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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United States. The Danieli Group has concluded its most important order of the last 20 years in the global steel sector

The Italian group, Danieli, has been selected by Nucor Corporation, a leading North American steel producer with a growing international presence, to build a new plant in Mason County, in the state of West Virginia. The order, for automation technology and machinery, is worth more than 650 million US dollars. This is the most significant […]

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Madrid: reading group dedicated to children

To mark World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April, the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid has programmed “C’era una volta, in Istituto…”, (“Once Upon a Time, in the Institute), a reading group for children between nine and eleven years of age. The initiative is part of the “L’Istituto dei piccoli” project, a cycle of […]

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Strasbourg: exhibition inspired by Dante’s “Vita Nova”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Strasbourg is organizing “Primavera” (“Spring”), an exhibition by painter Farhad Ostovani inspired by Dante Alighieri’s “Vita Nova” to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the poet’s death. The exhibition, which is scheduled to run until 4 May, displays 33 watercolors (composed with crayons and pigments on photographic supports) to accompany the […]

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Conference in Belgrade on the next science and technology challenges

The Italian Embassy in Belgrade and the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade celebrated the 5th edition of the Italian Research Day in the World, with a conference called “Make science and technology ready for the next challenges”. The initiative was a chance for Italian and Serbian scientists and researchers to meet and discuss the research […]

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Lusaka: Italian and Zambian artists on show

The exhibition organized by the Italian Embassy in Zambia within the context of a cultural cooperation project titled “Building an Art Bridge between Italy and Zambia” will open on 19 April. The exhibition will be set up at the National Museum of Lusaka and will display the work of six Italian artists, some of which […]

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