Sydney, Italy takes centre stage at Antenna Film Festival

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney confirmed its ten-year old collaboration with the Antenna Documentary Film Festival. For the 2022 edition, to be held from 2 to 13 February, the Festival artistic committee, chaired by David Rokach, selected two films related to Italy: “We are the thousand” and “Chef Antonio’s recipes for revolution”. In “We […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Luigi Di Maio and the Estonian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eva-Maria Liimets

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, held a telephone conversation with his Estonian counterpart, Eva-Maria Liimets, today 2 February 2022. The agenda included Italian support for its allies’ security and Ukraine’s territorial integrity. The ministers’ discussion focused on the need for a constructive dialogue with Moscow and an effective and […]

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Telephone conversation between Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano and Azerbaijan Minister of Energy, Parviz Shahbazov

Mr Manlio Di Stefano, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation held talks by phone today with Azerbaijan’s Minister for Energy, Mr Parviz Shahbazov, informing him that the Italian government is interested in increasing procurement of Azeri natural gas. Some eight billion cubic metres of Azeri gas are conveyed every year to Italy […]

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Italy first donor country of COVID-19 vaccines in Syria

At the Global Health Summit held in May 2021 and organised by Italy during its Presidency of the G20, alongside the European Commission, the Italian government undertook to donate millions of vaccine doses to priority countries, such as Syria. “Italy is donating doses via COVAX, after pledging 470 million dollars to Gavi COVAX Advance Market […]

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Modern art exhibition “Belonging” staged in Dublin

The Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin has collaborated in setting up the modern art exhibition “Belonging”, an initiative of the European Investment Bank, organized in partnership with the Hunt Museum in Limerick and supported by the diplomatic and consular missions of the 27 EU Member States. The exhibition will be inaugurated on 10 February at […]

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Paris celebrates centennial of Joyce’s “Ulysses”

From 2 February to 2 March 2022 the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris will host “And yes I said yes I will Yes”, an audio/visual installation by Italian photographer Leo Pellegatta and French composer Nicol Faer, to celebrate the centennial of James Joyce’s novel “Ulysses”. The installation, set up at the Irish Cultural Centre too, […]

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Saudi Arabia – WeBuild is to build a mega car park for the Diriyah historic-archaeological site

WeBuild has won the 940 million euro tender to build a huge car park for the Diriyah historic-archaeological site, located to the north of Riyadh. Under the Vision 2030 plans, the site will become one of the kingdom’s principal tourist attractions. Managed by the Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA), it includes the Al Turaif UNESCO […]

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New instruments to protect Italians resident abroad

From today, 1 February 2022, the Farnesina is providing a new instrument to protect Italians abroad – workers and students, travellers and aid workers, long-term or temporary residents. Each citizen will be able to record their home or place of residence on a map on the www.dovesiamonelmondo.it site, to facilitate intervention in case of need. […]

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“Tracce”, exhibition by Patrizia Posillipo in Yerevan

“Tracce – Fotografia in viaggio tra Italia e Armenia” [Traces – Photography travelling between Italy and Armenia] is the title of Patrizia Posillipo’s exhibition , inaugurated in Yerevan at the Modern Art Museum, and organized in partnership with the Italian Embassy in the Armenian capital city. The exhibition, curated by Isabella Indolfi, will run until […]

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Kenya: agreement signed on the Integrated Development Programme

The Italian Ambassador to Kenya, Alberto Pieri, and the Kenyan Treasury Minister, Ukur Yatani, signed an agreement to implement the Malindi Integrated Social Health Development Programme – Phase II. The signing took place in Nairobi on 26 January 2022, in the presence of the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation Office in Nairobi, Fabio Melloni. […]

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Remembrance Day: screenings and a concert in Beijing

The Italian Embassy in Beijing and the Italian Cultural Institute commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day with two initiatives: the screening of the film “L’uomo che visse tre volte” by film director Irish Braschi and a video concert. The film screening was introduced by the Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister Counsellor Emanuele di Lorenzo Badia, at […]

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Remembrance Day: Panama, screening of “Il Giudice dei Giusti”

“Il Giudice dei Giusti”, the television docufilm directed by Enrico Marchese and co-written by Gabriele Nissim and Emanuela Audisio, was screened in Panama at the proposal of the Italian Embassy to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022. The screening, which was hosted at Panama’s Foreign Ministry, was organised in partnership with the Israeli Embassy and with […]

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