Development Cooperation, Vive Minister Sereni chairs the Joint Committee

Vice Minister Marina Sereni chaired the fifth annual meeting of the Joint Committee on Development Cooperation. The meeting was attended by the Director-General for Development Cooperation, Giorgio Marrapodi, the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri, and, limited to issues related to aid credits, by the Director of the International Financial Relations […]

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Notice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Development Cooperation, Vive Minister Sereni chairs the Joint Committee

Vice Minister Marina Sereni chaired the fifth annual meeting of the Joint Committee on Development Cooperation. The meeting was attended by the Director-General for Development Cooperation, Giorgio Marrapodi, the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri, and, limited to issues related to aid credits, by the Director of the International Financial Relations […]

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Iran: celebration of the centenary of Leonardo Sciascia

Today, the Italian Embassy in Tehran opened the 21st Italian Language Week in Iran with a lecture on the author Leonardo Sciascia, introduced and moderated by Giuseppe Perrone, Italian Ambassador in Tehran, and opened by Senator Emma Bonino, President of the National Committee of the Centenary Celebrations of Leonardo Sciascia. The lecture, held in a […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE: X Conferenza Italia – America Latina e Caraibi (IT/EN) – Roma, Hotel Rome Cavalieri, 25 e 26 ottobre 2021

On Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 October, the 10th Italy-Latin America and Caribbean Conference will be held at the Rome Cavalieri Hotel, on the theme of “People, Planet, Prosperity. The future of an ancient partnership”, chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio. This tenth edition of the Conference will bring together the Foreign Ministers of […]

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First meeting of the National Commission for the Study and Development of International Humanitarian Law. Message from Minister Di Maio

Dear President, Dear Members of the Commission, the activity of the Commission for the Study and Development of International Humanitarian Law begins today with the first meeting at the Foreign Ministry. The Commission will be called upon to deal with issues that are extremely topical, in relation to which Italy has always shown a very […]

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Language Week: Los Angeles; books, exhibitions, conferences

The programme promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles on the occasion of the Italian Language Week” is rich. To begin with, the group exhibition dedicated to Dante Alighieri with installations, performances, and augmented reality is available online. It brings together the works of 150 internationally renowned Italian artists and illustrators, such as […]

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Foreign trade, Di Maio: ‘Export, a dynamic and fundamental component for Italy’s economic growth

In August, according to ISTAT, exports continued to grow by 0.6% compared to the previous month and by 17.8% compared to August last year. The value of our exports in the first eight months of the year is close to 332 billion euros, thus surpassing the value recorded in the first eight months of 2020 […]

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Belgrade: This “Italian Language Week” is all about Dante

The Italian Institute of Culture in Belgrade is holding its “Italian Language Week” with an edition devoted to Dante, on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of his death. A series of events will be organized starting October 24 with the inauguration of an photographic exhibition by Francesco Amorosino entitled “The Forest and the Stars”, […]

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The Farnesina Collection: the new catalogue on mosaics is online

For the series “I quaderni della Collezione”, the third volume entitled “Mosaici contemporanei nella Collezione Farnesina” [“Contemporary mosaics in the Farnesina Collection”], edited by Fabio De Chirico, has been published by Electa. Beginning with the large wall mosaics by Luigi Montanarini and Toti Scialoja in the Palazzo della Farnesina, and those in the Contemporary Art […]

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UPS launches the Women Exporters Program in Italy in support of female entrepreneurs

On 21 October at 3.00 pm, as a virtual event, UPS will be launching its Women Exporters Program (WEP) training program, entirely dedicated to female entrepreneurship, which provides resources and knowledge for exporting and for facilitating access to the international market. The program will be delivered as a series of free webinars beginning on 26 […]

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Ambassador Lombardi presents his credentials to the East African Community

The Italian Ambassador to Tanzania, Marco Lombardi, presented his credential letters to the General Secretary of the East African Community, Peter Mathuki. During the meeting held in Arusha, Mathuki highlighted the importance for the EAC of its relations with Italy, and recalled the significant results of the “Meeting with Africa”, held in Rome on October […]

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Metz: cycle of concerts of the Jewish Baroque

Organised by the Consulate General of Italy in Metz and the Italian Cultural Institute in Strasbourg, a tour by the “Salomone Rossi” Ensemble has begun, consisting of a cycle of concerts entitled “Musical Flowers of the Jewish Baroque”. This is a repertoire of songs and melodies from the Israelite tradition of the 16th, 17th and […]

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