PORTUGAL Webinar and matchmaking on digital and emerging technologies for decarbonisation and the energy transition – 9 and 10 March 2022

The Italian Embassy in Lisbon and COTEC Portugal – a Business Association for Innovation, organised a webinar called “Digital and emerging technologies for decarbonisation and the energy transition” in association with the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Portugal and ICE-Agenzia (Italian Trade Agency) for the promotion and internationalisation of Italian companies abroad. Digital technologies play […]

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Berlin: ‘’Laboratorio Leopardi’’ inaugurated at Potsdam

At the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin and with the sponsorship of the Italian Embassy, the ‘’Laboratorio Leopardi’’ was opened at the University of Potsdam with the aim of making the first unabridged translation of the ‘’Zibaldone’’, supplemented with a critical comment on the relationship between Leopardi’s work and German culture. The […]

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Los Angeles: Muccino writes about himself in a book

On the occasion of Filming Italy Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute scheduled a meeting with the director and screenwriter Gabriele Muccino, who will present his new book “La vita addosso. Io, il cinema e tutto il resto. Un’autobiografia” [Life on me. Me, cinema and everything else. An autobiography] published by Utet. The book is written […]

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Oslo: seminar on architecture in Italy and Norway

The Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo organized a seminar on “Architects’ travel. Routes, connections and resonances between Italy and Norway in the 20th – 21st centuries”. Architect Antonello Alici (Università Politecnica delle Marche) will be the protagonist of the event. The travels of artists and architects, as a direct experience of a place, have proved […]

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A group of 99 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya arrive in Italy

A group of 99 vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers was evacuated from Libya to Italy during the night. It is the first evacuation flight in 2022, organized through the joint efforts of the UNHCR, the UN Agency for Refugees, the Italian Ministries of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the INMP, the National […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Sereni meets with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mekonnen

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, met with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen for an in-depth exchange of opinions. Deputy Foreign Minister Sereni acknowledged the significant progress made by Ethiopian Authorities in the conflict in the North of the Country, both politically (including the release […]

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Mission by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni to Ethiopia

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, arrived in Ethiopia today for a three-day visit. This is the first visit to Africa for Deputy Minister Sereni, and the first since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic by an Italian authority in the Country, who will have meetings at the political level […]

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Mission by Minister Luigi Di Maio to Algeria

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is on a mission to Algiers. The Minister met with his Algerian counterpart, Ramtane Lamamra, and the Minister of Energy and Mining, Mohamed Arkab. On the agenda, the strengthening of the bilateral partnership between Italy and Algeria in the energy supply sector to meet […]

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Decision to provide immediate financial aid to the Ukrainian Government

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, today signed a resolution to provide an immediate financial aid of 110 million euros to the Ukrainian Government. Read the text here.

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Minister Di Maio participates in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi di Maio, participated in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting convened by video conference to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine. The meeting, which was also attended by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, reaffirmed the unacceptability of the Russian aggression – in patent violation of […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio partecipates in the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio is in Brussels to participate in the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council.

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Ukraine. Della Vedova at OSCE meeting: Italy condemns Russia’s attack

Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, took the floor during the special summit of the OSCE Permanent Council, convened by Poland’s rotating presidency to address the Ukrainian crisis. Mr Della Vedova spoke on behalf of Minister Di Maio, who was attending the meeting of the Supreme Council of Defence. “Italy condemns Russia’s […]

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