Cartagena — Pasolini retrospective at Film Festival

To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Italian Cultural Institute in Bogotá has organised a retrospective of four of Pasolini’s films. The event was presented at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia’s most important film festival. The four films presented – Accattone, Il Decameron, Comizi d’amore and Porcile – […]

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Germany plans many initiatives for the Italian Design Day

The Italian Embassy in Berlin has started the initiatives planned for the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day with a debate on design, new technologies, and sustainable future. The topic was addressed by Marco Sammicheli – International Relations Chief Officer of the 23rd edition of the Triennale Milano and Superintendent of the Museo del […]

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ITALIAN DESIGN DAY 2022 – 6th EDITION

With the topic of Ri-Generazione. Design e nuove tecnologie per un futuro sostenibile [Re-generation. Design and new technologies for a sustainable future], the best of Italian design becomes the protagonist in over 100 Countries. With hundreds of initiatives carried out all over the world, the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day, an event first held in 2017 […]

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World Water Forum. Sereni: we must ensure women and girls’ access to water everywhere

Within the 9th World Water Forum, Deputy Minister Sereni spoke at the special session “Accelerating gender equality in the water domain: the way forward”, promoted by UNESCO’s World Water Assessment Programme. Deputy Minister Sereni said: “Within the line of action of Italian Development Cooperation, there are interventions aimed at supporting women in the poorest rural […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with Lebanon’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Bou Habib

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met today at the Farnesina with Abdallah Bou Habib, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of the Republic of Lebanon, on visit in Rome together with the President of the Republic of Lebanon, Michel Aoun. Firstly, the two Ministers discussed the major issues of […]

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Italian Design Day in Pristina

The Italian Embassy in Kosovo and the ITA (Italian Trade Agency) Office in Tirana have organised an event in Pristina to celebrate the VI Day of Italian Design, to be held today 22 March at the Hotel Emerald and to be attended by the Ministers of Culture and of Industry, the Mayor of Pristina and […]

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Diplomatic mission by Ambassador Lombardi to the Comoro Islands

The Italian Ambassador in Tanzania, Marco Lombardi, went on a diplomatic mission to the Comoro Islands from 14 to 19 March. The aim of the visit was the presentation of the letter of credence to President Azali Assoumani and a meeting with members of the Italian Community residing in the Country. In the morning of […]

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Design e luoghi di lavoro, webinar ad Ottawa

To mark Italian Design Day 2022, the Italian Embassy in Canada, in partnership with Progetto CMR of Milan and Diamond Schmitt Architects of Toronto, will host a webinar titled “Living, Working, Breathing-Design Tomorrow’s Workplace” next 24 March. The speakers will explore the changes that the pandemic caused on daily habits and activities, imposing on everybody […]

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Art and Architecture, a webinar in Lusaka

The Embassy of Italy in Zambia has organized – for Wednesday, March 23 – a webinar entitled “ART and Architecture”, a hybrid event that coincides with the celebrations for the Day of Italian Design in the World. The main purpose of this initiative is to enhance Rome’s candidacy to host the EXPO 2030. The meeting […]

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​Compatriot Andrea Cisternino

The Farnesina is following with the utmost attention the situation of compatriot Andrea Cisternino, who runs a centre for the protection of stray animals near Kyiv. In particular, within the context of the ongoing activities to assist Italians who are still in Ukraine, the Crisis Unit, in collaboration with the National Animal Protection Agency, has […]

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Documentary screening on Vincenzo Bianchini in Tehran

A documentary on the Italian artist Vincenzo Bianchini (“From Tehran to Rome. A Journey through Art”), who spent a long period of his life in Iran between the 1950s and 1970s, was screened on 19 March 2022 in the Residence of the Italian Ambassador in Tehran, Giuseppe Perrone. During the event, Ambassador Perrone said: “Vincenzo Bianchini was […]

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The Italian Embassy in Algiers presents the book “Enrico Mattei and Algeria”

The Italian Embassy in Algiers presents a new book entitled “Enrico Mattei e l’Algeria. Un amico indimenticabile (1962-2022)”, (“Enrico Mattei and Algeria: An Unforgettable Friend (1962-2022)”, with an introduction by Ambassador Giovanni Pugliese. The event takes place only a few days before the opening of the 25th edition of the Algiers International Book Fair, at which Italy will be guest […]

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