Seminar and lecture on Dante in Berlin

To celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante and to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Italienzentrum of the Freie Universität Berlin, the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin is organizing a seminar on the history of the more than 170 translations of Dante in Germany. The event will be attended by Ludger Scherer, a […]

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Conference, exhibition, and concert on Metastasio in Vienna

From 7 to 9 April, on the occasion of the digitization of Pietro Metastasio’s epistolary, the Italian Cultural Institute in Vienna is organizing an international study conference accompanied by an exhibition of letters by the Italian poet, librettist, playwright, and presbyter, and a concert by mezzo-soprano Teresa Iervolino. The event was realized in collaboration with META […]

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Norway. Webinar on tenders for Nye Veier’s upcoming highway projects

The Italian Embassy in Oslo and Nye Veier, the company responsible for highways in Norway, are organizing a virtual conference on 18 May 2022 at 10:00 a.m. on the new tenders expected in the short- and medium-term. During the webinar, Italian companies will be presented with the portfolio of projects planned for the next few years, the […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio on a diplomatic mission to Croatia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is on a diplomatic mission to Croatia for a trilateral meeting with Gordan Grlić Radman, his Croatian counterpart, and his Slovenian colleague, Anže Logar.  

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High Profile event set up within the six-month Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe focuses on the links between Artificial Intelligence and human rights

​1 April 2022. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on human rights, on democracy and on rule of law in the construction of a people-oriented future: this shall be the underlying topic of a high-profile event to be hosted on Monday 4 April at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, co-organised by the Italian […]

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Farnesina Secretary-General meets with Finlans Permanent State Secretary, Ambassador Matti Anttonen

Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met today with Finland’s permanent State Secretary, Ambassador Matti Anttonen, with whom he discussed the main bilateral, European and international affairs. They discussed at great lengths the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. In this regard, Ambassador Sequi and Ambassador Anttonen condemned the Russian aggression, while also expressing their great concern for the […]

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Minister Di Maio on a mission to Azerbaijan and Armenia​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, assisted by Undersecretary of State, Manlio Di Stefano, will be on a mission to Azerbaijan and Armenia from today until Sunday. The visit in Baku is part of the energy diplomacy activity promoted by Minister Di Maio following Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, aimed at […]

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Amsterdam, conference and concert on artist Dadamaino

The Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam has organised, alongside New Phoenix Ensemble, a meeting between art and music, discovering talented female artists that had to struggle to have success on the artistic stage of their era. The event, to be held at the Institute on 7 April (7:00 pm) is named “Donne” (Women) and will […]

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Australia, Bangalow Film Festival taking place from 8 to 14 April

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney is collaborating in the staging of the Bangalow Film Festival. The Festival will be held in Bangalow itself and this year, in its second edition, will also be extended to Murwillumbah and Lismore. The event, directed by Christian Pazzaglia, will be taking place from 8 to 14 April 2022.  […]

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“Opera Opera. Allegro ma non troppo” in Berlin

The exhibition “Opera Opera. Allegro ma non troppo”, which gathers together a significant selection of contemporary art works from the MAXXI Collection, was presented yesterday evening, 30 March, at the Italian Embassy in Berlin. The exhibition will be held at the PalaisPopulaire by Deutsche Bank of Unter den Linden from 27 April to 22 August […]

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Italy-France, agreement on the circular bioeconomy

A memorandum of understanding between two national circular bioeconomy associations was signed in recent days at the Italian Embassy in Paris. The two associations are Bioeconomy for Change (France) and Spring (Italy). The aim of the understanding is to strengthen cooperation between the two national ecosystems to support research and the industrialisation and marketing of […]

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Development Cooperation, Sereni presides over Joint Committee Meeting

Deputy Minister Marina Sereni presided over the second annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, also attended by the Director General for Development Cooperation, Fabio Cassese and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri. As she opened the working sessions, the Deputy Minister noted the strong humanitarian response by […]

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