Algiers: meeting with the writer Samir Toumi

The Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers are organising a video conference, on Wednesday, 22 September, at 17:00 local time (18:00 Italian time), with the writer Samir Toumi, to present the Italian translation of his short story “Algiers, the cry” (Barzakh, 2013), edited by Astarte Edizioni. Besides the author, the conference will […]

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UN: VM Sereni attends 76th General Assembly

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, will be part of the restricted delegation, led by Minister Luigi Di Maio, who will attend the high-level week of the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in New York, from 20 to 25 September. The Vice Minister will attend the main events promoted […]

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UN: VM Sereni attends 76th General Assembly

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, will be part of the restricted delegation, led by Minister Luigi Di Maio, who will attend the high-level week of the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in New York, from 20 to 25 September. The Vice Minister will attend the main events promoted […]

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Brazil – Stevanato Group wins a new contract to produce anti-Covid vaccine vials

The Italian pharmaceutical group Stevanato, through its subsidiary Ompi do Brasil, which owns a production plant in Sete Lagoas, in the State of Minas Gerais, has won a €2 million contract for the production, in 2022, of 46 million glass vials (4ml) for the Covid vaccine from Fiocruz (Astrazeneca), a scientific institution linked to the Brazilian Ministry […]

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Malaga: the Italian Film Festival kicks off

The Italian Film Festival (FCI) of Malaga has opened in Spain. This year’s theme is ”The Family”, in honour of Ettore Scola, author of the 1987 film with the same title and name starring Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli and Fanny Ardant. ”The Family” will be screened during the Festival, sponsored by the Italian Embassy and […]

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Tehran: the movie “Radiography of a Family” was presented

The documentary film “Radiography of a Family”, by award-winning Italian-trained Iranian director Firouzeh Khosrovani, was previewed at the Italian Ambassador’s residence in Tehran, where some scenes were shot.   The movie – an Iranian, Norwegian, and Swiss co-production, created with the support of the Italian Embassy – revisits the main events that Iran went through […]

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Berlin: an exhibition of works by Italian and German artists

On the Berlin Art Week occasion, the Italian Embassy in Berlin will host the exhibition “OUTSIGHT_LANDSCAPES I” from 16 to 21 September. The exhibition will display the works of 10 German and Italian artists living in Berlin, among the most representative of the contemporary scene, who have been working on the landscape theme for years. […]

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Brussels: an all-female exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels opens an all-female exhibition on 21 September. With the exhibition “Una citta’, quattro regine (One city, four queens)”, the artist Carla Chiusano returns to Brussels with four large-format triptychs to tell the stories of four extraordinary women whose lives are intertwined with the history of the city of Ravenna. These […]

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Evacuations of Italians from Kabul continue. Fourth Qatar Airways flight takes off

Evacuations continue from Kabul, where the fourth Qatar Airways flight to Doha has taken off today, carrying seven Italian nationals and family members. Italy continues to work in close contact and coordination with international partners to allow the repatriation of all those eligible. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has announced it.  

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FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, attends the 76th UN General Assembly

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will attend the high-level week of the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, from 20 to 25 September. The key focus of the high-level meeting, held within the framework of the UN, will be the international response to the pandemic and […]

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The Foreign Ministry re-opens to the public on the occasion of Open House Roma 2021

The Farnesina Collection reopens to the public on 2 October. On the occasion of the event “Open House Roma” members of the public will be able to visit the main areas of the Palazzo della Farnesina, which houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its contemporary art collection. There will be four shifts, respectively at […]

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Note of the Foreign Ministry – Establishment of the National Commission for the Study of International Humanitarian Law

The National Commission for the Study and Development of International Humanitarian Law has been established by Decree. The Commission made up of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Defence and the Italian Red Cross, has the institutional tasks of contributing to the study of […]

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