The Farnesina Collection acquires “Unbinding Creatures” by Camilla Alberti

“Unbinding Creatures. Organismo 10” (2021) by Camilla Alberti (Milan, 1994) is one of the recent acquisitions of the Farnesina Collection. The artist has always worked on relationships and on the hybridization options between different living species and the surrounding space. The series of sculptures and installations – titled “Unbinding Creatures” – reflects “the potential of imagination […]

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Lisbon is the first European port of call for the “Amerigo Vespucci”

 The Italian training ship “Amerigo Vespucci” docked in the port of Lisbon. After calling at Palermo, Tunis, and Algiers, the ship stopped at the capital of Portugal, where it had last called in 2019.   On arriving at Lisbon – the first European capital and the first Atlantic port called at in its Training Campaign 2022 […]

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The Director General for Political Affairs and Security, Ambassador Pasquale Ferrara, on a visit to the US for a meeting within the framework of the Bilateral Strategic Dialogue

In Washington, the Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Political Affairs and Security, Ambassador Pasquale Ferrara, met with the Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland within the framework of the Bilateral Strategic Dialogue. The meeting offered the opportunity to make a joint analysis of the main topics on the international agenda, especially the conflict in […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio and Director General Pasquale Q. Terracciano are opening the concluding session of the Conference of the Directors of Italian Cultural Institutes

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the Director General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Pasquale Quito Terracciano, are opening the concluding session of the Conference of the Directors of Italian Cultural Institutes from the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.  

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Barcelona: a lecture to close “Dalì’s Divina Commedia” exhibition

For the closing of the exhibition titled “La Divina Commedia illustrata da Salvador Dalí” (“The Divine Comedy Illustrated by Salvador Dalí”) organised as part of the celebrations for the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, the Italian Cultural Institute in Barcelona has scheduled a lecture by Juliette Murphy, the curator of the exhibition, for […]

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​Italy-Ethiopia conference on “Human evolution and archaeology”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and other organisations including the Ethiopian Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH) and Addis Ababa University, have organised a conference on “Human Evolution and Archaeology. New research by Sapienza Università di Roma in Ethiopia”. This Italian-Ethiopian conference was […]

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​Mexico – conference on private sector and climate change

The Embassy of Italy to Mexico has organised a conference on the relationship between the private sector and climate change. The event, entitled “Private sector and climate change: how can we play an active part in the global energy transition?” took place in Mexico City on 20 July. Topics discussed included the impact of climate […]

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The new seat of the Consular Division of the Italian Embassy in Montevideo opened

The new seat of the Consular Division of the Italian Embassy in Montevideo was opened in the afternoon of 27 July with a flag-raising ceremony as the Italian National Anthem was sung. Participants had the opportunity to visit the new premises at the ceremony, which was attended by the President of the Supreme Court of […]

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Afghanistan; Sereni chairs Coordination Panel

Deputy Minister Marina Sereni chaired the fifth meeting of the Coordination Panel on Afghanistan with representatives of civil society organisations, local authorities and the other administrations involved. The discussion focused on examining the humanitarian situation and identifying priorities with a view towards programming the allocation of resources for 2022 and reviewing progress on the reception […]

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Uruguay, Italian Stand at the Rural del Prado Expo

In Montevideo, the Italian Embassy in Uruguay and the Italy-Uruguay Chamber of Commerce presented an overview of the Italian Stand for the 2022 edition of the biggest fair in Uruguay – the Rural del Prado Expo – to the “Made in Italy” businesses operating in the country. This will be the third time in a […]

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Sport and diplomacy: the MAECI and the FIS present at the CONI “La Bellezza in un gesto”, an innovative integrated promotion format

Today, 28 July, at 6 PM, the Hall of Honour of CONI – the Italian National Olympic Committee – will host the event to launch the “La bellezza in un gesto” (“Beauty in an Act”) Project. The initiative is launched under an agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the […]

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Italy’s gift to the multilingual library in Sulaymaniyah

The Italian Consul in Erbil, Michele Camerota, handed over to Havel Abubaker, the Governor of Sulaymaniyah, 60 books in Italian, specifically purchased and shipped by the Farnesina’s Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, to enrich the city’s newly opened multilingual literature library. The initiative follows up on the request addressed by the Governor to […]

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