Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi meets with Saipem CEO and General Manager, Alessandro Puliti

Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met today with Saipem’s new CEO and General Manager Alessandro Puliti. Ambassador Sequi congratulated Puliti on his appointment, which entails great responsibility, being at the helm of one of Italy’s major industrial companies. Ambassador Sequi also reasserted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and its diplomatic-consular […]

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Bengaluru, Anastasio exhibition launches Consulate events

The first cultural event of the Italian Consulate General established in Bengaluru last spring was launched on 10 September. The Consulate organised the “Binary Codex” exhibition in the historic Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath gallery for the occasion, a retrospective on the work of Andrea Anastasio, Italian artist, designer and philosopher who has lived and worked between […]

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Under-Secretary, Hon. Manlio Di Stefano attends the G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting (15 September 2022)

Under-Secretary Di Stefano attended the G7 Trade Ministers’ meeting held today at Neuhardenberg Castle in Germany. The issues discussed at the meeting focused on sustainability and the resilience of global supply chains, reform of the World Trade Organisation and combatting economic coercion. The meeting was preceded yesterday evening by a working dinner with Ukrainian First […]

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Emanuele Trevi holds a chat on “Prague, the myth; Prague, the reality”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague hosted a chat on the city of Prague between Italian writer Emanuele Trevi and Czech politician and writer Michael Žantovský last 8 September which was also attended by the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, Ondřej Chrást. The event, titled “Prague, the myth; Prague, the reality. A […]

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Ambassador Marrapodi presents the “BeIT” campaign in Ankara

The MAECI’s “BeIT” nation branding campaign was presented in Ankara by the Italian Ambassador to Turkey, Giorgio Marrapodi, last 8 September. The campaign – whose slogan is “Italy is Simply Extraordinary: BeIT” – was designed in partnership with ICE, the Italian Trade Agency to promote foreign trade and Italy’s exports. In his presentation, Ambassador Marrapodi thanked Italy’s […]

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Cinema, Italian Embassy in Lisbon pays homage to Lina Wertmüller

“CIAO LINA!” is the film festival the Italian Embassy in Lisbon has organised to pay homage to film director Lina Wertmüller, offering a selection of her most iconic movies in outdoor cinema screenings for four evenings, attended by a high-profile audience, featuring representatives of the Portuguese Government and Parliament. The films were screened in the […]

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Italian archaeological mission in Ebla resumes

Italy’s Mission at the Archaeological Site of Ebla – Syria’s thousand-year old city discovered by Italian archaeologist Paolo Matthiae in 1964 – has resumed, 12 years after its interruption, caused by the occupation of Al-Qaeda’s rebel militias. The invasion lasted from 2014 to 2019, ravaging the site with tunnels, trenches and small barracks, and totally […]

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Italy-Serbia: Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Sequi, on visit in Belgrade

Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Sequi, was on a visit in Belgrade today, where he met with Nemanja Starovic, State Secretary of Serbia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting allowed them to take stock of the bilateral cooperation between Italy and Serbia, with a particular focus on the possibility of stepping up economic cooperation, including in new high-tech […]

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​​Brasilia – special edition of “Comunità Italiana” magazine launched

As part of the Italian initiatives to celebrate the Bicentenary of Brazil’s independence, the Embassy of Italy and the Comunità Italiana magazine are producing a special 162-page edition of this bilingual publication. The articles, by distinguished and expert contributors, range from economics to diplomacy, taking in defence, technology and security, history, law, film, music, literature, […]

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Israeli geneticist Assaf Distelfeld receives Rita Levi-Montalcini Prize at the Farnesina

The ceremony for the Rita Levi-Montalcini Prize for Scientific Cooperation between Italy and Israel has been celebrated at the Farnesina. The award, presented in association with the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), was conferred on Israeli geneticist Assaf Distelfeld for a project on plant genomics. The award adds new momentum to joint research […]

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The cooperation between Italy and the Dominican Republic tightens around earthquakes

The Italian Ambassador in Santo Domingo, Stefano Queirolo Palmas, attended a lecture hosted a few days ago at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), titled “Proximity Earthquakes: Lessons on the Role of Vertical Acceleration” delivered by Engineer Armando Simonelli from the University of Sannio (UNI-SANNIO), and chaired by Deputy Rector Radhamés Silverio. The event […]

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The 2022 Rita Levi-Montalcini Award hosted at the Farnesina goes to Israeli geneticist Assaf Distelfeld

Today, 13 September 2022, at 11:30 AM, the ceremony for the Rita Levi-Montalcini Award for Scientific Cooperation will be hosted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI). The 2022 edition is dedicated to the development of genomic technologies for sustainable agriculture. This year, the award goes to Prof. Assaf Distelfeld from the […]

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