Celebrations in Prague for the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first Italian Cultural Institute and a century of Cultural Diplomacy – Planning of the activities of the Italian Cultural Institutes for 2023

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first Italian Cultural Institute, opened in October 1922 in Prague, and the start of a century of cultural diplomacy, the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Farnesina has organised a series of events in the Czech capital that will culminate on Sunday […]

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REMINDER: PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE – PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, MR ANTONIO TAJANI – Farnesina, 19 December 2022 – 4:00 pm

REMINDER PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE   On Monday, 19 December 2022, at 4:00 pm, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr Antonio Tajani, will hold a press conference on “Italy’s foreign policy priorities”. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in covering the event may apply for accreditation by no later than 4:00 […]

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Italy – Romania Experts Dialogue

On 15 December 2022, the event “Italy – Romania Experts Dialogue: Sharing Perspectives and Analyses on Foreign and Security Policies” took place in Bucharest. It was organised by the Italian Embassy in Romania in cooperation with the Romanian Institute “New Strategy Centre”, under the patronage of the Italian and Romanian Ministries for Foreign Affairs and […]

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​Ambassador Flumiani visits Comenius University in Bratislava

The Italian Ambassador to Slovakia, Catherine Flumiani, has paid a visit to the Faculty of Philosophy at Comenius University in the capital, Bratislava. The University holds Italian language and literature courses that are followed by around one hundred students. The Ambassador had a number of meetings, including with the Dean of the Faculty, Marian Zouhar, […]

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National Space Day

On 16 December the beginning of Italy’s adventure in space, the launch of the San Marco 1 satellite in 1964, is celebrated. This made Italy the third country, after the United States and the Soviet Union, to put an artificial satellite produced entirely at the national level into orbit. Through significant commitment by the institutions […]

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Adoption of ninth resolution by the UN General Assembly for a moratorium on the death penalty

Italy welcomes the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly on the ninth resolution for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. The number in favour adoption has grown with respect to 2020. The 125 votes in favour of the resolution, including Italy’s, confirm the strong signal sent by the international community to progressively abandon […]

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​​The Secretary General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, meets the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ambassador Earle Courtney Rattray (15 December 2022)

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met Ambassador Earle Courtney Rattray, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary General of the United Nations, at the Farnesina today. Their discussion focused on Italy’s full support for the UN and the work of Secretary General Antonio Guterres to […]

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A day dedicated to Space in Washington

A whole day of events dedicated to Space will be organised in Washington by the Embassy of Italy which, in collaboration with ICE Agency, Asi, Space Foundation, Chamber of Commerce and George Washington University, will host the main leaders of the space sector. “Italy is a reliable and trusted partner of the US in the […]

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Space Day: satellite images on display in Hanoi

The “Vietnam and Italy, Space Technology and Applications. Looking Beyond” exhibition was opened in Hanoi, displaying 23 high-definition images of the Earth taken by the Italian satellite system COSMO-SkyMed and processed by Telespazio/e-GEOS, including two remarkable images of Hanoi and the Mekong Delta, together with nine panels by the Vietnam National Space Center illustrating the […]

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Arte Oltre Confine (16 December 2022)

At the Farnesina the award ceremony of a competition addressed to Italian schools abroad to promote the accessibility of contemporary art to the visually impaired people. To encourage reflection on diversity and visual disability, and to promote knowledge of the Farnesina Collection: these are the goals of the competition ArteOltreConfine, addressed to students from Italian […]

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Marco Gualazzini’s photographs on display in Prague

Marco Gualazzini’s shots from his travels to Africa, which report the deprivation of fundamental human rights suffered by the local populations, are on display until 5 January at the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague. The “Resilient” exhibition displays 53 medium and large-sized photographs, accompanied by a video documentary on Gualazzini’s work in Africa, produced by the […]

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Tajani: awarding Sakharov Prize to the People of Ukraine proves EU is attentive

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr Antonio Tajani, spoke this morning at the debate-meeting held at the Santa Maria sopra Minerva Convent Cloister of the Senate of the Republic for the awarding of the Sakharov Prize – the foremost honorary award conferred annually by the EU to human rights […]

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