applications to teach Italian abroad

People with a teaching diploma have until March 7 to apply to teach Italian language at a University abroad. The call for applications is aimed at creating a ranking by geographic regions and can be viewed and downloaded, together with the application form, at the website of the University for Foreigners of Siena. The project […]

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Istanbul – Italian Institute of Culture in Istanbul seeks a director

The Italian Institute of Culture in Istanbul seeks a director of excellent repute. Applications must be received by the Directorate General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the deadline of 28 March 2016. The appointment will be for a period of two years, renewable only once for […]

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Mission of Undesecretary of State Benedetto Della Vedova in Minsk

Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova will be in Minsk from today until 24 February, leading a delegation of entrepreneurialassociations and businessmen. Mr Della Vedova will co-chair the first Italian-Belarusian business forum. The delegation consists of representatives of the Farnesina, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) and […]

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Invest Your Talent in Italy 2.0 – Memorandum of Understanding to Relaunch Project to Attract Human Capital from Abroad Signed at the Farnesina

Attracting foreign talents to support the internationalisation of Italian companies is the mainspring of Invest Your Talent in Italy 2.0, a project aimed at boosting the competitiveness of the Italian production system and bolstering its  internationalisation process. Ten years after its first edition, the program promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation […]

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Uruguay – Punta del Este International Film Festival opens its 19th edition

‎Uruguay’s Punta del Este International Film Festival has opened its 19th edition. The festival, hosted in one of Latin America’s biggest beach resorts, this year celebrates the 65th anniversary from the inauguration of the Palacio del Festival, which was its first venue. The festival will run from February 21 to 27 and, like every year, […]

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Brussels – “Being Leonardo da Vinci”: an impossible interview by Finazzer Flory

An impossible interview with Leonardo da Vinci in order to unveil the true dimension of his genius. Massimiliano Finazzer Flory dons period costumes to stage his most ambitious project: “Being Leonardo da Vinci. An Impossible Interview”. The performance will be staged in the theatre of the Italian Institute of Culture in Brussels on Tuesday, Feb. […]

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Beijing – Italian Embassy in China offers a prize to commemorate Umberto Eco

‎Italy’s diplomatic network in China pays a tribute to Umberto Eco. The Italian Embassy in Beijing, in partnership with the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC), has decided to award a prize in honour of the writer, semiologist and philosopher who died recently at 84. The announcement was made by the Italian Ambassador, Ettore Sequi, at […]

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Moscow – Photobiennale’s Graziani Arici archive takes centre stage

The precious and rich archive of Graziano Arici, one of Italy’s most important photographers and archivists, has arrived in Russia for the first time. The exhibition “Graziano Arici. Venice. The culture of the world and its faces” has just opened at the Moscow Manege, the large exhibition space opposite the Kremlin, and is part of […]

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Foreign Minister Gentiloni in Turkey

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will be in Turkey from February 21 to 23 to attend a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Çavuşoğlu and the third meeting of the High Level Partnership Forum on Somalia. Only a few months after the talks in Brussels on the sidelines of the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting of […]

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs pays tribute to Eco; Italian Institutes of Culture to commemorate him through 2016

The ​Italian cultural world grieves the enormous loss of Umberto Eco, a master of Italian culture who has helped make it known and loved around the world.  The Farnesina will protect his cultural, social and human heritage of works, also translated into 100 languages beyond Italian frontiers. To commemorate Umberto Eco’s artistic legacy, the Farnesina has decided to have its network of 80 Italian […]

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