“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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Senegal, Italian cinema at the Festival of Black Arts

A review of Italian documentaries and movies related to the World Festival of Black Arts, which was held in April 1966 in Dakar, highlighting Italy’s contribution to the success of the Festival, began yesterday, February 17, and will continue until March 10, 2022 in the Senegalese capital. The event “C’era una volta il ’66” is […]

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“Farnesina Verde”: World Day of Energy Saving and Sustainable Lifestyle

With the “Farnesina Verde” award, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation extends environment sustainability standards to the entire foreign network. Our Embassies will be encouraged to develop initiatives in three macroareas: waste reuse and disposal; energy saving and efficiency improvement; reduced plastic use. The most impacting and innovative projects shall receive accolades and […]

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USA, Ambassador Zappia meets senior Italian group managers

16 February 2022 “The recovery of Italy and the United States and the record data on bilateral trade in 2021 means that we can look towards 2022 with optimism, paying due attention to the geopolitical context and critical factors such as inflation pressures”. This was part of the address given by Italian Ambassador Mariangela Zappia […]

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Singapore, webinar on new technologies in sustainable agriculture

The Italian Embassy in Singapore organised a webinar on new technologies in sustainable agriculture, in tandem with SGInnovate. The “Uncovering Agriculture 4.0 – Sustainable Technologies” event took place in recent days, and was attended by Gianni Ferretti, professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, Chiara Corbo, Head of the Smart Agrifood Observatory and Daniele Benatoff, […]

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“Epiphany about Nature” in the Farnesina Collection

We would like to welcome “Epiphany about Nature” (1976) by Mario Giacomelli (Senigallia, 1925 – 2000) to the Farnesina Collection. The work forms part of the Epiphany about Nature series comprising aerial shots taken from a Piper airplane. As with his other collections, Giacomelli portrays the countryside near his hometown of Senigallia, transforming it into […]

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Joint press conference by Minister Luigi Di Maio and Minister Sergey Lavrov

Within the framework of his diplomatic mission to Moscow, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will take part in a joint press conference with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov The press conference will be broadcast in live streaming from the Farnesina’s Facebook page.  

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Information note – Mission to Moscow: joint press conference by Minister Di Maio – Minister Lavrov

On Thursday, 17 February 2022, at 10:00 AM (Rome time), the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, on a diplomatic mission to Moscow, will hold a joint press conference with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov. It will be possible to follow the press conference in live streaming at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/ItalyMFA.it

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Diplomatic mission by Minister Di Maio to the Russian Federation

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is on a diplomatic mission to Moscow to meet with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov.  

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Ukraine. Della Vedova has a conference call with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Within the framework of the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, had a video conference call with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Tiny Cox, on the Ukrainian crisis. Undersecretary […]

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“ARTE e Tecnologia -Il ruolo dell’Italia nella digitalizzazione dello Zambia”

The Italian Embassy in Zambia is organising the event “ART and Technology” on Thursday, February 17, from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. With the participation of the Zambian Minister for Technology and Science Hon. Felix Mutati, this event, which is the third one of a series of five events, is part of the Project “Italia-Zambia, […]

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Berlin: The Italian Embassy welcomes the stars of Italian cinema

The Italian Embassy in Berlin celebrated the participation of Italian cinema in the 72nd International Film Festival by hosting an event with film directors, actors, producers and technical experts. “I am very happy that in Berlin we are represented by a recognized master like Paolo Taviani and by several young film directors, a combination of […]

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