Abu Dhabi, solo exhibition of Italian-Lebanese artist Gilbert Halaby

In collaboration with ArtBooth UAE, the Italian Cultural Institute of Abu Dhabi inaugurated “Will You Wait For Me Under That Pine Tree?”, the solo exhibition of Italian-Lebanese artist Gilbert Halaby, which will remain open until 29 February. The exhibition, featuring 13 oil paintings on linen, pays homage to Gilbert Halaby’s roots and traces the serene […]

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An agreement for the transport of goods between the ports of Trieste and Damietta was concluded in Cairo

An agreement was concluded today in Cairo, signed by the Italian Ambassador, Michele Quaroni, and the Egyptian Minister of Transport, Kamel el Wazir, for the start of a maritime freight line between the Italian port of Trieste and the Egyptian port of Damietta. The line will make the exchange of goods by sea between Italy […]

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Oslo, Conference on “The Shoah in Italy”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo has organised a Conference on 25 January to mark the Holocaust Remembrance Day. The topic will be the discrimination and persecution of Jewish Italian citizens during Fascism and will be addressed by Professor Elisabetta Cassina Wolff from the University of Oslo. The discussion will focus, in particular, on the understanding […]

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Minister Antonio Tajani’s participation in the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, will travel to Brussels this evening to attend the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union, scheduled for tomorrow, 22 January. Immediately after an informal exchange of views with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba, the Council, which will be chaired – […]

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Press Accreditation Note – International Summit “Italy – Africa. A bridge for common growth” (Palazzo Madama, 29 January 2024)

On Monday 29 January 2024, the International Summit “Italy – Africa. A Bridge for Common Growth” will be held in Rome, in the Italian Senate – Palazzo Madama. It will be attended by many Heads of State and Government and Ministers of African countries, as well as the leaders of the European Union, the African […]

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Minister Antonio Tajani’s participation in the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, will travel to Brussels this evening to attend the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union, scheduled for tomorrow, 22 January. Immediately after an informal exchange of views with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba, the Council, which will be chaired – […]

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Telephone conversation of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sameh Hassan Shoukry

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, had a telephone conversation today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sameh Hassan Shoukry. The telephone conversation focused on the situation in the Red Sea and the maritime traffic problems, the conflict in Gaza […]

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Italian Ambassador Franchetti Pardo donates the Ukrainian edition of the book “Pimpa travels through Italy” to the children of the UNICEF hub in Poland

As part of the efforts to promote and enhance in Poland the volumes recently produced by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ambassador of Italy in Warsaw, Luca Franchetti Pardo, in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute of Krakow, donated about fifty copies of the Ukrainian edition of the book Pimpa […]

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Minister Tajani’s Mission to Brescia for Growth Diplomacy

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is in Brescia today to meet with various representatives of Lombardy’s productive fabric. The mission, which is part of the numerous initiatives for Growth Diplomacy launched by the Italian Government, is aimed at promoting the internationalisation of companies operating in […]

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“A DOS PIANOS” concert in Santo Domingo

In collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Culture, Fondazione Sinfonia, the Eduardo Brito National Theatre and the Italian National Music Council (CIDIM), the Italian Embassy in the Dominican Republic organised and presented in Santo Domingo the concert “A DOS PIANOS”, as performed by the duo of Italian pianists Paola Biondi and Debora Brunialti. The audience […]

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Meeting between Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and Bill Gates

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, today met at the Farnesina with Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and creator of Breakthrough Energy. The main topics discussed during the meeting were development in Africa, food security, global health, energy transition […]

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“Piano solo” concert by Stefano Bollani in Tirana

Italian pianist and composer Stefano Bollani will perform for the first time in Tirana on 29 January. His “Piano solo” concert is organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in cooperation with the Tirana National Theatre of Opera and Ballet. This will be a premiere for the artist, who considers music a fun game to be […]

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