​Next Farnesina Collection open day 24 June

The Touring Club’s “Open for You” initiative continues, with the Farnesina building again opening its doors to the public. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has been taking part in the initiative since 2016. The next scheduled open day is Friday 24 June, the last before the summer break. On the day, members […]

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Turkey: Italy participates in “Baskent Kultur Yolu”

The Embassy of Italy in Turkey has taken part in “Baskent Kultur Yolu”, the first edition of a new cultural event in the Turkish capital. The event provided two weeks of top-level entertainment events, concerts and exhibitions. At the opening, the Italian Embassy organised a flag-waving performance by the Florentine “bandierai”. In three central points […]

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La giovane economia filippina nuova risorsa strategica per le aziende del food&beverage italiane

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Minister Luigi Di Maio to speak at the Conference of the Ministers of Culture of the Euro-Mediterranean region

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, speaks at the Inaugural Session of the Conference of the Ministers of Culture of the Euro-Mediterranean Region. The event, organized by the Italian Ministry of Culture concertedly with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, is hosted at the Royal Palace […]

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Development Cooperation: Deputy Minister Sereni chairs Joint Committee meeting

Deputy Minister Marina Sereni chaired the fourth annual meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee, in which the Director General for Development Cooperation, Fabio Cassese, and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri, also took part. Representatives of other public sector organisations with competence for the issues discussed also attended. The […]

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Festival of twelve Italian films in Rabat

The Italian Cultural Institute in Rabat and the Hiba Foundation, in association with Rai Cinema, organised the “New Italian Cinema by Rai Cinema” Festival. Starting in May, the film festival will run until December 2022 and screen twelve Italian films at the Cinema Renaissance in Rabat. The films featured are of very high quality, conquering […]

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Geronimo Stilton “A Thousand Wonders” also published in China

Marking International Children’s Day, the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing presents the Chinese translation of the book Geronimo Stilton “A Thousand Wonders. A Journey to Discover Italy”. The book is published by 21st Century Publishing House in association with Atlantyca Entertainment. The new publication will give Chinese people the chance to discover Italy with an […]

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Conference on green and digital tourism in Zagreb

The Italian Embassy in Croatia organized a conference on green and digital tourism in Zagreb on 13 June. The conference, which was hosted at the headquarters of the Croatian Journalists’ Association and opened with remarks by Italian Ambassador Pierfrancesco Sacco, aimed to analyze the challenges and processes of the so-called green and digital “twin transition” […]

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Ukrainian crisis. Humanitarian aid transport for the most vulnerable population segments

A new humanitarian aid transport for the Ukrainian population took off yesterday from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi. The operation is organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in partnership with Italian civil society, which is on the front line of the response to the humanitarian crisis […]

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Sarajevo, Italian Embassy involved in “Green Network” initiative

The Italian Embassy in Sarajevo was among the guests of honour at the “Conference on Climate Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, held in the Parliamentary Assembly and organised alongside UNDP. Delivering his speech, Italy’s Ambassador in Sarajevo, Marco Di Ruzza, pointed out that our country, together with the United Kingdom, chaired last year’s Climate Conference […]

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​“L’Arte Restituita”: stolen artworks given back to the Embassy in Madrid

“L’Arte Restituita” [Art Returned] is the title of an event that took place at the Italian Embassy in Madrid. During the event, two artworks that had been stolen in Italy and were recently retrieved in Madrid thanks to the collaboration between the Spanish National Police and the Carabinieri’s Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage […]

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Commitment by the Embassy in Tanzania to Roma Expo 2030

After a week of intense work, 10 June 2022 marked the end of a promotional campaign in Tanzania for Rome’s candidacy to host Expo 2030. The campaign was launched at Ambassador Marco Lombardi’s Residence on the occasion of Republic Day, when a promotional video on Rome’s candidacy for Expo 2030 was screened. The event was […]

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