Roma – Round Table on Iranian Infrastructure

The focus was on Iranian infrastructure today at the offices of the national builders association (Ance), where a round table was organised by the Farnesina and the Agenzia ICE and Ance. Participants in the discussion, opened by Under-Secretary Benedetto Della Vedova, included the heads of Ance, Ice, Sace and Confindustria, along with a high-level Iranian […]

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South Africa – Embassy of Italy awards competition prizes

The Embassy of Italy in South Africa awarded the prizes to the four winners – Itumeleng Moleko (first prize winner), Nhleketo Nkanyane, Duduzile Mahlangu and Ntokozo Maluleka – of a photography contest involving 28 students of the Rivoningo elementary school in Soshanguvu, Pretoria. The participants were asked to photograph their daily activities with digital cameras […]

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Pakistan – Italian experts on the ground for Multan

Italy has always stood by Pakistan in the defence of its cultural treasures. Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo was present for the signing of a project that will place Italian experts with the “Sustainable, Social, Economic and Environmental Revitalization in the Historic Core of Multan City” project, developed by the Milan Polytechnic Foundation with the support of […]

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Malta – Celebration of Italy’s entry into the UN

La Valletta commemorated the 60th anniversary of Italy joining the United Nations. The evening, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute at the Spazju Kreattiv-Saint James Cavalier, coincided with Human Rights Day 2015. Theinstitute’s director Salvatore Schirmo pointed out the prominent role in the promotion of human rights and peacekeeping operations that Italy has played since […]

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Belgrade – Wearing beauty, Exhibition on Italian jewellery

An exhibition currently under way in Belgrade offers visitors a chance to admire the best in Italian high-end jewellery – rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets – and was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of that city (Kneza Miloša 56) in collaboration with the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte of Milan and the Museo del […]

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Italy strengthens cooperation with Caricom

Italy has strengthened cooperation with the Caribbean Community (Caricom). In the margins of the recent COP21 in Paris, the foreign ministry’s special envoy for the Caribbean Paolo Serpi joined Caricom secretary general Irwin LaRocque in signing the renewal of a memorandum of cooperation between Italy and that organisation, which had expired in 2014 and was […]

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Washington – Art, in search of 20th century Italy with “Le onde”

“Le Onde: Waves of Italian Influence (1914–1971)”, running through 3 January at Washington’s Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, features the works of seminal 20th century Italian artists such as Lucio Fontana, Giacomo Balla and Giovanni Anselmo. The exhibition has been made possible with the support of the Embassy of Italy and Italian Cultural Institute […]

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Chile – 2016 makes a lyric start

The Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago del Chile will kick off 2016 with an introductory course in Opera, aimed at covering the history of the genre up to the 20th century and offering a better understanding of what has been called the art that combines all the arts. The nine-part initiative has been organised by […]

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2015 Report on Human Development

The Farnesina is host to the presentation in Italy of the UNDP 2015 Work for Human Development.  Participants in the event include Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General within the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Antonio Vigilante, Professor of Economic Statistics of the University of Rome Tor Vergata Enrico Giovannini and the Farnesina’s Director […]

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EU: Minister Gentiloni on the opening of Serbia’s accession negotiations

“A significant step forward in Belgrade’s efforts toward for European integration, and an important stage in its definitive re-entry into the common European house”, was Minister for Foreign Affair and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni’s response to the opening today in Brussels of the first two chapters (financial capital and relations between Belgrade and Pristina) in […]

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Cuba: Italy signs historic debt-restructuring agreement

Italy joined 13 other Paris Club members on 12 December in signing an historic debt-restructuring agreement with Cuba, which has been in default since 1986. The agreement provides for payment over 18 years of back payments and the gradual cancellation of late payment interest. Italy is the fourth-ranked creditor, with a share in the debt […]

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Disarmament – Italy five years ahead of schedule on complete destruction of national cluster bomb stockpiles

Italy has completed its destruction of national cluster bomb stockpiles five years ahead of the date set by article 3 of the Oslo Convention (March 2020). Our country has been strongly committed for years on this theme, and is a leader in all the international forums on the matter. To this end, during the first […]

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