Athens, commemoration of the sinking of the steamer “Oria”

A ceremony commemorating the victims of the steamer ‘Oria’, which sank on February 12, 1944 off the coast of Attica, near the island of Patroklos, was held yesterday, February 20, at the Monument commemorating these honourable victims, located at kilometre 60 of the Athens-Sounion coastal road. On the ship there were over 4,000 Italian military […]

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Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, meets the Ambassador of Kosovo to Italy, Lendita Haxhitasim

On the 14th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Kosovo, the meeting between Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, and the Ambassador of Kosovo to Italy, Lendita Haxhitasim, confirmed the consolidation of bilateral relations and Italian support to strengthen Kosovo’s democratic institutions and to its European prospects. During the cordial  conversation, Ambassador Sequi recalled […]

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Hamburg, online visit to the gardens of Villa Lante

The spectacular gardens of Villa Lante, one of the most famous Italian Mannerist gardens of the 16th century, are the subject of an online project – #andarpergiardini – created by the Italian Cultural Institute in Hamburg. They are the main attraction of Villa Lante, located in Bagnaia, which is part of the Municipality of Viterbo. […]

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London, a meeting on Marconi’s genius

A meeting dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi (1874 – 1937) will be held on Monday, February 21, at the Italian Cultural Institute in London. “The genius of the waves” is the title of the event dedicated to the famous Italian physicist, inventor of the wireless telegraph, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909. […]

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Minister Di Maio participates in the Foreign Affairs Council

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Brussels today to attend the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. The 27 Foreign Affairs Ministers will first discuss the latest developments on the tensions on the border between Ukraine and Russia and will hold a more general discussion on the […]

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Minister Di Maio participates in the Foreign Affairs Council (Brussels, Monday, 21 February 2022)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be in Brussels tomorrow to attend the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. The 27 Foreign Affairs Ministers will first discuss the latest developments on the tensions on the border between Ukraine and Russia and will hold a more general discussion on […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Russia and Ukraine

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, remain gravely concerned about Russia’s threatening military build-up around Ukraine, in illegally annexed Crimea and in Belarus. Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified massing of military forces, the largest […]

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Minister Di Maio attends the extraordinary G7 Ministerial meeting (Munich, 19 February 2022)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, is in Munich today to attend the extraordinary G7 Ministerial meeting organized by the German Presidency within the framework of the 58th Munich Security Conference. The tension between Ukraine and the Russian Federation will be the focus of the meeting, whose aim is to strengthen coordination in […]

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Diplomatic mission of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, to Malaysia and Singapore

Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano yesterday concluded his official visit to Singapore first and then to Malaysia, the first visit by a representative of the Italian Government to Southeast Asia since the outbreak of the pandemic. “Last year Italy entered into an Italy-ASEAN development partnership and will shortly submit its official action plan structured into specific […]

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Italian Embassy in Teheran pays homage to Pasolini

The centennial of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birth was celebrated in Teheran with a concert by pianist Giovanni Guidi, held at the residence of the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Perrone. The acoustic piano performance, entitled “100 lettere d’amore” (100 love letters) was composed by Giovanni Guidi specifically for the occasion, to commemorate the renowned Italian intellectual and […]

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Ambassador Marrapodi visited the Italian institutions in Istanbul

Over the last few days the Ambassador of Italy to Turkey, Giorgio Marrapodi, carried out his first mission to Istanbul and visited all the Italian institutions in the country, including the Consulate General, where he was welcomed by Consul General Elena Sgarbi and the Cultural Institute, where he was received by Director Salvatore Schirmo. The […]

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“Traces/Huellas”, an exhibition on Italian contemporary art in Madrid

An exhibition on five decades of Italian contemporary art will open at the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid on February 23. The exhibition “Traces/Huellas.Works from the Giorgio Persano Gallery 1971-2021,” curated by Giorgio Persano himself, will be open to the public until June 4. It exhibits about twenty works by Italian artists, ranging from the […]

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