a Ministerial Conference on support for the Lebanese armed forces

On Tuesday 17 June 2014, at 10:00, a ministerial conference on support for the Lebanese armed forces will take place in the International Conference Room of the Farnesina, in which delegations of all the countries engaged in efforts to support Lebanon will participate. Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini will open the sessions along with […]

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Minister Mogherini meets with foreign minister of the Republic of Finlandia Erkki Sakari Tuomioja

Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini met in Rome today with her Finnish opposite number Erkki Sakari Tuomioja. First on the agenda was convergence and collaboration between Rome and Helsinki on the priorities of the Italian EU Council Presidency, from the Western Balkans to the Mediterranean, with particular regard for Libya and immigration. Other key […]

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Turkey: B2B meetings in September

The 3rd edition of the Match for Industry Business Matching Event will take place on 25 and 26 September 2014, organised jointly by the Kocaeli Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Industry, East Marmara ABIGEM (European-Turkish Business Centres Network), Enterprise Europe Network-Luxembourg and other sector organisations to promote cooperation between Turkish  and European firms and […]

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ILO – Italy elected President of the governmental group

It was announced that Italy has been elected president of the Governmental Group of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for 2014/2015. This is the first time that our country will shoulder that responsibility. Embassy Counsellor Marilina Armellin of the Italian Permanent Mission to the UN will coordinate the positions and act as spokesperson for the […]

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Budapest – Art, film, music: Italian cultural along the banks of the Danube

The Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest introduces “Stagione italiana 2014/15” on 19 June: 365 days of exhibition, theatre, concerts, film, cultural events and many other things, offering the public the possibility to experience Italy in all its many facets along the banks of the Danube. Read more in Italian.

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NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: Ministro Mogherini meets with her Czech colleague Zaoralek (Farnesina, 13 June 2014)

On Friday 13 June at 11:00, Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini is scheduled to meet at the foreign ministry in Rome with her Czech colleague Lubomir Zaoralek. A press conference will follow. Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event should: – complete the interactive form available athttp://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp – […]

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Iraq: Abduction of Turkish Consul in Mosul condemned

The Italian government firmly condemns yesterday’s abduction of Consul General Yilmaz Ozturk and otherstaff of the Turkish Consulate General in Mosul, Iraq. As a country that is both friend and ally to Turkey, the Italian government wishes to extend its solidarity to the Turkish authorities, with whom it assures its maximum willingness to collaborate. As […]

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Varsavia – Ricercatori italiani al ‘Science Picnic’ (in translation)

C’erano anche i ricercatori dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanita’ di Roma al ‘Science Picnic’ organizzato come ogni anno a Varsavia dalla Radio Polacca e dal Centro di Scienza Copernico. Sono state 200 le istituzioni scientifiche, tra polacche ed estere, che hanno preso parte alla manifestazione, arrivata ormai alla 18esima edizione e considerata la piu’ grande del […]

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Vienna – UN Committee on the Peaceful Use of Space meets

The 57th session of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Use of Deep Space got under way in Vienna and will run through 20 June 2014. Read more, in Italian.

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Madrid – Italy goes to the Book Fair

Italian art and history were the focus of Italy’s participation in the 73rd edition of the Madrid Book Fair, where the volume “Arte e Palazzo” was presented, which recounts, in a sort of virtual collective, seven exhibits organised by the Italian Cultural Institute over the course of the last two years. Read more, in Italian.

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#Farnesina – Müller looks at cinema

From the Venice’s Leone d’Oro (“Sacro Fra”) to the Oscar for best foreign film (“La grandebellezza”), and up to the recent CannesGrand Prix (“Le meraviglie”), Italian cinema has enjoyed a packed season of international acknowledgements. An industry that produces content for exportation and that in recent years has become a showcase for Made in Italy […]

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Farnesina: Italian Cultural Institutes get a facelift. MFA selects new logo

The design submitted by artist Tommaso Armenise selected for the new logo of the Italian Cultural Institutes (IIC) puts a modern face on an institutional profile. It was chosen from among no less than 2,133 graphic proposals submitted by the more than 1,000 scholars, young artists and design experts who stepped up to the challenge […]

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