Members of Italian diplomatic and consular missions and of ITA office in Russia expelled

​Italy acknowledges the Russian Federation’s decision to expel 24 members of the Italian diplomatic and consular missions and of the Italian Trade Agency Office in the Russian Federation. The staff affected by the decision has always performed its duties fully complying with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. While reiterating its firm condemnation of the […]

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Rai Cultura airs documentary on Farnesina Collection​

On 18 May, International Museum Day, Rai Cultura organised a special programme dedicated to museums: episodes dedicated to 40 different museums will be broadcast from the studio of “Art Night”, the programme hosted by Neri Marcorè, to tell the history of culture, from the earliest Etruscan artefacts to the most recent works of contemporary art. […]

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Minister Di Maio attends the Global Food Security Call to Action

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in New York at the invitation of the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to attend the “Global Food Security Call to Action” ministerial meeting. The event will take place at the United Nations and is part of the many initiatives launched in these past […]

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Sparkle and Atos sign partnership to answer growing demand for cloud services and solutions

Sparkle and Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, signed a three-year agreement to satisfy the growing demand for cloud services and solutions in Europe and other neighbouring countries. The partnership aims to develop business opportunities endorsing the global presence and the specific competence area of each company. Sparkle and Atos’ collaboration kicks off with […]

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Austria: commemoration marking the anniversary of the liberation of Mauthausen

On 15 May 2022 the Italian Ambassador to Austria, Stefano Beltrame, attended the official commemoration marking the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp. A delegation of about 500 Italians led by Dario Venegoni, President of ANED (the national association of deportees to Nazi concentration camps), also took part. Attendees included representatives […]

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Farnesina Collection: “Le tre chiese” by Silvia Camporesi

The Farnesina Collection welcomes a new work, Le tre chiese (2011) by Silvia Camporesi (Forlì, 1973). The triptych is part of the photographer and artist’s La Terza Venezia (2011) series, in which she alternates glimpses of the real with scale miniatures of Italy’s lagoon city. Camporesi chose one of the winter months to portray the city, empty of […]

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17 May is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia

To mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) which, this year, is dedicated to the theme “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights”, the Farnesina firmly reaffirms that human rights are inviolable individual rights that must be assured to all, with no distinction or discrimination, including for sexual orientation and gender identity. To […]

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​Amsterdam, comparing Italian and Dutch architecture

The Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam is promoting a series of conferences on trends in Italian and Dutch architecture, starting on 20 May, to compare the design of our cities. The meetings are based on the theme launched by the Biennale Architettura di Venezia 2021, curated by Hashim Sarkis, entitled “How will we live together?”. In […]

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Madrid, Accademia Bizantina plays “Vivaldi sacro e profano”

The concert “Vivaldi sacro e profano”, performed by the Italian music ensemble Accademia Bizantina, has been promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid, in collaboration with the Associazione Teatrale Emilia Romagna (ATER) and the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical. The event will be held on 19 May at the National Music Auditorium in the […]

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UPDATE – SAVE THE DATE – Press Accreditation for the session of Foreign Ministers of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

Foreign Affairs Ministers from the 46 Council of Europe member States will meet on 20 May 2022 in Turin (La Venaria Reale), under the Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. At the end of the meeting, a press conference of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, the Secretary General […]

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Mission of Minister Di Maio in Brussels

Minister Luigi Di Maio is on a mission to Brussels to attend the Foreign Affairs Council and EU-Canada Joint Ministerial Committee

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Minister Di Maio on mission to Brussels to attend the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has arrived in Brussels to attend the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council tomorrow The 27 EU member Countries will discuss the situation in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia) and the enlargement perspectives. The meeting will be […]

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