Sahel; Sereni, we need to prevent radicalisation and violent extremism in the region

“In order to enhance the effectiveness of the counter-terrorism efforts of the international community and the countries in the region we need to invest more and more significantly in the prevention of violent extremism, working with the local communities, with the aim of ensuring basic services, training and development opportunities, and building credible institutions by […]

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Appointment of Stephanie Williams as UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Libya

Italy welcomes UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ appointment of Stephanie Williams as his Special Adviser on Libya. The UN plays a crucial role in support of the ongoing Libyan-owned and Libyan-led political process. At this critical juncture, both Libya and the International Community will undoubtedly benefit from Stephanie Williams’ vision, experience and previous accomplishments. The […]

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North Macedonia – Call for submission of projects under the Strategic Investments Law

In January 2020, North Macedonia adopted the Law on Strategic Investments, which provides incentives and state subsidies for investment projects deemed of strategic importance for the country. A call for the submission of projects has recently been issued, with the deadline of 31 January 2022. In particular, interested companies can submit their applications to obtain […]

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Moscow, Italian culinary traditions on Russian TV

On the occasion of the 6th edition of the Italian Cuisine Week, the Italian Embassy in Moscow, in collaboration with the television programme “The City”, created a special episode dedicated to our culinary tradition. In the programme, which aired on the public TV Moscow24 channel, the Italian Ambassador to Russia, Giorgio Starace, toured the centre […]

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Exhibitions: the incense route from Oman to Italy

An exhibition on the historical links between Italy and Oman thanks to the Incense Route, organised by the Italian Embassy and the National Museum of Oman, and curated by the Associazione Italiana Per Fumum of Turin, was inaugurated in Mascate, in the presence of the Italian Ambassador, Federica Favi, and Omani Prince Kamil Al Said. […]

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Copenhagen, lockdown in Rome as seen by Donatella Spaziani

The Italian Cultural Institute in Copenhagen, on the occasion of the Giornata del Contemporaneo (Day of the Contemporary), is hosting Donatella Spaziani’s exhibition “Insieme concertante”. For the first time, unpublished photographs taken by the artist, whose works are also in the Farnesina Collection, will be on display during the first lockdown in Rome, alongside pencil […]

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Signature of Protocol between the Italian Foreign Ministry and the Office of the Government’s Extraordinary Commissioner for Missing Persons

Today, the Secretary General of the Italian Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Ettore Sequi, and Prefect Silvana Riccio signed a new collaboration protocol between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Office of the Government’s Extraordinary Commissioner for Missing Persons. This agreement concerns in particular the exchange of information on searches for Italians who […]

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Minister Di Maio co-chairs the Italian-Russian Council for Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation with the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Manturov

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio received today, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Denis Manturov, to co-chair the work of the 18th plenary session of the “Italo-Russian Council for Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation” (CIRCEIF). Thematic sessions followed the […]

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Dakar, Ambassador De Vito visits the frigate Antonio Marceglia

The Italian Ambassador to Senegal, Giovanni Umberto De Vito, visited the Italian Navy’s frigate “Antonio Marceglia”, which made a stopover in Dakar on its return from a campaign of operations conducted in the Gulf of Guinea. In Dakar, the frigate Marceglia conducted an exercise with the Senegalese Navy before continuing its navigation. In greeting the […]

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The cutting-edge “Costa Toscana” cruise ship delivered in Finland

The Italian Ambassador to Finland, Sergio Pagano, attended the handover ceremony at the Meyer shipyard, in Turku, of the “Costa Toscana”, the new flagship of the Costa Crociere cruise fleet and sister ship of the “Costa Smeralda”, which was also launched in the port city in south-western Finland two years ago. Powered by liquefied natural […]

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Artist Talk with Rosa Barba in Berlin

On 3ed December, the Italian Embassy in Berlin hosted an Artist Talk with Rosa Barba. The artist’s exhibition, “In a Perpetual Now”, was chosen by the Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie, Joachim Jäger, to reopen the museum after six years of restoration. The initiative is part of the 17th “Giornata del Contemporaneo” (Contemporary Day), dedicated […]

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Tel Aviv, meeting with the author Abraham Yehoshua

The Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv will host on 8 December (at 17:00 Italian time) a meeting, titled “Italy is my second home”, with Israeli author Abraham B. Yehoshua, on the occasion of the publication in Italy of his latest novel The Only Daughter. The meeting will be attended by the Italian Ambassador to […]

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