Italy-Morocco cultural cooperation meeting held

In order to increase cultural cooperation between Italy and Morocco, Italy’s Ambassador Armando Barucco held a working meeting with Ahmed Toufiq, Minister of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs and Khalil Mouallif, Director of the Academy of Traditional Arts of the Hassan II Mosque Foundation in Casablanca; the meeting was also attended by Stefano Trucco, President […]

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Chicago: webinar on ‘’Urban Jungles and Potted Plants’’

As part of the initiative ”Le Voci della Natura: Ecologies and Nature in Italian Arts”, which explores the role of Italian art and science in redefining our perception of nature and ecology, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago offers a webinar on the work of Luigi Ghirri, the undisputed pioneer of botanical representation through the […]

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Webinar: “Trading with Vietnam: An Electronic Guide for European SMEs” – Wednesday 23 March

The Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam has organised a webinar presenting “Trading with Vietnam – Electronic Guide for European SMEs”. The event will be held on Wednesday 23 March, from 9:00 am to 10:00 am (Italian time). Vietnam is characterised by a very dynamic market; however, European enterprises seldom fully seize the opportunities […]

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Sofia: Ambassador Zarra meets with Innovation Minister

Digital innovation, advanced technology, space research, digitalisation and investments in applied research for new sources of energy, with a specific view to hydrogen: these are the development sectors Bulgaria focuses on to draw foreign investments. Italy’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Giuseppina Zarra and Bulgaria’s Minister for Growth and Innovation, Daniel Lorer, addressed the topic as they […]

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Santo Domingo: conference on scientific and space diplomacy

The Embassy of Italy in Santo Domingo, in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry of the Dominican Republic and the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC), has organised a conference on “The experience of the Italian Republic in developing scientific and space diplomacy”. The event was organised in the context of Italian Research Day. The aim […]

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Statement to the press by Minister Luigi Di Maio and Minister Wopke Hoekstra

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is meeting his Dutch counterpart, Wopke Hoekstra, at the Farnesina today. At the end of their discussion the two Ministers will release statements to the press.

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Support for business internationalisation: record results in 2021

In recent years the financial capacity of SIMEST, a company that supports and plays an increasingly central role in supporting the internationalisation of Italian businesses, has grown considerably. This is thanks to the guidance provided by the Farnesina and the Export Agreement created with strong support from Minister Di Maio and Undersecretary Di Stefano. The […]

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Exhibition of young Italian photographers in Addis Ababa

The photography exhibition “Eyes on Tomorrow. Giovane Fotografia Italiana nel Mondo” arrived in Ethiopia through the Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa. This is the only stop in Sub-Saharan Africa for the exhibition which features the works of 9 artists with 9 open-air installations in the Zoma Museum gardens in Addis Ababa. “Giovane Fotografia Italiana” (young Italian […]

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Italy-Switzerland. Agreement signed on the mutual recognition of test plates

BERN, 17 March. The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi and the Swiss State Secretary for Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Livia Leu signed an agreement today in Bern on the mutual recognition of test plates. Following long negotiations, the agreement will allow vehicles – on which […]

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Italy-Switzerland. Meeting between Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sequi, and State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Leu

BERN, 17 March. The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi went to Bern today on a diplomatic mission to meet the Swiss State Secretary for Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Chief Negotiator with the European Union, Livia Leu. During the meeting, Ambassador Sequi highlighted the excellent […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio had a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. In reaffirming Italy’s firm condemnation for Russia’s unjustified and unacceptable aggression against Ukraine as well as for the latest atrocious attacks against civilians, Minister Di Maio confirmed that the Euro-Atlantic community is […]

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Sydney, Documentary “Syndrome K” featured at the Jewish Film Festival

The Sydney Italian Cultural Institute is taking part in the Jewish International Film Festival by screening the film “Syndrome K”, a 2019 Italy/USA co-production by American director Stephen Edwards.  This moving documentary tells a true, little-known story that took place in Rome during the Nazi occupation in 1943-44. Three courageous Italian doctors saved the lives […]

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