Sanremo – Afghan military personnel and officials at law school

A training course for Afghan military personnel and government officials will be taking place from 29 November to 8 December 2014 at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in Sanremo. Organised with support from the Farnesina and NATO, the course is designed to improve participants’ awareness of the issues surrounding the application of international humanitarian […]

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Washington – Embassy hosts ISSNAF event

The Italian Embassy in Washington will host the 2014 ISSNAF Annual Event on 12 and 13 November. With over 3000 members, ISSNAF, the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation, is the principle network of its kind in the country. The event will host “Cyber-Sciences and Research: Promoting a Perfect Match, Avoiding a Perfect […]

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Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Grecia: avvia gare per gas e petrolio offshore (in translation)

Grecia: avvia gare per gas e petrolio offshore E’ stato lanciato il bando di gara per la concessione di licenze di esplorazione e sfruttamento di giacimenti di idrocarburi siti in tre distinte aree della Grecia occidentale. Il termine per la presentazione delle manifestazioni di interesse e’ stato fissato al 6 febbraio 2015. Nei prossimi giorni […]

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#Farnesina Space: ISS is an outpost for humanity, says Cristoforetti

“We’ve created a destination for human beings in the most hostile place that exists: space”. This was how Samantha Cristoforettiexplained the significance of the International Space Station (ISS), where the second long-term mission by the Italian Space Agency (ISA) is heading as part of the Futura project. Cristoforetti, captain and pilot in the Italian Air […]

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38ma Assemblea Nazionale UCOI

Consoli onorari: nei giorni di venerdì 7 e sabato 8 novembre si sono svolti a Roma, sotto l’Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica, la 38° Assemblea Nazionale dell’U.C.O.I. (Unione dei Consoli Onorari in Italia) e congiuntamente il 10° Congresso Internazionale dell’U.C.O.I.M. (Unione dei Consoli Onorari d’Italia nel Mondo) presso il Grand Hotel Ritz –ospiti del […]

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Presentazione della mostra “ADI Design Index” (Farnesina, 12 novembre 2014)

A reminder that the “ADI Design Index” exhibition, to run in Rome from 17 to 26 November, will be presented at the Farnesina in the presence of the diplomatic corps at 11:00 on 12 November 2014. The ADI (Industrial Design Association) is the largest Italian association of industrial design firms, designers and researchers and mounts […]

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Addis Ababa – Saxophonist Enzo Favata and the Addis Acoustic Band

Jazz music set the tone in Addis Ababa with a performance by Italian Saxophonist Enzo Favata and the famous Ethiopian group, the Addis Acoustic Band. The event took place at the African Union (AU) Commission during a ministerial conference attended by African cultural ministers, AU president Dlamini Zuma, and the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Mistretta. The […]

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Guatemala – Michelangelo’s “Rime” close Italian Language Week

“Le Rime di Michelangelo Buonarroti” is the title of the book presented at the closing event of the 14th Italian Language in the World Week in Guatemala. The theme of this year’s “Week” was “Writing the New Europe: Italian publishing, authors and readers in the digital age”. In a country with no Italian bookshops, the […]

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Berlin – Art and architecture of the Farnesina on display

The Italian Embassy in Berlin and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are showcasing Italian art and architecture of the 1950s as exemplified by the work of the artists and architects involved in creating the Farnesina building. Work started on the plans for the Ministry headquarters in 1940. The exhibition, organised as part of the Italian […]

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Bulgaria – Giuseppe Verdi’s “Macbeth” premières in Plovdiv

The première of a new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Macbeth”, the opera based on William Shakespeare’s play of the same name, will take place in Plovdiv on Tuesday 11 November 2014. This new version, produced by the Plovdiv State Opera in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia and director Nina Naydenova, will feature […]

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London – NOVA conference features “brain drain” of talented young Italians

The 14th annual NOVA conference has opened in London with a gala event at the Italian Embassy in London, hosted by Ambassador Pasquale Terracciano. NOVA is the network of Italian students taking, or who have taken, Masters in Business Administration (MBA) courses in foreign universities. The evening was dedicated to this “brain drain” of talented […]

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“Diplomazia e Dintorni – Il diplomatico poliedrico”

“Il diplomatico poliedrico: Silvio Mignano”, the next instalment in the new series of “Diplomazia e Dintorni” radio programmes, will be broadcast on Tuesday 11 November 2014 at 20:00. The programme will feature special guest Silvio Mignano: poet, story-teller, artist, illustrator and diplomat. Silvio Mignano has a degree in law and has been a diplomat since […]

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