Buenos Aires — Italian films at BAFICI Festival

The Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires is taking part in the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), one of the most important in Latin America. The festival, which runs from 20 April to 1 May 2022, includes a broad selection of Italian films. These include the documentary “Italo Disco. Il suono scintillante degli […]

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Ambassador to Brazil, Azzarello visits Rio Grande do Sul

Italian Ambassador to Brazil, Francesco Azzarello has ended his official trip to the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The diplomat visited the capital, Porto Alegre and the industrial and wine-growing regions of Caxias do Sul, Bento Goncalves and Pinto Bandeira. On 5 April, the diplomatic mission kicked off with a meeting with staff from […]

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Solo exhibition of the work of Giordano Martone in Marseille

The Italian Cultural Institute in Marseille organized a solo exhibition of the work of Giordano Martone entitled “La ricerca della ricerca” (“The Search of Research”) which opened in the premises of the Institute last 7th of April at the attendance of the artist. The exhibition will run until the 7th of May. The works exhibited are the […]

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The Foreign Affairs-Defence Negotiating Table meets today at the Farnesina

Today’s meeting of the Foreign Affairs-Defence Negotiating Table in the Strategic format was co-chaired by Minister Luigi Di Maio and Lorenzo Guerini. The Foreign Affairs-Defence Negotiating Table is a standing consultative committee between the two Ministries which convenes regularly at political and technical level with the aim of assuring a constant alignment between the two […]

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Artist Piero Mottola on show at Havana

The Italian Embassy in Havana announces the participation of artist Piero Mottola in the 14th edition of the Havana Biennial contemporary art show hosted at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. The Italian artist is due to exhibit his “Voices of Life”, a sound installation comprising ten acoustic speakers and an emotional map that the author […]

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Italy and Portugal cooperate on cybersecurity

A webinar on the collaboration between Portugal and Italy in the field of cybersecurity was organised by the Italian Embassy in Lisbon alongside the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Portugal, ITA (Italian Trade Agency) and AICEP Portugal Global – Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade of Portugal. The event, “Cybersecurity: Debate between Portugal and Italy […]

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South Ossetia: Italy supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia

In relation to the so-called “presidential elections” held in the Georgian region of South Ossetia, Italy reaffirms its firm and unwavering support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders and does not recognize any act that runs counter to such principles, while continuing to encourage a negotiated path towards a sustainable […]

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Conference on artificial intelligence and medicine in Sydney

To celebrate the Day of Italian Research in the World, the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney has organized a conference called ”A journey in the realms of neurosurgery and computational neurosciences” which will be held by Neurosurgeon Antonio Di Ieva, Doctor at Macquarie Neurosurgery and Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy at Macquarie University in Sydney. […]

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“Vivo d’Arte” Award 2022

Online the call for entries for the 2022 edition of the prize reserved for young Italian artists living abroad. The fourth edition of ‘Vivo d’arte’, the competition promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with Fondazione Romaeuropa dedicated to young Italian artists under 36 years of age, permanently living abroad, is launched. Entries to the competition take the form of original […]

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Secretary General Ettore Sequi is on a diplomatic mission in Ankara

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, is in Ankara today for a consultation session with the Turkish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sedat Önal. The session focused on the most recent developments in the Ukrainian crisis and on regional issues. During his mission to […]

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Meeting between Foreign Minister Di Maio and the French Foreign Minister, Le Drian, the French Agriculture Minister, Denormandie, and the EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Lenarčič (Rome, 12 April)

Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio met his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, at the Farnesina today, 12 April 2022. The French Minister for Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, and the EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, were also present. The discussion focused on the coordination of the actions being taken forward in the European Union and […]

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​Berlin: “Femminile, plurale” film festival opens

The “Femminile, plurale” film festival has opened in Berlin. With 11 works by Italian female directors, the festival offers a glimpse of “women’s” film in today’s Italy. In his opening remarks at the introductory event, the Ambassador of Italy, Armando Varricchio, observed that “the ‘Femminile, Plurale’ film festival picks up and revitalises the spirit of […]

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