Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met with Polish Ambassdor Anna Maria Anders in Rome

Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met today in Rome with Poland’s Ambassador, Anna Maria Anders, to exchange views on the war in Ukraine, on energy security in Europe and on how the two countries can cooperate to counter disinformation. Ambassador Sequi and Ambassador Anders stressed once again the importance of the financial, military and […]

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Bosnia, ceremony pays homage to crew members of Italian aircraft shot down in 1992

At the initiative of the Italian Embassy in Sarajevo, the traditional ceremony commemorating the LYRA34 crew members – who were killed as the aircraft was shot down on 3 September 1992, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while carrying out a humanitarian mission – took place on Mount Zec, near Fojnica, in the Canton […]

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Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano attends Gastech 2022 (Milan, 5 September 2022)

The Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr Manlio Di Stefano, spoke today in Milan as he opened the inaugural session of 50th edition of Gastech 2022, the main international fair and conference on the sector of natural gas, LNG and low environmental impact solutions. In his speech, the Undersecretary chiefly focused on the […]

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Donatello on display at the Gemaelde Galerie in Berlin

An exhibition of Donatello’s works entitled “Donatello, ideatore del Rinascimento” opened on Thursday, September 1, at the Gemaelde Galerie in Berlin.   The exhibition is the result of the collaboration between the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation and the Bargello Museums in Florence, which worked […]

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Turkey: Izmir Consulate takes part in “Terra Madre Anatolia”

The Italian Consulate in Izmir is taking part in the “Terra Madre Anatolia” event, which, for the first time, is being held in Izmir, Turkey, from 2 to 11 September, as part of the Izmir International Fair, in collaboration with Slow Food and Izmir municipality. Just like the “Terra Madre” event that takes place in […]

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Libya: Italian optional subject for Libyan students

The Italian Embassy in Tripoli has announced that “starting from the academic year 2022/23, the Italian language will be an optional subject for Libyan students in secondary schools”, pointing out that this is “the tangible implementation of a Memorandum signed in 2020”, resulting from “the joint efforts of the Italian and Libyan Ministries of Education”. […]

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China – Forum Ambrosetti set up at Italian Embassy in Beijing

On 2 and 3 September the Italian Embassy in Beijing hosted “ChinaHUB”, the forum organised by The European House-Ambrosetti alongside the Embassy, concurrently with the 48th edition of the forum “Intelligence on the World, Europe and Italy”, which takes place every year at Villa d’Este, Cernobbio. ChinaHUB stems from an agreement between the Farnesina and […]

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Farnesina attends 48th edition of Cernobbio Forum

As is tradition, Villa d’Este in Cernobbio hosted the ​Forum Ambrosetti “Today and tomorrow’s scenario for competitive strategies”, from 2 to 4 September. This year’s edition was organised in a ‘hybrid’ format, which allowed a diverse and qualified audience to connect from several hubs. The 2022 Edition of the Forum of Cernobbio was the setting […]

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Documentary film on Italian architecture in Bangkok to be screened in Venice

The documentary “Io e la porta magica. Alla scoperta dell’architettura italiana a Bangkok” (The magic door and I. Discovering Italian architecture in Bangkok), dedicated to the works of the many Italian architects, engineers and artists who worked in Siam from 1868 to 1930, filmed and produced by the Italian Embassy, with the help of the […]

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Tirana hosts new stage of “Italiae” photographic exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana, in collaboration with the National Historic Museum, is hosting, until 25 September, the new stage of the photographic exhibition “Italiae. Dagli Alinari ai maestri della fotografia contemporanea”. The exhibition exploits images to describe Italy’s beauty, its landscapes and its creativity. A plural Italy, which – over time – has […]

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Brasilia, an exhibition on a century of the Embassy’s history

Italian Ambassador to Brazil, Francesco Azzarello, opened “The Italian Embassy in Brasilia. A photographic journey from Rio to the Brazilian Highlands” exhibition held in the Nervi Room at the Embassy. A book featuring the illustrations shown at the exhibition was released to mark the occasion. The Ambassador said “we wanted to use little-known photographs to […]

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The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, meets with the Secretary General of the AVSI Foundation, Giampaolo Silvestri

The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, today met with the Secretary General of the AVSI Foundation, Giampaolo Silvestri. Ambassador Sequi recalled the constructive collaboration with AVSI in international development cooperation in the field of education and health protection projects and sustainable development promotion initiatives that are a priority for Italy’s Cooperation […]

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