Virtual Country Presentation Rwanda, 18 March 2022

Confindustria Assafrica & Mediterraneo, in association with Assolombarda and the Rwanda Development Board – the government department responsible for investments in the country – is organising a virtual country presentation on Rwanda. The webinar will be held on Friday, 18 March, and starts at 10.00 a.m. This is an opportunity to explore potential industrial partnerships […]

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The Republic of Moldova. Supply of humanitarian goods by the Italian Cooperation Service for Ukrainian refugees and intervention by the Migration Fund to help children

As part of the Italian effort to respond to the emergency in Ukraine, the Italian Cooperation Service organised two humanitarian expeditions, one by land and the other by air, which left the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot in Brindisi (UNHRD) on 11 and 14 March. A total of about 20 tonnes of relief and shelter […]

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Minister Di Maio at the Ceremony for the Lateran Treaty

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participates in the Ceremony for the 93rd anniversary of the signing of the Lateran Treaty and 38th anniversary of the Agreement amending the Concordat between Italy and the Holy See.  

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Tehran, 2002 sees sixth edition of “Domus Design”

The international exhibition “Domus Design – Tehran 2022” has been presented at the residence of the Ambassador of Italy in Iran. The exhibition, now in its sixth edition, consists of two sections. The first is an in-depth look at key moments in the history of Italian and Iranian design through a series of iconic objects. […]

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Media accreditation notice — Press point Min. Di Maio and Min. Le Drian (Farnesina, 17 March 2022)

On Thursday 17 March 2022, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, Jean Yves Le Drian, will attend a meeting of the Council of Ministers at the invitation of the Italian Government, under the provisions of the Quirinal Treaty (Trattato del Quirinale). At the end of the meeting, Italy’s Minister for Foreign […]

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Amsterdam, literary recital on the Shoah

The Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam is presenting “Questo è stato’’, a literary recital with Sabrina Modenini. The recital is based on the book of the same name by Piera Sonnino, with adaptation and direction by Andrea de Manincor. In her novel, Piera Sonnino tells the tragic story of the deportation and extermination of her […]

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Development Cooperation, Deputy Minister Sereni chaired the Joint Committee

Deputy Minister Marina Sereni chaired the first 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 (AICS), Luca Maestripieri. The initiatives passed by the Joint Committee include extending the 92-million-euro financial endowment for the […]

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Digital Export Bonus

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the ICE – Italian Trade Agency have tasked Invitalia with putting in place an additional measure to support the digitalization process of SMEs. The “Digital Export Bonus” initiative envisages the granting of contributions as “de minimis” aid for the purpose of developing the internationalization activities […]

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Two concerts of the singer Tosca in Algeria

The Italian singer Tosca lands in Algeria with her “Morabeza World Tour”. Thanks to the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers, together with the Ministry of Culture and Arts, Tosca will take the stage on Saturday, 19 March, at the Théâtre National Algérien Mahieddine Bachtarzi, and on Monday, 21 March, at the Theâtre Régional […]

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Seoul: female Italian Studies student is Ambassador for a day

Kim Chaewon, a student at the Italian Studies Department of the Busan University of Foreign Studies, is the winner of the first edition of “Ambassador for a Day”. The project, launched by the Italian Embassy in Seoul together with the Italian Cultural Institute, is targeted to female students interested in pursuing a diplomatic carrier. The […]

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Bratislava: on show the photos of the set of “Mamma Roma”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava, in partnership with the Centro Cinema of Cesena and the Kino Lumière of Bratislava, organized an exhibition displaying the photos of the set of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s film ‘’Mamma Roma’’, filmed in 1962 and starring Anna Magnani. The film is the crux of the “Roman Trilogy” (Accattone, Mamma Roma, […]

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Tanzania, Ambassador Lombardi visiting Iringa

At the invitation of the Ruaha Catholic University (RUCU), the Ambassador of Italy in Tanzania, Marco Lombardi, visited Iringa, a region in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, to discuss opportunities for collaboration between the RUCU and Italian universities, and in particular with the Catholic University of Brescia and those of Palermo and Turin. During his […]

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