World and European Day against the Death Penalty (10 October 2024)

In celebration of the World and European Day against the Death Penalty, Italy reaffirms its firmest and unconditional opposition to capital punishment. This is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment that negates human dignity and has no added value in terms of security and crime deterrence, while it renders every miscarriage of justice fatally irreversible. […]

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Second charter flight organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the repatriation of Italians from Lebanon has taken off

A second flight organised by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has taken off this evening, as instructed by Deputy Prime Minister Tajani. The flight is headed to Rome’s Fiumicino airport, and is carrying about 150 people on board, including about a hundred Italian citizens and their relatives of Lebanese nationality, as […]

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Undersecretary Silli in Buenos Aires to attend the CEAL Annual Meeting

As part of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tajani’s mission to Argentina, Undersecretary of State Giorgio Silli spoke today at the annual meeting of the Consejo Empresarial de America Latina (CEAL) – an organisation that brings together the leading entrepreneurs and businesspeople from South and Central America – held in Buenos Aires […]

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Opera recital “All’alba vincerò” with the Festival Pucciniano Foundation organised in Ottawa

On 8 October, the opera recital “All’alba vincerò. A musical journey through Puccini’s masterpieces” was held at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre in Ottawa. The concert was organised by the Embassy of Italy in Canada in collaboration with the Festival Pucciniano Foundation, which every year stages in Torre del Lago the only festival in the world […]

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IOSONOVULNERABILE opened in Paris

The artistic project ‘Iosonovulnerable’ (iamvulnerable), a performative art practice curated by Sergio Mario Illuminato, was inaugurated last 3 October at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris. The exhibition will be on display at the Institute’s gardens until 29 November. Also attending the event in France – currently entering its second stage after a research process […]

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Art in the Embassy: Contemporary Italy in Vilnius

The exhibition “Arte in Ambasciata: Italia Contemporanea a Vilnius” (Art in the Embassy: Contemporary Italy in Vilnius) has been organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Vilnius as part of the initiatives planned for the 20th Italian Contemporary Art Day. The launch event was held on 3 October 2024 in cooperation […]

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“Madama Butterfly” on stage in Bahia Blanca

Thanks to the support of the Italian Consulate General in Bahia Blanca and the collaboration developed with the organisation of artists from southern Argentina OAS-Organizzazione degli Artisti del Sud argentino, the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires, the local Municipality and the Bahia Blanca Theatre brought Italian opera back to the entire district of Argentinean […]

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In São Paulo, Tajani meets with the Brazilian Government and entrepreneurs. “The Italian System must strengthen in Latin America.”

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, arrived in São Paulo yesterday, where today he will inaugurate the Italy-Brazil Business Forum with Brazil’s Minister of State Head of the Civilian House of the Presidency of the Republic, Rui Costa Dos Santos. Organised in collaboration with the Federation of […]

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Minister Tajani opens the 24th Week of the Italian Language in the World: Italian as a tool to shape the future and communicate with the world

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, today launched the 24th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World (SLIM), the main event promoting the Italian language, which in 2024 is dedicated to the theme “Italian and the Book: The World Between the Lines.” “Keeping […]

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Presentation event of the 24th Week of the Italian Language in the World

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani attends the presentation event for the 24th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World (SLIM), the leading international showcase promoting our language globally.  The event will also be attended by the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Riccardo Guariglia, Monika Schmutz […]

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Information Note – Media Access to the Berlin Summit on the Western Balkans (Berlin, 14 October)

Information Note  Media Access to the Berlin Summit on the Western Balkans (Berlin, 14 October)   On 14 October, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani – by Prime Minister’s delegation – will take part in the Berlin Process Summit that brings together the Heads of State and […]

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Mumbai Cinema Italian Style

An event dedicated to Italian cinema was held last 27 September in Mumbai, at the Regal cinema theatre in Colaba, a historical one in the Indian capital, in the presence of director Giuseppe Tornatore, Oscar winner for Cinema Paradiso. This film kicked off the “CINEMA ITALIAN STYLE” festival, dedicated to Italian classics, including Senso, La […]

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