Athens – Winner of 2015 Strega Prize meets public

The winner of the 2015 Strega Prize, Nicola Lagioia, was invited to an evening in Athens. It was organised by the Italian Institute of Culture with Megaron Plus cultural programme organiser. Athens was chosen because one of the committees concurring in awarding the prestigious literary award is there, and each year, the winner is invited […]

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New Delhi – “Bravo, Bravissimo!”, Teatro Verde Company fascinates Indian audiences

After winning last year’s “Best puppet musical cabaret award” at the Harmony World Puppet Carnival (the world’s most famous marionette and puppet festival), this year Rome’s Teatro Verde Company represents Italy at the 14th edition of the Ishara International Puppet Festival 2016 in India. The Roman company gave life to the Festival alongside eight more […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the six Founding Countries of the European Union – (Villa Madama, 9 February) – Recall

On Tuesday, 9 February 2016 the meeting of the six EU Founding Countries’ Foreign Ministers will be held at Villa Madama A press point will be held at 7:00 p.m. approx. Journalists, photographers and TV cameramen interested in attending are kindly requested to apply for online accreditation by filling the interactive form at the link […]

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Italy-USA – Friendly basketball diplomacy match

The basketball teams of the Italian Foreign Ministry and of the United States Embassy in Rome played in a friendly match on Feb. 6 with a view to consolidating the friendship between Italy and the U.S. in an afternoon spent playing a charity basketball game while the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, is on […]

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Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Founding Countries of the European Union

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni will host a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the six founders of the European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) tomorrow at Villa Madama in Rome,  in anticipation of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome signed on 25 March, […]

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Italian Consortium wins largest ESO contract for giant E-ELT telescope

  A consortium formed by three Italian companies (Astaldi, Cimolai and EIE Group) was the winning bidder of the international tender to build the dome and the main structure for the (ESO) European Southern Observatory’s giant optical telescope E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope). In an extraordinary meeting held in Garching, Germany (Munich) on February 3, […]

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Assolombarda – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Event

A joint event was held today in Milan by Assolombarda and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support the internationalisation of companies operating in the Lombardy Region. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen the partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Assolombarda to promote the greater internationalisation of local enterprises, particularly in […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF – Meeting of the six EU Founding Countries’ Foreign Ministers – (Villa Madama 9 February 2016)

On Tuesday, 9 February 2016 the meeting of the six EU Founding Countries’ Foreign Ministers will be held at Villa Madama A press point  will be held at 7:00 p.m. approx. Journalists, photographers and TV cameramen interested in attending are kindly requested to apply for online accreditation by filling the interactive form at the link […]

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Diplomatic documents can be consulted after thirty years

Italian and foreign historians, researchers and students will progressively be given access to ever-more recent diplomatic documents. Through a ministerial decree, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, has shortened the time required to access official documents from 50 to 30 years. The decree represents a further significant step towards making the […]

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USA – Italy president of the eu’s ‘protecting our heritage’ programme

“Protecting our Heritage” is the name of a programme proposed by the “EUNIC” network (European National Institutes of Culture), of which Italy is the rotating president for 2016 in Washington through the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). The initiative, under the patronage of UNESCO and supported by the EU’s permanent delegation to Washington, has two […]

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Argentina – On show the Unesco heritage sites seen by 14 italian photographers

Buenos Aires will host the exhibition “UN.IT UNESCO Italia: The world heritage sites in the work of 14 Italian photographers” from Mar. 3 to Apr. 3. The exhibition, which will be inaugurated by Minister of Heritage and Cultural Activities and Tourism (MIBACT) Dario Franceschini, has been organised by the Farnesina and MIBACT in partnership with […]

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Berlin – The best of the Trentino’s fruit and vegetables at the Fruit Logistica

A promotional stand has been set up to advertise local companies and producers to German buyers. Italy’s Trentino Region is getting excellent feedback in terms of interest and business contacts at Berlin’s Fruit Logistica fresh produce trade show, which is scheduled to close today. Local producers are represented by the Apot, Melinda, La Trentina and […]

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