Mexico City, exhibition of Dante’s inferno in comic form

The Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City presents Dante’s Inferno in comic form, an exhibition showing how Dante’s Inferno has been described and depicted by some of Italy’s most important cartoonists. The exhibition will be held from 11 August to 6 October at the Museo Miguel N. Lira di Tlaxcala. In the past hundred years, […]

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Farnesina Collection displays Giulia Neri’s works

The Farnesina Collection welcomes the works of Giulia Neri (Bologna, 1979). The twenty digital illustrations created between 2020 and 2022 by the Bologna-born illustrator, who graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and has a degree in psychology, add to the recent section – dedicated to graphics, illustration and street art – of […]

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Statement of the G7 Foreign Ministers in support of the IAEA´s efforts to promote Nuclear Safety and Security at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, reiterate our strongest condemnation of the ongoing unprovoked and unjustifiable war of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The Russian Federation must immediately withdraw its troops […]

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​Italy–Australia. Meeting between the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ettore Francesco Sequi, and the Ambassador of Australia, Margaret Twomey

The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ettore Francesco Sequi, met the Ambassador of Australia, Margaret Twomey, today. Ambassador Sequi expressed his satisfaction over the growing amount of high-level contacts between Italy and Australia, which confirms the high quality of bilateral relations. In this context, Ambassador Sequi expressed his hope that the recent introduction of a […]

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​UN PROCUREMENT. ITALIAN COMPANIES’ SHARE INCREASES.

The  Annual Report on UN Procurement has been published. The report provides a detailed analysis of the management of the impressive volume of goods and services purchased by the United Nations system as a whole. 2021 saw a record, with a total volume of 29.6 billion dollars, an increase of 32.5% on the previous year. As was […]

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Copenhagen, rainbow-coloured comics for Pride Month

To celebrate Pride Month in Denmark, from 9 to 20 August, the Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen will present “Pride i striber. Fumetti arcobaleno”, a virtual exhibition displayed on its Facebook and Instagram pages that follows an itinerary to explore the complexity of relationships and identities, in a colourful language spelled out in the drawings […]

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Belgrade, Days of Italian Cinema in Bečej

The Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade, in partnership with the civic theatre of the city of Bečej, stages the “Days of Italian Cinema” in the Theatre’s gardens from the 8th to the 11th of August. The programme will screen four films in the Italian original version with subtitles in Serbian. The screenings kick off on 8 August […]

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Commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the Marcinelle disaster – Message from Minister Di Maio

Dear fellow Italians abroad, It is with heart-felt feelings that I join the commemoration of the tragedy in which 262 workers, including 136 Italians, lost their lives 66 years ago. On this occasion, allow me to renew the Institutions’ sympathy for the families of the citizens who fell at Marcinelle and pay homage to all […]

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Situation in Gaza

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation follows with deep concern the escalation in Gaza and the news of casualties among Palestinian civilians. Italy strongly condemns the launch of rockets towards Israel’s territory and reiterates Israel’s right to ensure the safety of its citizens. Italy urges all sides to show moderation to prevent […]

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​Somalia. Emergency funding from Italian Cooperation in response to the country’s food crisis

In response to the long drought affecting the Horn of Africa, and its consequences, Italian Cooperation is providing emergency funding of 500,000 euro for the work of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Somalia. The grant will allow the IFRC to support Somalia’s Red Crescent Society in its early […]

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​Buenos Aires – lectures on “Literary moments in Italian opera”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires has organised a cycle of five lectures entitled “Literary moments in Italian opera”, which will describe and analyse the relationship between literature and opera. The lecture cycle, in Italian and presented by Prof. Nora Sforza, began on 26 July and will end on 20 September 2022. The aim […]

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Ambasciatore Barucco: “Marocco attore fondamentale nel Mediterraneo” (ANSA)

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