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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Brasilia: Candido Portinari, an artist for peace

An exhibition and a conference to celebrate the work of Candido Portinari. The initiative was organized by the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. The exhibition displays 28 etchings by the artist of Italian descent, whose parents emigrated from the Veneto Region at the end of the 19th century, and who has become one of Brazil’s greatest 20th century […]

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Sereni a Commissione ONU sulla condizione femminile: “Donne sono un potente fattore di cambiamento”

“Le donne e le ragazze sono un potente fattore di cambiamento; l’istruzione uno strumento chiave per rendere il loro ruolo sempre più importante, tuttavia, come conseguenza della pandemia, ma anche dell’aumento dei conflitti armati e delle relative crisi umanitarie, oggi si assiste a una progressiva erosione dei progressi finora registrati nel campo dell’istruzione femminile”. Lo […]

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Undersecretary Di Stefano on a mission in Brazil: meeting with Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Minister França

On an official visit to Brasilia, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, had a long working meeting with Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carlos Alberto Franco França. “Brazil, a great democracy of Latin America and a country we are tied to through very close historical bonds, is our main economic partner in the […]

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Press accreditation note – joint press point, Minister Di Maio and Minister Hoekstra (Farnesina, Friday 18 March, 2022)

On Friday 18 March, 2022, at 11:00 am, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,Luigi Di Maio, will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands,Wopke Hoekstra, at the Farnesina. Once the meeting is over, the Ministers will hold a joint press point. In consideration of the current regulation on social distancing, […]

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Tokyo, examples of urban regeneration on display

The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo, as part of the initiatives for the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day, present the exhibition “Welcome, feeling at work’’, dedicated to the great urban regeneration project of the ‘’Kengo Kuma and Associates’ studio to revive the former Rizzoli area in Milan. The […]

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Prague: glass takes centre stage at Italian Design Day

On 23 March, for the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, together with CAMIC (the Italian-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry) will present “COMMON GLASS”, a project dedicated to the new language of contemporary glass, which gathers the most interesting realities of the […]

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