Saudi Arabia – WeBuild is to build a mega car park for the Diriyah historic-archaeological site

WeBuild has won the 940 million euro tender to build a huge car park for the Diriyah historic-archaeological site, located to the north of Riyadh. Under the Vision 2030 plans, the site will become one of the kingdom’s principal tourist attractions. Managed by the Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA), it includes the Al Turaif UNESCO […]

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New instruments to protect Italians resident abroad

From today, 1 February 2022, the Farnesina is providing a new instrument to protect Italians abroad – workers and students, travellers and aid workers, long-term or temporary residents. Each citizen will be able to record their home or place of residence on a map on the www.dovesiamonelmondo.it site, to facilitate intervention in case of need. […]

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“Tracce”, exhibition by Patrizia Posillipo in Yerevan

“Tracce – Fotografia in viaggio tra Italia e Armenia” [Traces – Photography travelling between Italy and Armenia] is the title of Patrizia Posillipo’s exhibition , inaugurated in Yerevan at the Modern Art Museum, and organized in partnership with the Italian Embassy in the Armenian capital city. The exhibition, curated by Isabella Indolfi, will run until […]

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Kenya: agreement signed on the Integrated Development Programme

The Italian Ambassador to Kenya, Alberto Pieri, and the Kenyan Treasury Minister, Ukur Yatani, signed an agreement to implement the Malindi Integrated Social Health Development Programme – Phase II. The signing took place in Nairobi on 26 January 2022, in the presence of the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation Office in Nairobi, Fabio Melloni. […]

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Remembrance Day: screenings and a concert in Beijing

The Italian Embassy in Beijing and the Italian Cultural Institute commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day with two initiatives: the screening of the film “L’uomo che visse tre volte” by film director Irish Braschi and a video concert. The film screening was introduced by the Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister Counsellor Emanuele di Lorenzo Badia, at […]

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Remembrance Day: Panama, screening of “Il Giudice dei Giusti”

“Il Giudice dei Giusti”, the television docufilm directed by Enrico Marchese and co-written by Gabriele Nissim and Emanuela Audisio, was screened in Panama at the proposal of the Italian Embassy to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022. The screening, which was hosted at Panama’s Foreign Ministry, was organised in partnership with the Israeli Embassy and with […]

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Remembrance Day: the Embassy in Berlin hosts a concert

To celebrate Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022, the Italian Embassy in Berlin hosted the “All’Ombra delle tue ali” concert, an event co-organised with Maestro Francesco Lotoro, the founder of the Istituto di Letteratura Musicale Concentrazionaria (ILMC – Institute of Concentrationary Musical Literature). Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio, emphasised that “music carries out a very important role for […]

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Kaztir’s documentary screened in Abu Dhabi

On 27 January, the Italian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates and the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi commemorated the International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a joint initiative, organised – for the first time – in conjunction with Dubai’s “Crossroads of Civilizations Museum,” which has been hosting, since last year, “We Remember,” the first […]

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Italy, Torre del Greco supports Tanzanian Albinos

In the framework of the Italian and Tanzanian civil society relations, Ambassador Marco Lombardi joined today the ceremony of delivery of spectacles and sunglasses to the Tanzania   Albinism Society from Italy, Torre del Greco, Ottica di MarioGiordano and Alfonso Vitiello of D’Elia Company. Lombardi, in underling the importance of “People-to-People” relations between Italy and Tanzania, […]

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US-Europe Joint Statement on Afghanistan

Special Representatives and Special Envoys of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States met in Oslo on 24 January 2022 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, including sessions with representatives of the Taliban and civil society actors. The Special Envoys and Special Representatives: Focused on the urgency in […]

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Granarolo Group expands its distribution network in the US thanks to SIMEST Venture Capital Fund

Granarolo Group, a leading company in the dairy industry, shall further expand its market share in North America by acquiring both productive and commercial companies. The transaction was also made possible thanks to the public contribution provided by the Venture Capital Fund (Fondo Venture Capital – FVC), an instrument managed by SIMEST in agreement with […]

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: webinar on Sephardic communities in Lisbon

To commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, the Italian Embassy in Lisbon has organized a multidisciplinary online meeting (16:00 – 17:00 CET) entitled “For a collective memory: Sephardic communities in Italy between the Diaspora and the Shoah.” The event, which is taking place today, 27 January, is organized in partnership with the Chair of Sephardic […]

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