15th Italian Language in the World Week – For a week, the world will speak and sing in Italian

The “Italian Language in the World Week”, now in its 15th edition, will run from 19 to 24 October 2015. This event, which takes place in the third week of October each year, is central to the promotion of the Italian language abroad. The “Week” is a collaboration by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]

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World Food day – Chinese-Italian dialogue in Beijing

Food security, the quality of agri-food production and consumers’ health are topics on which Italian and China have developed a fruitful relationship. A relationship that will be reinvigorated in Beijing on 16 October 2015 with the “3rd Chinese-Italian Dialogue on Food Security”, marking World Food Day. Organised by the Italian Embassy in China in collaboration […]

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Reminder: Accreditation notice: Model United Nations – ROMUN2015 (Farnesina, 19 October 2015)

A reminder that the closing ceremony of “ROMUN2015” will take place in the International Conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at 12.00 on Monday 19 October 2015. “ROMUN2015” is a simulation exercise for young people promoted by the Italian Society for International Organisation (SIOI UN Association of Italy) in collaboration […]

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Gentiloni: Italian Development Cooperation is growing again after years of decline, says Gentiloni

“Italian Development Cooperation is growing again after years of decline. The is a historic change that strengthens Italy’s international role in helping developing countries. The additional funding will enable our country to implement a realignment plan for our official development assistance and use our contribution to better effect. This will be done by financing international […]

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Italy-Romania: Della Vedova in Mission to Bucharest

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, arrived in Bucharest today, 15 October 2015, for a two-day mission to Romania. During his visit, the Under-Secretary will meet  the Foreign Minister, Bogdan Aurescu; the Minister for Public Finance, Eugen Orlando Teodorovici; the Deputy Foreign Minister, Daniel Ionita; and the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, […]

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Change of time – Accreditation notice: Model United Nations – ROMUN2015 (Farnesina, 19 October 2015)

The closing ceremony of “ROMUN2015” will take place in the International Conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at 12.00 (and not 12.30 as previously announced) on Monday 19 October 2015. “ROMUN2015” is a simulation exercise for young people promoted by the Italian Society for International Organisation (SIOI UN Association of […]

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Lisbon – A reading with music: “La strage dei congiuntivi” on tour

Contaminated by English, threatened by WhatsApp icons and ill-treated by text-speak, the Italian language seems increasingly under threat. But it’s time to celebrate our language worldwide. For the 15th Italian Language in the World Week, which runs from 19 to 24 October 2015, the theme is “The Italian of Music, the Music of Italian”. Lisbon […]

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Moscow – Italian design at WorldWide to consolidate its leading position

Saloni WorldWide Moscow, a key home furnishing and design trade show for Russia and neighbouring countries, will see a strong Italian presence of 280 out of 335 participating companies. Now in its 11th edition, Saloni WorldWide Moscow runs until Saturday 17 October. The Italian presence was organised by ICE-Italian Trade Agency in collaboration with FederlegnoArredo. […]

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Farnesina – Istituto Sant’Anna and Foreign Ministry to sign agreement

The Farnesina’s Legal Affairs Service is to sign a framework agreement with the Institute of Law, Politics and Development at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, headed by Andreas De Guttry. The agreement, which will be signed tomorrow 16 October 2015, is intended to intensify the Farnesina’s presence in the Italian academic world, in the […]

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Prague – Valensise in mission to Prague for institutional meetings

The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Michele Valensise, has visited Prague for meetings with a number of Czech institutions, including in light of Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s participation in the forthcoming Visegrad Group summit in mid-November. As the Italian Embassy in Prague reports, Valensise met the Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, Jakub Kulhanek, and the […]

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Expo – World Food Day – Italy’s pledge to contribution

  An Italy represented at the highest institutional levels took the occasion of World Food Day, celebrated at the Milan EXPO, to reconfirm its pledge to contribute to achieving the goal of a “generation without hunger” on a “planet at peace” because it is “nourished”. Concepts repeatedly underscored by both Head of State Sergio Mattarella […]

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Women have a strategic role in sustainable development, says Cantini

The Farnesina supports the initiative promoted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to give the proper emphasis to the role of women “in a crucial region [Middle East and North Africa – MENA] for our history and for our economic, social and cultural relations”. These were the words of Giampaolo Cantini, Director General […]

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