ACCREDITATION NOTICE: Farnesina Open Doors – Rome (Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, 16 December 2014)

To mark the Semester of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union a “Farnesina Open Doors” cultural event will take place on Tuesday 16 December at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The event will be in two parts: – 19.00 Welcome address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and […]

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Caso Forti: Gentiloni consegna promemoria a Kerry e chiede sostegno per la possibile revisione del processo

Nel corso dell’incontro di ieri a Washington il Ministro Gentiloni ha consegnato al Segretario di Stato Kerry un Promemoria sulla vicenda del connazionale Enrico “Chico” Forti. Il connazionale è stato arrestato in Florida nel febbraio del 1998 e condannato all’ergastolo per omicidio, si è sempre proclamato innocente e ha richiesto ed ottenuto l’assistenza del Ministero […]

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Comunicato del Ministro Gentiloni sulla morte del Ministro Ziad Abu Ein

“Esprimo le mie condoglianze alle autorità e al popolo palestinesi per la tragica morte del Ministro Ziad Abu Ein”, con queste parole il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Paolo Gentiloni da New York ha commentato la notizia della morte del Ministro avvenuta oggi nel villaggio di Turmsayya nei pressi di Ramallah. “Confido […]

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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: Farnesina Porte Aperte

In occasione del Semestre di Presidenza Italiana del Consiglio dell’Unione Europea un evento culturale si svolgerà martedì 16 dicembre al Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale una nuova edizione dell’evento culturale “Farnesina Porte Aperte”, che si articolerà nei seguenti momenti: – ore 19.00: Intervento di benvenuto del Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della […]

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Barcelona – Servillo to stage “Le voci di dentro”

Eduardo De Filippo’s “Le voci di dentro” is being staged in Barcelona by Italian actor/director Toni Servillo as part of a tour that has already seen performances in Chicago, St. Petersburg, Paris, London and Madrid. The play will run until 13 December 2014 at Barcelona’s Lliure theatre. Future dates include Liège, Lyons and Budapest. Read […]

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Hanoi – Fashions by Gaudiomonte on display

Italian fashion designer Michele Gaudiomonte is showing his collections in Asia, with an exhibition in Hanoi that will run until 15 December 2014 to coincide with Vietnam’s spring-summer 2015 Fashion Week. As the Italian Ambassador, Lorenzo Angeloni, pointed out, Gaudiomonte’s creations are works of art produced using the finest Italian silks. The event was organised […]

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Cairo – Exhibition on Nefertari tomb, discovered by Schiaparelli

The photographic exhibition entitled “Nefertari 1904-2014” has opened in Cairo to mark the 110th anniversary of the discovery of Queen Nefertari’s tomb by the Italian archaeologist Ernesto Schiaparelli. The exhibition will be hosted in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square until 8 January 2015, after which it will transfer to Alexandria and Luxor. The event […]

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Turkey – Italy guest of honour at Izmir tourism fair

Italy was guest of honour at the tourism fair in Izmir, which attracted 30,000 visitors (a 50% increase on 2013) and about 800 exhibitors from 30 countries. Our country was represented by the Italian Embassy in Ankara and by 20 travel agencies and tour operators and representatives of EXPO Milano 2015, all hosted in the […]

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United Kingdom – Europe’s growth will be channelled through Venice

The need to revitalise infrastructure investment in Europe as a driver of growth. That was the theme of a workshop organised by the Italian Embassy in London and the Venice Port Authority, held at the Residence of Ambassador Pasquale Terracciano. The event included a presentation on the Venice Offshore-Onshore Transfer System, one of the projects […]

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Amsterdam – First Italian-Dutch dictionary 1672-2014

“The First Italian-Dutch Dictionary 1672-2014”, edited by Vincenzo Lo Cascio, professor emeritus in Italian linguistics at the University of Amsterdam, has been presented at the same University. The work is the fruit of Professor Lo Cascio’s research on “Italiaansche Spraakkonst”, the first Italian grammar produced in Italian and dating from 1672. As the Italian Ambassador […]

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Czech Republic – Cultural events app now available

“Eunic App”, which enables users to keep up with the cultural initiatives organised by a number of Embassies and Cultural Institutes of European countries, will be presented on 9 December 2014 at the Café Nona in Prague. The app was created by a working group set up by the Italian Cultural Institute, the Camoes Institute, […]

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Italian-Latin American Forum on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises – PYMES (Villa Madama, 12 December 2014)

The closing event of the Italian-Latin American Forum on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises –PYMES will take place from 09.00 to 18.00 on Friday 12 December 2014 at Villa Madama. The Forum was organised by the Farnesina and the Italian-Latin American Institute (IILA). The proceedings will be opened by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International […]

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