Crisis in Ukraine. Contribution from Italian Cooperation

Italy will contribute to the international humanitarian response to the Ukraine crisis with 25 million euro. The Italian funding was approved yesterday, 10 March 2022, by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni. It responds to the appeals from the United Nations system and the international Red Cross movement following the deterioration in the humanitarian […]

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Lisbon: webinar on technologies and the energy transition

The opportunities in the field of digital technologies for decarbonisation and the energy transition were the main topics discussed at the webinar organized by the Italian Embassy in Lisbon and COTEC Portugal (a Business Association for Innovation), together with the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Portugal, and the Italian Trade Agency (ITA). The online webinar […]

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Italy and Morocco. De Amicis at the Court of the Sultan

The Diplomatic Historical Archive of the Farnesina collaborated on an episode of Paolo Mieli’s show “Passato e Presente” [Past and Present]. The episode, called “Italia Marocco. De Amicis alla corte del Sultano” [Italy and Morocco. De Amicis at the Court of the Sultan], will be broadcast on Friday, 11 March, at 1.15 p.m. on Rai […]

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Minister Di Maio participates in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (Turkey)

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is on a diplomatic mission in Turkey to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.

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Helsinki: workshop on Italian Food & Wine

A workshop to promote Italian food and wine was held in Helsinki in the presence of the Italian Ambassador, Sergio Pagano. “Selezione Italia – Food & Wine” was an opportunity to showcase Italian quality food and wine for the Finnish market. The workshop was organized by “Italian Trade Connections”, a Finnish firm committed to developing […]

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Tunis: Arab play on Dante’s Inferno

The Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis is continuing to celebrate Dante Alighieri’s life and works by staging an original play on the Inferno of the Divine Comedy by the Tunisian director Hafedh Khalifa. This new staging of the play is set to premiere on 11 March at the Theatre of Regions in Tunis’ City of Culture. […]

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Prague: 36 photos to tell the story of women scientists

The Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague inaugurated an exhibition narrating the stories of women scientists. The “A Life as a Scientist” exhibition draws inspiration from the databank of the “100 Women Against Stereotypes” project launched by the Osservatorio di Pavia and the Associazione di giornaliste Gi.U.Li.A., in partnership with the Bracco Foundation and […]

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Meeting of the Africa Focus Group of the Global Coalition Against Daesh

The Africa Focus Group – a Group on combating terrorism in the African Continent promoted by Italy within the framework of the Global Coalition against Daesh – closed its meeting today at the Farnesina. The meeting, co-chaired by Italy, the United States, Morocco and Niger, proposed that the Group become an important platform converging the […]

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Sahel Coalition, Sereni attends the third ministerial meeting

Deputy Minister Sereni attended the third ministerial meeting of the International Coalition for the Sahel which was held today via videoconference. The Sahel Coalition unites more than 60 Countries committed to the stabilization of the Sahel region which represents the southern the border of the enlarged Mediterranean region. The stability of the region is threatened […]

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To mark International Women’s Day, the Italian Embassy in Washington DC and the Italian Consulate General in Los Angeles present two episodes of the “One of Us” documentary series by film director-producer Chiara Tilesi

To mark the 8th of March, International Women’s Day, the Italian Embassy in Washington DC dedicated the presentation of the “East Coast” episode of the “One of Us” documentary series to Ukraine, at the attendance of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. The Embassy’s guests of honor included the Ukrainian Ambassador to […]

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Rabat, exhibition by artist Donatella Chiarenza

An exhibition by Genoese artist Donatella Chiarenza will be opening at the Italian Cultural Institute in Rabat at 18:30 on Thursday 17 March. The exhibition will be hosted at the Institute’s premises (2 bis, Avenue Ahmed El Yazidi (ex-Meknès) – Hassan). Works produced by the painter since she came to live in Morocco will be […]

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Exhibition on the Women of Frederick II’s Empire

The Italian Cultural Institute of New York has organized an exhibition dedicated to the women of Frederick II’s Mediterranean Empire. The exhibition was inaugurated yesterday, March 8, International Women’s Day, and will be open until April 8, in the premises of the Institute (686 Park Avenue). “I am proud to bring Palermo and Sicily to […]

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