​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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Director General for Political Affairs and Security, Ambassador Pasquale Ferrara, visits Tehran

Ambassador Pasquale Ferrara, Director General for Political Affairs and Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, visited Tehran from 2 to 4 August for consultations with his Iranian counterparts. Ambassador Ferrara met the Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, Ali Bagheri Kani, head of the Iranian delegation to the Vienna negotiations to revive […]

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Algiers, Italian film festival “under the stars”​

Summer also means outdoor cinema. Therefore, the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers have organised the screening of 5 Italian films in the garden of the Italian Cultural Institute, every Thursday night between the 4th of August and the 1st of September. The festival, titled “Cinéma sous les étoiles”, proposes films by young Italian […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Preserving Peace and Stability Across the Taiwan Strait

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, reaffirm our shared commitment to maintaining the rules-based international order, peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and beyond. We are concerned by recent and announced threatening actions […]

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Angola. Eni and BP launch Azule Energy, a new 50/50 joint venture company operating in Angola’s oil and gas sector

Azule Energy has been officially launched. It is a new 50/50 joint venture company established by Eni and BP through the combination of the two companies’ Angolan businesses in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons. The agreement, which follows the memorandum of understanding between Eni and the British company signed in May 2021, lays down […]

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