Mission of Minister Di Maio in the United Arab Emirates for Expo Dubai 2020

  The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will travel today to the United Arab Emirates for a two-day mission devoted to the Italian National Day at EXPO Dubai 2020. The Minister will visit the Italian Pavilion and inaugurate the National Day (November 24), during which he will illustrate the philosophy […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Luigi Di Maio and the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, Elizabeth Truss

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, Elizabeth Truss. The agenda included bilateral relations between Italy and the United Kingdom, and between the latter and the European Union following Brexit. During the conversation, satisfaction was also expressed for the collaboration between […]

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Houston, screening of films by Federico Fellini

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s birth, postponed for a year because of the pandemic, a screening of several of his masterpieces concluded a few days ago at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston (MFAH), one of the most prestigious cultural institutions of Texas. The event, inaugurated in September, was co-produced […]

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“Gourmet dinners” with Italian chefs, in Pristina and Peja

“Gourmet dinners” with Italian chefs, in Pristina and Peja, on the occasion of the Italian Cuisine around the World Week. In Kosovo’s major cities, the review covers an abundant calendar of events from today, 22 November, through to 28 November, organised by the Embassy in Pristina, in collaboration with ICE Agency, the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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Brussels: round table on the energy transition

On 17 November, as part of the “green” economic diplomacy initiatives, the Embassy of Italy in Brussels, in collaboration with the Permanent Representation of Italy in Brussels, and the energy infrastructure operator SNAM, convened a round table on the energy transition and on the role of hydrogen in decarbonising the energy, industrial, and transport sectors, […]

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Reminder – Press accreditation note – Stati Generali della lingua e della creatività italiane nel mondo [Estates-General on the Italian language and creativity in the world] (Palazzo della Farnesina, 29 November 2021)

The introductory speeches will be given by Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic; Luigi Di Maio, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Dario Franceschini, Minister of Culture; Maria Cristina Messa, Minister of Universities and Research (with a video message), and Barbara Floridia, Undersecretary for Education. The moderator will be Lorenzo Angeloni, Director General […]

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The Adriano Olivetti exhibition lands in Portugal

The exhibition on the industrialist Adriano Olivetti entitled “Universo Olivetti. Community as a concrete utopia” is coming to Portugal, to Matosinhos, in the north of the country. It will be displayed at the “Casa do Design” from 26 November to 23 January 2022. The exhibition, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon, under the […]

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Italian Cuisine Week: an event in Detroit against waste

The Week of Italian Cuisine in the World opened in Detroit with a webinar, produced by Andrea Segrè of the University of Bologna, about the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet and how it fosters and facilitates the transition toward sustainable food systems and the reduction of food waste. The Italian Consul, Paola Allegra Baistrocchi, introduced […]

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Sydney, a video on violence against women

On the occasion of the International Day against Violence against Women, celebrated on 25 November, the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney presents a video entitled “25 November 2021” by multidisciplinary artist Emilia Persenico. It is an initiative that aims to raise awareness of a social problem sadly echoed in the international news with increasing frequency: […]

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Morocco: numerous events for the Week of Italian Cuisine

From 22 to 28 November, in Morocco, the sixth “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World” will be dedicated to the theme of “Tradition and perspectives of Italian cuisine: the awareness and enhanced appreciation of food sustainability” with a rich programme of cultural and trade promotion initiatives throughout the country, promoted by the Italian Embassy […]

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Florence: Minister Di Maio as a participant at the Festival of Religions

At the 5th edition of the Festival of Religions in Florence, Minister Di Maio joined the journalist Paolo Mieli and Agnese Pini, Editor of “La Nazione” newspaper, for a panel discussion on “the prospects for peace in the Middle East” that took place in the Basilica of San Miniato al Monte. The Festival of Religions […]

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Undersecretaries Manlio Di Stefano and Benedetto Della Vedova preside over the “Cultural Industry” Sectorial Table

Undersecretaries Manlio Di Stefano and Benedetto Della Vedova presided this morning at the Table devoted to the cultural industry, attended virtually by representatives of the cultural and creative production system. The meeting was one of a series of Sectorial Tables organized by the associations of producers and other categories, for the purpose of gathering ideas […]

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