Online conference on gender equality in cities

The network of Italian Cultural Institutes in the Nordic area – Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm – along with the Italian Embassy in Sweden, present “Equal Cities – Planning for equality, inclusion and an effective presence of women in the civic landscape”, an online conference scheduled for 3 March on gender equality in contemporary cities. […]

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Minister Di Maio meets the Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, Mons. Paul Richard Gallagher

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met the Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, H.E. Mons. Paul Richard Gallagher, at the Farnesina today, 2 March 2022. The meeting, which can be set in the long-standing framework of bilateral relations between Italy and the Holy See, was the […]

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Minister Marta Cartabia visits Lisbon

Minister of Justice, Marta Cartabia, travelled to Lisbon to hold a bilateral meeting with her Portuguese counterpart, Francisca Van Dunem. The talks focused on strengthening the collaboration between the two Countries in the field of Justice and on their respective prison systems. During her visit, Minister Cartabia also met with the President of the Constitutional […]

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Ukraine. Della Vedova at UN: those responsible for human rights violations must be punished

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, spoke today at an event at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on the Russian attack on Ukraine. “We are shocked by what is happening in Ukraine at this time. We once again condemn the Russian military offensive. It is an outrageous […]

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Mission by Ambassador Greganti in Iraqi Kurdistan

Ambassador Maurizio Greganti travelled to the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq for his first mission outside the capital city Baghdad. During his five-day visit, accompanied by the Consul in Erbil, Michele Camerota, and the Defense Attaché of the Embassy, Col. Luigi Sambin, the Ambassador met with the main Authorities of the Autonomous Region, including […]

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Ukraine. Transfer of Italian Embassy to Lviv

Given the deteriorating security situation in Kiev it is impossible to ensure that the Embassy of Italy can perform its functions in full. The Embassy in Kiev is therefore being transferred to Lviv. This will enable it, like other embassies previously based in Kiev and that have already been transferred, to continue to perform its […]

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PORTUGAL Webinar and matchmaking on digital and emerging technologies for decarbonisation and the energy transition – 9 and 10 March 2022

The Italian Embassy in Lisbon and COTEC Portugal – a Business Association for Innovation, organised a webinar called “Digital and emerging technologies for decarbonisation and the energy transition” in association with the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Portugal and ICE-Agenzia (Italian Trade Agency) for the promotion and internationalisation of Italian companies abroad. Digital technologies play […]

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Berlin: ‘’Laboratorio Leopardi’’ inaugurated at Potsdam

At the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin and with the sponsorship of the Italian Embassy, the ‘’Laboratorio Leopardi’’ was opened at the University of Potsdam with the aim of making the first unabridged translation of the ‘’Zibaldone’’, supplemented with a critical comment on the relationship between Leopardi’s work and German culture. The […]

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Los Angeles: Muccino writes about himself in a book

On the occasion of Filming Italy Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute scheduled a meeting with the director and screenwriter Gabriele Muccino, who will present his new book “La vita addosso. Io, il cinema e tutto il resto. Un’autobiografia” [Life on me. Me, cinema and everything else. An autobiography] published by Utet. The book is written […]

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Oslo: seminar on architecture in Italy and Norway

The Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo organized a seminar on “Architects’ travel. Routes, connections and resonances between Italy and Norway in the 20th – 21st centuries”. Architect Antonello Alici (Università Politecnica delle Marche) will be the protagonist of the event. The travels of artists and architects, as a direct experience of a place, have proved […]

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A group of 99 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya arrive in Italy

A group of 99 vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers was evacuated from Libya to Italy during the night. It is the first evacuation flight in 2022, organized through the joint efforts of the UNHCR, the UN Agency for Refugees, the Italian Ministries of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the INMP, the National […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Sereni meets with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mekonnen

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, met with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen for an in-depth exchange of opinions. Deputy Foreign Minister Sereni acknowledged the significant progress made by Ethiopian Authorities in the conflict in the North of the Country, both politically (including the release […]

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