Tanzania, training opportunities in Italy for local students

Last 14 May, the Italian Embassy in Dar es Salaam, together with the EU Delegation and its European partners, participated in the Education Fairs 2022, an important event hosted at the University of Dar es Salaam, Nkhrumah Hall, in the capital of Tanzania.  At the event, the Embassy set up a stand to illustrate the training […]

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Sereni at the G7 Development Ministers Meeting in Berlin: assure humanitarian aid to Ukraine and overcome the emergency phase; food security is a key issue

Today and tomorrow Deputy Minister Marina Sereni will be attending the meeting of the G7 Development Ministers hosted in Berlin by the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svenja Schulze. The meeting offers an opportunity to exchange opinions between the G7 partners on different issues, starting with the war waged by Russia against Ukraine […]

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Copenhagen hosts show paying homage to poet Valerio Magrelli​

The Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen is hosting an intermedial performance , “La soluzione poetica”, a homage to Valerio Magrelli, poet, author, literary critic, one of the greatest intellectuals of our time. The performance – to be held on 19 May – is written and directed by Federica Altieri and taken to Denmark to be […]

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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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