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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Myanmar/Burma: Declaration by the High Representative Josep Borrell on behalf of the European Union on the situation

Today, President Win Myint, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Mayor Myo Aung were sentenced to jail terms in Myanmar. Their trial was politically motivated.  It represents another step towards the dismantling of the rule of law and a further blatant violation of human rights in Myanmar. The European Union strongly condemns this politically […]

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Italian anti-fascists in the Netherlands, a meeting in Amsterdam

“Vocie nascoste (Hidden Voices)”. Italian anti-fascists in the Netherlands: Angelo Agosti (1900-1985) and Luciana Rescia Bokma (1902-1995)” is the title of a meeting to be held on 10 December (2.30 pm) at the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam, organised together with the 1001 Italianen/Culturissma Foundation. For a long time, the role of Italians in the […]

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Cantica21, “Patrizio” a video-installation at Belgrade

On the occasion of the 17th edition of the Contemporary Art Day, the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade will present the video-installation called “Patrizio”, by Massimo Ricciardo, the winning work of the over-35-year-old section within the project Cantica21-Italian Contemporary Art Everywhere, a joint project of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture, […]

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Tunis, a documentary on the history of the Tabarchini

The documentary “Tabarchini, the story of the sea that unites”, by Tunisian-Italian director Habib Mestiri, premiered on 30 November at the Film Library of the Cité de la Culture in Tunis. Through a series of interviews with first-hand witnesses, the film reconstructs the history of Tabarka and the epic story of the population of Ligurian […]

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FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Minister Di Maio has met with Josep Borrell, The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Today, on the occasion of the Rome-Med Dialogues, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a meeting with Josep Borrell, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Their cordial discussion gave an overview of the main issues at stake for the EU Foreign Ministers. In reaffirming that the […]

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Closing session of the 7th edition of Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogue

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the President of ISPI (Italian Institute for International Political Studies), Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, will be closing the 7th edition of Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogues.

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Ambassador Sequi spoke at the Sky TG24 award ceremony in honor of the young diplomats, Attanasio and Claudi

The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, participated today in the third program of Sky TG24 “Live In”, a series of events consisting of meetings organized to create opportunities for discussions with Italian and international guests from the sectors of politics, economics, science, culture, industry, entertainment and sports. The theme of the […]

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FOC 10th Anniversary Helsinki Declaration – Towards a Rules-based, Democratic and Digitally Inclusive World

Preamble  We, the Foreign Ministers of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member States, strongly reaffirm our commitment to protect and promote human rights for all, both online and offline, as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights instruments. Today, the FOC’s mission to promote Internet freedom and protect human […]

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ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Stabbing of two Italians in New York

The Italian Foreign Ministry and the Consulate General in New York, in close collaboration with the local police, are following with the utmost attention the serial stabbing case in which one Italian was killed and another wounded. We are providing every possible assistance to the Italian who was injured and to the family members of […]

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FARNESINA’S NOTE – Meeting between Minister Luigi Di Maio with his Portuguese counterpart, Augusto Santos Silva

Today, on the occasion of the Rome-Med Dialogues, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a meeting with the Portuguese Foreign Minister, Augusto Santos Silva. The Ministers agreed on the need to maintain close coordination at the European level, in view of the reforms of the Stability Pact and the […]

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