Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Secretary General summons U.S. Ambassador to Italy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Secretary General Michele Valensise summoned the U.S. Ambassador to Italy, John Phillips, to request clarifications over reports published in today’s papers, according to which American agencies were supposed to have tapped former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and some of his close associates in 2011. While referencing the new measures for confidentiality […]

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Istanbul – Giorgio De Chirico’s works to be displayed at the Pera Museum

Giorgio de Chirico’s works will be displayed in Istanbul. In the heart of Beyoglu, at just a few steps from the Galata tower, the Pera Museum will present an exhibition of the master of the metaphysical art movement from tomorrow February 24 to May 1 – the first ever in Turkey. Organized by the Giorgio […]

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Italy and Holy See celebrate anniversary of Lateran Pacts

The 87th anniversary of the Lateran Pacts (32nd of the Modification to the Concordat) between Italy and the Holy See will be celebrated today at Palazzo Borromeo in Rome, the headquarters of the Italian Embassy to the Holy See. The event will be an important opportunity for dialogue about bilateral relations. Italy’s highest authorities and […]

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DEI – Poland announces 230 billion euro plan to relaunch its economy

Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development, Mateusz Morawiecki unveiled an economic development plan which includes ambitious measures geared  to stimulate growth and to support the innovation and competitiveness of the country’s economic system. Mr Morawiecki explained that the aim of the plan is to bring Poland’s per capita GDP up to the EU […]

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Italy’s Foreign Ministry Summons US Ambassador

Italy’s Foreign Ministry summoned US Ambassador to Italy, John Phillips, to request clarifications over rumors in the press that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and some of his closest advisors were subjected to wiretapping in 2011.

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Italy makes a contribution to the populations of the Fiji Islands

Following the passing of tropical cyclone “Winston” – which swept over the Fiji Archipelago last weekend – Italian Cooperation, in coordination with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, will allocate to the Fiji Red Cross Society – through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – a contribution of 100,000 Euros […]

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Italy and Mexico discuss fighting transnational crime

Italian ambassador to Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, accompanied by Counsellor Simone Landini and by the Embassy’s security expert, Major Guido Iannelli, met Jose’ Alberto Rodriguez Calderon, Mexico’s Deputy Attorney General for Legal and International Affairs of the Attorney General’s Office. The meeting focused on joint activities in fighting transnational crime and on several bilateral judicial […]

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Athens – Pandolfini & Siaterli archive goes on display in Athens

An exhibition on “Italian Artists of the ’70s and ’80s” will be staged by the Italian Institute of Culture in Athens at the third “Print Fest” on graphic arts and printing. The exhibition will run from Mar. 2 to Mar. 22, is drawn from the archive of the “Athens Engraving Art Centre – Pandolfini & […]

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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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