Exhibition and literary meetings in Tunis to celebrate Calvino

To celebrate the centenary of Italo Calvino’s birth, the Cultural Institute in Tunis has organised a series of literary meetings and an exhibition of illustrations to narrate the work of the great Italian writer. Five Tunisian writers and six Tunisian illustrators will be the protagonists of this initiative, which will take place from July to […]

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Poland. Remains of an Italian prisoner discovered in the cemetery of the former concentration camp in Łambinowice

Excavations co-ordinated by the Central Museum of Prisoners-of-War in Opole in the former German concentration camp “Stammlager 344”, located near the town of Łambinowice (south-western Poland), revealed the existence of burial pits that may contain the remains of around sixty prisoners of various nationalities. Since the opening of the first two, between 12 and 19 […]

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Voices from the Farnesina – History of Italian Emigration: from Europe to Australia, Little Italies Grow

Those who travel the world, even in its most remote areas, know for a fact that Italians are everywhere. Even when they are not physically present, there is at least a trace of their passage. One example: family names of obvious Italian origin can be found on every continent, and they tell the story of […]

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Comites, video collection of initiatives by the Committees of Italian abroad

A collection of videos produced on the initiative of the Committees of Italian abroad and sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, is now available on the Farnesina YouTube channel. The video archive – created by the Directorate General for Italian Citizens Abroad and Migration Policies – contains more than 50 […]

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Tajani: “Fighting crime even harder” (Il Mattino)

“The minimum wage risks pushing salaries down. We must instead cut the tax burden on the additional items of wages: we want to give concrete things to workers,” explains Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, announcing an Italian government measure to that effect in the near future. After that, however, […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE UPDATE: International Conference on Development and Migration – Farnesina, 23 July 2023

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE UPDATE  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT AND MIGRATION  Farnesina, 23 July 2023   On Sunday, 23 July 2023, the International Conference on Development and Migration will be held at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Rome. Heads of State and Government and Ministers of Foreign Affairs from the enlarged Mediterranean […]

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Participation of the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, in the naming of Buildings B and C of the Salerno Court and in the 53rd edition of the Giffoni Film Festival

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will travel to Salerno tomorrow for the naming ceremony of the buildings housing the city’s civil and criminal courts, respectively, to Diego Tajani and Alfredo de Marsico, distinguished jurists and former Ministers of Justice. Minister Tajani will then move on […]

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“Il Trombettiere” by Riondino and Manara arrives in Havana

The Italian Embassy in Havana organised an exhibition dedicated to the work “Il Trombettiere” (“The Trumpeter”), written by David Riondino with original illustrations by Milo Manara. The exhibition, organised in collaboration with the cultural space Ven-Tú, Oficina del Historiador, Aurelia Ediciones and Oralitura Habana, will be inaugurated on Friday 28 July in Havana, at the […]

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Perugino’s work on display in Jakarta

The Italian Cultural Institute of Jakarta is hosting an exhibition on Italian artist Pietro Vannucci, known as Perugino, in its premises until 28 July. The initiative, organised on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the painter’s death, aims to illustrate to a non-specialist public the life and places that influenced the artist’s work. The […]

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Foreign policy and support for internationalisation. First open competition with Civil Service-RIPAM Commission innovations published for the recruitment of 300 staff units at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

The notice of competition for the selection of 300 non-executive officials of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has been published on the Inpa.gov portal. The selection will be managed by the Department of Civil Service-RIPAM Commission, through Formez PA. The new recruitments will enable the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]

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Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, visits New York

Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Maria Tripodi’s mission to New York has come to an end. The Undersecretary addressed four important meetings at the United Nations: the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the opening of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court […]

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Participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani in the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani is in Brussels to attend the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union. The Council, chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, will be preceded by an informal working meeting with Volker Türk, UN High […]

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