Meeting of Minister Di Maio with his counterpart from Kyrgyzstan, Ruslan Kazakbaev

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has met with the Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Ruslan Kazakbaev. Minister Di Maio firstly expressed his appreciation for the Kyrgyz decision to open an Embassy in Rome, which will enable bilateral relations to be deepened in every sense. Minister Kazakbaev expressed his deep appreciation […]

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“Lesson on Sciascia” in Madrid

The Italian Institute of Culture in Madrid, in collaboration with the University of Oviedo and the University of Salamanca, has organized a conference event for November 11 (at 6 p.m.) devoted to the writer Leonardo Sciascia. The event will be held at the Institute (Calle Mayor 86) under the aegis of the Italian Embassy in […]

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Moretti guest of honour at the Italian Film Festival in Berlin

Director Nanni Moretti will be the guest of honour at the eighth edition of the Italian Film Festival in Berlin, which will take place from 10 to 14 November 2021. The famous and prestigious director will be in Berlin on Saturday 13 November. He will meet the festival audience in the evening (at 8 pm) […]

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Undersecretary Di Stefano at the Italy-Turkey Innovation Day: “A new multilateralism of research”.

Undersecretary Di Stefano, together with the Turkish Deputy Minister of Industry Mehmet Fatih Kacir, has opened the Italy-Turkey Innovation Day, an event jointly organised by Tubitak, the Turkish government agency for scientific and technological research, and by the Embassy of Italy in Ankara. “Today, the economic crisis caused by the pandemic makes a relaunch based […]

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Webinar on “The Renaissance of Pastels “

On the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, and in collaboration with the Legion of Honor Museum, a webinar will take place today, 09 November (11 am pst; 8 pm in Italy) on “The Renaissance of Pastels”. It will include contributions by Furio Rinaldi, Curator at the Fine Arts Museums of San […]

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Leonardo and Bramante at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Helsinki

The Italian Cultural Institute in Helsinki is organising an online meeting on Leonardo’s and Bramante’s works at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, on Thursday 11 November. Those behind the meeting, to be held in Italian on a Zoom platform (from 17:00 to 18:00), are the Politecnico di Milano and Turku University. The event will […]

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Italian exhibition in Bratislava: “New post-photography”

The “Mesiac photographs” exhibition, currently on show in Bratislava, also includes an Italian group exhibition, “New post-photography” illustrating the evolution of photography in today’s world and its relationship with the media and social networks. Curated by Gigliola Foschi, it was organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Bratislava and was inaugurated on 07 […]

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Publication of the Statistical Yearbook for 2021. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in numbers

The Statistical Yearbook for 2021 was published today with all the numbers relative to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. This is the document that, every year, illustrates the data most representative of the Farnesina’s commitment at the service of Italy in the world. The volume contains a wide-ranging review of information and […]

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‘Bangla’ film at the Italian film festival in Sydney

The cooperation between the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney and the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, the cultural hub of Liverpool City Council in the Australian city, organizing film festivals focusing on contemporary Italian productions, continues for the seventh consecutive year. This year, the title of the film festival was ‘A lieto fine – Happy ending’, […]

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Minister Di Maio: meeting with Greek Minister Dendias

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio met the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at the Farnesina Palace. Their talks focused on economic and energy cooperation; synergies for the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan; migration; the European enlargement process; the Eastern Mediterranean; and Libya. The two Ministers also […]

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TIM Brazil. Contract for 5G frequency awarded. Brazil is the second market in the world after Italy

With a total bid of 431 million reais, about 67 million euro, TIM Brazil was awarded the contract for 1.3 of the 4 lots in the sphere of the call for tenders for assignment of the 3.5 GHz frequencies, on concession for 20 years, and renewable. These are the frequencies that offer services to consumers […]

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Brazil: a webinar on design

On November 5, the Consulate of Italy in Belo Horizonte and the Italian Cultural Institute in Rio de Janeiro organised a meeting on design. The initiative, entitled “Dialogue between Minas Gerais-Italy: a meeting with Chiara Alessi, Giovanna Castiglioni, and Dijon De Moraes”, took place in Italian on the Zoom platform, with simultaneous translation into Portuguese. The […]

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