After EXPO Milan, Italy will be heading to Antalya and Astana for the International Expositions

Italy has notified the authorities in Turkey and Kazakhstan of its formal decision to accept the invitations to take part in the next international expositions, in Antalya in 2016 and Astana in 2017. The two Expositions, which will be held in a regulatory framework established by the Bureau International des Expositions, are intermediate stages between […]

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Amsterdam – “The Netherlands for Beginners”: advice and suggestions for life in the land of tulips and happiness

The Dutch labour market is profoundly different from Italy’s. So, with the aim of providing advice to young Italian emigrants, the Committee for Italians Abroad (Com.It.Es) at The Hague, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam, has organised an event entitled “The Netherlands for Beginners”. The event enjoys the patronage and support of […]

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New York – Olivetti, 50 years of Italian innovation on display in the Big Apple

Olivetti will be taking part in an exhibition in New York entitled “Make in Italy – The Exhibition” and running from 13 to 25 November at the Italian Cultural Institute. The company, which produced P101, the first personal computer conceived by Pier Giorgio Perotto, will also be presenting the new 3D-S2 printer. Designed for digital […]

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Accreditation Notice: “Including Disability in Development Cooperation: Experiences of Collaboration between Governments, NGOs and DPOs” (Farnesina, 18 November 2015)

The “Including Disability in Development Cooperation” conference taking place at the Farnesina on 18 November 2015 has been organised jointly by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation and the Italian Disability and Development Network. It is intended for the representatives of all the institutions and civil society bodies working to include the disability dimension in […]

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Helsinki – Italian start-ups at Slush, a global showcase for innovation

Italian innovation will be showcased in Helsinki, where 20 of our start-ups and accelerators will be taking part in “Slush”, a two-day event featuring big global names from the ICT and digital worlds. This is the first time Italy has taken part, with a pavilion supported by the Italian Embassy in Finland and by a […]

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UNHCR: Filippo Grandi has been nominated by the Secretary General of the United Nations as the High Commissioner for Refugees. Gentiloni expresses great satisfaction: a recognition of Italy’s efforts on behalf of refugees

“The decision by the Secretary General of the United Nations to submit Filippo Grandi’s nomination to the General Assembly as High Commissioner for Refugees is a source of great satisfaction for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and for Italy. I wish to thank the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, for this choice. It is a recognition […]

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Italy has been re-elected to the UNESCO Executive Council for its fifth consecutive mandate

Italy was re-elected today, 11 November 2015, for its fifth consecutive mandate as member of the Executive Council of UNESCO. The election took place during the 38th meeting of UNESCO’s General Conference in Paris. The election saw Italy and Greece winning the highest number of votes – 165 from 186 voters – from the western […]

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Balkans: 250,000 euro from Italian development cooperation to help migrants in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Italian Development Cooperation has decided to allocate further multilateral emergency funding of 250,000 euro to help the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia tackle the refugee emergency. Most of the large numbers of refugees entering the country are from the Middle East, and travel along the “Balkans Route”. The new Italian funding is intended to support […]

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Development Cooperation has allocated a further 2 million euro for Syrian refugees

Italian Development Cooperation has allocated new funding of two million euro to help Syrian refugees housed in camps in Jordan and Lebanon. The emergency funding is part of Italy’s humanitarian aid plan for the Syrian crisis, which for 2015 amounts to about 20 million euro, making a total of nearly 79 million since the start […]

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Arte chiama arte prize 2015 featuring Pinocchio

This year sees the fourth edition of the “Arte chiama arte” prize, conceived by Andrea Franceschetti and launched in 2012 by the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai. Participants have included the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, the East China Normal University and Contesta Rockhair.  Each year, the competition asks a group of Chinese artists […]

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Afghanistan – Support for the international community against the growing threat posed by Da’esh, says Gentiloni

The international community’s commitment in Afghanistan should be aiming to “close the last chapters of a story that has gone on for 12-13 years. It should also be aiming to tackle a threat that in part is new, most notably the growth of Da’esh, and to manage migration, given that this year Afghanistan has become […]

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Rabat – Castiglioni unveils Italian excellence in design

Excellence in Italian design will be unveiled by architect Piero Castiglioni at a lecture in Rabat, in Morocco, entitled “Luce-Architettura, la luce in-visibile”. Castiglioni will illustrate projects where lighting plays an important part, such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Quirinal Palace in Rome, the […]

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