​​Farnesina receives Energy Earth Award. Award accepted by the Secretary General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was one of the award-winners at the first edition of the Energy Earth Awards on 23 July at Maratea. The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, accepted the award made to the Ministry “for its decisive contribution to protecting the Italian economy in the […]

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Joint Foreign Ministry-UNHCR mission in refugee camps in Sudan

The response to the refugee crisis involving people fleeing from the Horn of Africa will be the focus of a joint mission by Chiara Cardoletti, UNHCR representative for Italy, the Holy See and San Marino, and Luigi Maria Vignali, Director General for Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The mission […]

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Dancer Gennaro Lauro on stage in Mexico City

On 4 August, the Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City will host a performance by Italian dancer Gennaro Lauro, an event organised within the framework of the International Contemporary Dance Festival of Mexico City – FIDCDMX. Lauro will present a new choreography titled “Mondo”. “Mondo – the artist explains – means the Earth but also […]

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General Elections 2022

By Presidential Decree No. 96 of July 21, 2022, the President of the Republic dissolved Parliament. By Presidential Decree No. 97 of the same day, the elections to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate were scheduled for September 25, 2022. Citizens resident abroad and those temporarily abroad in accordance with the law shall vote […]

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Mahmood makes a comeback in Kosovo

Thanks to the support of the Italian Embassy in Kosovo, on 5 August, Alessandro Mahmoud, stage name Mahmood, will sing at the “Sunny Hill Festival” in Pristina (Kosovo), one of the most important music festivals in the Balkans, founded and directed by Dua Lipa and her father Dukagjin, both British citizens of Kosovan descent. The […]

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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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