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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Edinburgh – Giannetti’s ‘Religiosità’ at Photography Festival

The Retina Scottish International Photography Festival will open this evening with the work of Italian photographer Luigi Giannetti in a show entitled “Religiosità”, organized in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the first of seven exhibitions in seven parts of the city through 30 July. Read more, in Italian

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International Criminal Justice Day – Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni’s message

Today, 17 July, we celebrate the International Day of Criminal Justice in memory of a cardinal moment in the development of the rules for defending fundamental rights and punishing crimes that offend the very conscience of humankind. Indeed, the Statute adopted in Rome on 17 July 1998  made it possible to develop those instruments that […]

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Dei – Norway: Prysmian awarded contract for Uk-Norway electrical trunkline

Cable manufacturer Prysmian was awarded a 550 million EUR contract for the construction of two-thirds of an undersea electrical trunkline connecting the UK and Norway. The cable will be the world’s longest at an overall 730 kilometres, and is slated for completion in 2021. Commissioning the work are Norway’s Statnett and Britain’s National Grid.

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE: Presentation of the Statistical Yearbook for 2015 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in figures (Farnesina, 21.07.2015)

“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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Stuttgart – Wine label design competition for students in Germany

Designing the label for a bottle of Italian wine: that’s the idea behind a competition for students at the universities of Baden-Wurttemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland. The initiative was launched by the Italian Cultural Institute in Stuttgart and the University for Foreigners in Siena. Candidates have until 4 September 2015 to submit their designs for […]

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Tel Aviv – Contemporary Art: Italy and Israel, two worlds compared

Contemporary art will take centre stage at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv with an event entitled “Contemporary Art: Italy and Israel, two worlds compared”. Organised by the Institute in collaboration with Art Tribune, the event will include a presentation of issue “0” of Artribune Israel, whose editor in chief, Giorgia Calò, will be […]

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