January 27, 2016 – Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is particularly important in Italy, which is one of the world’s first countries to have institutionalised this commemoration with a specific State Law in 2000, ahead of similar international initiatives by the UN and the European Union. Like every year, the Italian institutions in Israel will be honouring Remembrance Day with a programme […]

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Cracow – Memories between past and present

The Italian Cultural Institute in Cracow has again this year, on the 71st anniversary of Remembrance Day, renewed its commitment to mark the event by organising an exhibition dedicated to the theme: Memories between past and present. The Holocaust and the drama of recent migrations: moments of mankind’s history divided in time but profoundly sharing […]

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Space: Italy to Be Part of United Arab Emirates Space Programme’s Mission to Mars

Italy will contribute to the development of the United Arab Emirates’ new and ambitious space programme to become the first Arab country to reach Mars with a satellite in six years. The president of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Roberto Battiston, signed a framework cooperation agreement with the UAE Agency in Abu Dhabi today during […]

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New York – ‘Meet the New Italians of NYC’ holds first meeting of 2016

The “Meet the New Italians of New York” project is holding its first meeting of 2016. The project is sponsored by the Italian Consulate General in the city and aims to attract the new generation of Italians, encouraging their participation in the activities of the Italian economic system. In recent days, young Italian researchers and […]

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Tirana – Holocaust Memorial Day marked by Rome film

On Wednesday, in commemoration of the Holocaust Memorial Day, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana together with the Tirana Youth Centre, will screen the documentary “Oro Macht Frei” (“Gold Will Set You Free”). The film, directed by Jeffrey X. Bonna, produced by Joel Markel and Catherine Campbell and written by Ms Campbell herself, narrates the […]

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Sydney – Pianist Alessandra Garosi to open ‘Vivacissimo!’

Pianist Alessandra Garosi will play “Italian Rhapsody” to open the 2016 season of the “Vivacissimo!” series organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney. The programme of recitals has been conceived and created to present internationally acclaimed artists in alternation with new talents whom the Institute is seeking to make more visible outside Italy. On […]

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Mexico – Italian Embassy sends mission to Playa del Carmen

An official from the Italian Embassy in Mexico City will be on a mission to Playa del Carmen on Feb. 3 and 4 to collect the fingerprints of fellow Italians applying for a passport. Similar missions will take place in other parts of the country over the coming months, all of which will be flagged […]

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Gentiloni-Zarif talks – Gentiloni: relaunching a fundamental relationship for the stability of the region

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to Palazzo della Farnesina this morning, as part of President Hassan Rouhani’s first visit abroad after Implementation Day, which marked on January 16 the coming into force of the agreement on the nuclear programme and the removal […]

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Rouhani in Rome – Ministers Gentiloni and Zarif meet today in Rome

Today Palazzo della Farnesina hosts a meeting between the Italian and Iranian Foreign Ministers, Paolo Gentiloni and Mohammad Javad Zarif, as part of the historic visit by President Hassan Rouhani to Rome, the initial stop on his first trip in Europe. This contact between Rome and Teheran is even more meaningful because it is scheduled […]

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SERVICE NOTE FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: CANCELLATION of the Gentiloni-Zarif press conference (Palazzo della Farnesina, January 26, 2016)

The press conference of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni and the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, scheduled for tomorrow January 26, at Palazzo della Farnesina, has been cancelled.

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SERVICE NOTE FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF – “Supporting Syria and the Region Conference 2016” (London, February 4, 2016)

On February 4, 2016, London will be hosting the conference on the Syrian crisis “Supporting Syria and the Region”, in which the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will be taking part. The representatives of the media interested in attending the event will need to acquire accreditation by following the procedure described on […]

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SERVICE NOTICE FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF – “SMALL GROUP” Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to counter Daesh/ISIL (Palazzo della Farnesina, 2 February 2016)

On Tuesday, 2 February at 9:00 a.m. the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to counter Daesh/ISIL will be held at the Palazzo della Farnesina in a “SMALL GROUP” format (formed by 23 Countries + European Union, as contained in the list).   The meeting will be co-chaired by Minister Paolo Gentiloni and by the […]

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