Italian Embassy in Ukraine is fully operational in Lviv

After a complex operation run by the Foreign Affairs Ministry Crisis Unit in close collaboration with the intelligence, which has provided operational support, and after taking to safety, outside Ukraine, all the Italian nationals hosted over the past days at his Residence, Ambassador Pier Francesco Zazo has arrived in Lviv today, where the seat of […]

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Bratislava commemorates Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Bratislava Italian Cultural Institute has planned a series of cultural events in March to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini. It kicks off today, 3 March, at the Kino Lumière in Bratislava, with inauguration of the “Mamma Roma” photography exhibition which will run until 31 March, showing the photos shot […]

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The Italian Embassy in Singapore donates books on Dante and Rodari

The Italian Embassy in Singapore, with the support of APICS, has donated to the National Library Board some 15 Italian children’s books translated into English. These include books on Dante and The Divine Comedy, Gianni Rodari’s Telephone Tales and books on Italy’s major art cities, including Venice, Florence and Milan. Ambassador Mario Vattani and NLB […]

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Opportunities in Brazil for Piedmont’s Technology Pole

A Protocol of Cooperation for commercial, industrial, cultural relations and technology exchange was signed between the Piedmont Technology Pole and the Commercial Association of the Federal District of Brasilia. The Protocol was signed last 24 February via videoconference with the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. It is the first technological cooperation agreement that the Federal District […]

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Ukraine. Della Vedova: Community of Democracies expresses solidarity for the people suffering the aggression and for protesting Russians

“The Russian Federation’s unjustified and unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine is a patent and defiant violation of the most basic principles of international law, of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and of fundamental humanitarian rules and principles,” said Undersecretary Benedetto Della Vedova at the extraordinary meeting on the Ukrainian crisis convened by the Governing Council […]

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Cameroon: projects set up by Cameroonian students returning from Italy are presented

A number of young Cameroonians who studied and trained in Italy have set up six projects on their return  to Cameroon, in sectors including renewable energy, agricultural transformation, cosmetics and the production of building materials. The projects were presented during a conference in Yaoundé, held in the Casa Italia at the Promote Salon. Participants included […]

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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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