Brazil – Sao Paolo hosts “Short film day” 2015

Short Film Day 2015, which features some of the best Italian short films produced over the year, is being hosted by Sao Paolo. The event, on 21 December at the Italian Cultural Institute, will feature seven films: “L’attesa del maggio” by Simone Massi, “La salita” by Francesca Barison, “Eternit” by Giovanni Aloi, “Lo so che […]

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Bosnia – Italian help for communities hit by floods continues

Italy continues to help the institutions and communities of Bosnia Herzegovina affected by flooding last year. As part of the reconstruction effort, the Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGDC) at the Farnesina has donated equipment to five farming associations and 57 businesses run by women in the Maglaj region. The project amounts to one million […]

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Brussels‎ – Italy and the diplomacy of the Great War

“Italy and the Diplomacy of the Great War” is the title of an exhibition that opens at the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels on 14 January 2016. The exhibition features treaties, telegrams, confidential letters, memoirs, photos and images, posters and pamphlets from World War I. The exhibits were sourced through research by the archivists at […]

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Dei – United Arab Emirates: study on Italian business presented

Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno, a research centre linked to the Intesa Sanpaolo group, has presented its study entitled “Outlook – Italian business in the United Arab Emirates”. This is the first systematic study of Italian business in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Italian-Emirates economic and industrial partnership. The study is the […]

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Italy-Chile “Divina proporzione”

“Divina Proporzione: il Rinascimento italiano dal punto di vista cileno contemporaneo” is the title of an exhibition organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago in collaboration with our Embassy in Chile. Curated by Victoria Jime’nez, the exhibition will feature the work of artists Carlos Vidal Carvacho and Sebastian Martinez Fadic and will run from […]

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Shanghai – Salone del Mobile: Chinese debut in November 2016

The Salone del Mobile will make its Chinese debut in Shanghai from 19 to 21 November 2016, at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The fair is organised by Federlegno Arredo Eventi. The event was organised with full collaboration from the government, most notably Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, the Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Carlo Calenda, ICE-Italian […]

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Khartoum Italian Language in the World Week – events in Sudan

The curtain has come down on the events in Sudan to celebrate the 15th “Italian Language in the World Week”, dedicated this year to “The Italian of Music, the Music of Italian”. November and December 2015 have seen numerous events organised by the Italian Embassy in Khartoum, focusing on Italian music, language and cuisine. Worthy […]

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Libya – agreement signed for government of national unity

Agreement on Government of National Accord signed yesterday in Skhirat, Morocco Yesterday, 17 December, was “a day of hope”, declared Minister Gentiloni, who was present at the signing ceremony along with Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Libya. “Italy is ready to do its part to give the country stability […]

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Syria – Minister Paolo Gentiloni participates in the Ministerial Meeting on the Syrian crisis in New York

The Ministerial Meeting on the Syrian crisis, takes place today in New York in the format of the International Syria Support Group, which brings together representatives of China, Egypt, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, the European Union(High […]

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Dei – Internationalisation of business: the new NIBI courses

Enrolment is open for the 7th edition of the Executive Masters in the Internationalisation of Business run by NIBI, the business school created by the Chamber of Commerce of Milan and Promos. The Farnesina takes part in the sessions dedicated to Strategies for Internationalisation. The course is for managers, professionals, consultants and entrepreneurs intending to […]

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Italy and European Commission launch first Trust Fund Africa project

One month on from the Euro-Africa summit in La Valletta, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica and MFAIC Director General for Development Cooperation Giampaolo Cantini signed the first contract within the context of the EU Trust Fund regarding the deep-seated causes of migration from Africa. By this agreement, the European Commission delegates […]

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Italy and European Commission launch first Trust Fund Africa project

One month on from the Euro-Africa summit in La Valletta, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica and MFAIC Director General for Development Cooperation Giampaolo Cantini signed the first contract within the context of the EU Trust Fund regarding the deep-seated causes of migration from Africa. By this agreement, the European Commission delegates […]

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