NPT: Farnesina concerned over failure to adopt final document of the Review Conference of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty

“The Farnesina has noted with concern the failure to adopt a final document at the five-yearly Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which has just ended in New York. The failure was caused by the diverging views of the States Party, especially on the preparation of […]

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Terrorist attacks in Syria: UN Security Council decision important result of action by Italian government, says Gentiloni

“The decision of the United Nations Security Council’s decision is an important result of the action by the Italian government”. This was how the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, and the Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities and Tourism, Dario Franceschini, expressed their approval of the initiative taken by the United […]

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Conclusion of international conference at the Farnesina on UN Security Council reform

The international conference “Pathways for a more inclusive and accountable Security Council” on the reform of the UN Security Council, hosted by Italy in its capacity of “focal point” of the Uniting for Consensus group, concluded today. The event was divided into two sessions that offered an opportunity for open and constructive dialogue on all […]

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Afghanistan, members of the Afghan parliament “at school” in Italy

A training course for members of the Afghan parliament was organized by the Italian Lower House (Chamber of Deputies) in collaboration with the Luis-Libera Università Internazionnale delle Scienze Sociali Guido Carli, with the contribution of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The session opened with a comparative training module on how a legislative […]

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Budapest – Media and propaganda recalling the Great War

On the centennial of Italy’s entry into the First World War, the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest organized a meeting on war propaganda, presenting the story of the “Giornale sul soldato Tirolese” and the magazine ‘Tiroler Soldaten-Zeitung’, published during the Great War by the Landesverteidigungskommando of the Tyrol region, which hosted a literary supplement and […]

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Mexico – Exhibition on the art of restoration in Italy

“Restoration in Italy” is the title of an exhibition to take place from 29 May to 26 June at the Italian Cultural Institute of Mexico City. A total of 25 panels illustrating the history and activities of the Institute for Advanced Conservation and Restoration (ISCR), a centre of excellence of international renown, and whose projects […]

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UN: International Conference on Security Council reform opens today at the Farnesina

Italy supports a reform of the UN Security Council in the aim of making it more representative, transparent, efficient and accountable. As “focal point” of the Uniting for Consensus Group, Italy hosted an international meeting that opened today at the Farnesina with speeches by State Secretary Mario Giro and Secretary General Michele Valensise. The meeting, […]

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Italy-Ukraine: Under-Secretary Della Vedova in Kiev

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova made a visit to Kiev on 19 and 20 May. His meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Natalia Galibarenko, whose participants included representatives of the Ukraine agriculture and energy ministries and of the state agency for energy savings and efficiency, focused on the preparations for […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Farnesina Collection, meeting with artist Nicola Carrino (Farnesina, 26 May 2015)

The first in a cycle of a series of encounters with artists featured in the Farnesina Art Collection will take place on Tuesday 26 May at 17:00 at the Farnesina, organised within the context of “Farnesina Doors Open” week (22-29 May). The guest artist will be Nicola Carrino. The encounter will be opened by Deputy […]

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Egyptian Museum of Turin: Conference in Cairo

The Italian Cultural Institute hosted a conference with the Director of the Archaeological Museum of Turin, Professor Christian Greco, entitled “Museo Egizio. 1824-2015: Nuove connessioni e contestualizzazione archeologica”. One of Europe’s main Egyptology centres “At the start of the 19th century, the Egyptian Museum of Turin was one of the principal centres for Egyptology in […]

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Cuba – Pistoletto and Tibaldi at the Havana Biennale

Italy will be represented at the 12th Havana Biennale, this year entitled “Between the Idea and the Experience”, by a piece by Eugenio Tibaldi (winner of the 2013 Maretti Prize), and by Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “The Third Paradise”. The works will be on display from 22 to 24 May at the Fototeca de Cuba with the […]

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London – A new meeting of “Primo Approdo” on 10 June

On 10 June, the Consulate General of London will host the next in the “Primo Approdo” cycle of seminars for young Italians recently emigrated to England and Wales. The cycle was conceived by the Consulate General on an idea of Ambassador of Italy to London Pasquale Terracciano. Read more, in Italian

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