ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Press Conference: Paolo Gentiloni and UN Secretary General Special Representative for Libya, Bernardino Leon (Farnesina, 21 July 2015)

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni is scheduled to meet on Tuesday 21 July at 12:00 with the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Libya Bernardino Leon. The meeting will be followed by a joint press conference. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event should: – […]

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Tirana – Silence Teatro perform in Butrint amphitheatre

The splendid setting of Albania’s Butrint amphitheatre will host performances of “Voci straniere” by Italy’s Bergamo-based theatre company “Silence Teatro” under the direction of Luigi Pezzotti. The performances, scheduled from Saturday through Wednesday, are part of the 13the International Butrint Theatre Festival 2000 and have been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Tirana. Read […]

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Argentina – “Rossellini Project” comes to Latin America

The “Rossellini Project”, an initiative promoted by the Istituto Luce Cinecitta’, Cineteca of Bologna and CSC-Cineteca Nazionale, will take place in Argentina from 28 July to 5 August, and include nine works by the great film director. The cycle has already made stops in major European capitals and now comes to Latin America, thanks to […]

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Addis Ababa – Agreement with Italian firm for viewing Series A in Ethiopia

As a result of an agreement between the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) and TVN Media Group of Milan, the Series A matches of the Italian soccer championship will be available for the viewing pleasure of the 90 million inhabitants of Ethiopia, a country with strong historic ties with Italy. Read more, in Italian.

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Presentation of the Statistical Yearbook for 2015

“The Farnesina: numbers and facts”. That will be the key theme of the presentation of the Statistical Yearbook for 2015 at the Farnesina on Tuesday 21 July 2015. The event will open at 12.00 with an address by the Secretary General, Michele Valensise. Now in its 16th edition, the publication provides a statistical snapshot of […]

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‘The Farnesina: Numbers and Facts’ – Statistical Yearbook presentation

“The Farnesina: Numbers and Facts” will be the theme of the presentation of the Statistics Yearbook 2015, which will open at 12:00 at the Farnesina on 21 July with a speech by Secretary General Michele Valensise. Italian foreign policy numbers for 2014 The publication, now in its 16th edition, gives an overview of the numbers […]

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Four Italians abducted in the area of Mellitah

The Farnesina has announced that four Italian nationals have been abducted in Libya in the vicinity of the Mellitah Oil and Gas compound. The four men are employees of the Bonatti construction firm. The Crisis Unit began monitoring the case immediately and remains in continuous contact with the families of the four Italian national and […]

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Gentiloni meets with UN Special Envoy for the Sahel Hiroute Guebre Sellassie

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni met today at the Farnesina with the UN Secretary General’s special envoy for the Sahel, Hiroute Guebre Sellassie. “This was an important meeting to coordinate Italy’s actions in the Sahel with the strategy the special envoy is outlining for the region”, Minister Gentiloni said. “We are following […]

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Madrid – Mimaster, Italian illustrator offers a lesson in Spain

The Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid will host two encounters with award-winning Italian illustrator Emiliano Ponti and the heads of the prestigious “Mimaster Illustrazione” school on the occasion of IllustraTour 2015. Ponti’s works have been featured in periodicals, books and animation projects around the world that include the New York Times, Le Monde, The New […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Conference “Protecting and Promoting Human Rights” (Farnesina, 22 July 2015)

The conference “Protecting and Promoting Human Rights” will take place in the Farnesina’s International Conference Room  on Wednesday 22 July from 10:00 to 12:30. Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni will open the discussions. Organised by the Interministerial Committee on Human Rights (CIDU), the event involves PMs, NGOs, foreign diplomats and representatives […]

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Brazil – first exhibition of Marino Marini

The Pinacoteca of the State of Sao Paulo, museum of the Alderman for Culture of the State of Brazil, will host the exhibition “Marino Marini: from archaism to the end of form”. This will be Brazil’s first retrospective of the work of this Italian sculptor, known internationally for his bronzes and as one of the […]

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Prague – Infrastructure, Italy-Czech Republic cooperation growing

Ambassador of Italy to Prague Aldo Amati was accompanied by President of the Italo-Czech Chamber of Commerce Gianfranco Pinciroli to a meeting with the President of the South Moravia Region Michal Hasek and Mayor of Brno Petr Vokral. The meeting centred on Italy’s greater involvement in infrastructure projects planned for the area over the coming […]

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