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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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to host EU-Balkan Youth Forum in Rome

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is pleased to announce that it will host in Rome, from 22 to 26 November, the EU-Balkans Youth Forum, which will bring together young people from across the region to discuss proposals for the future of Europe and for the path of closer relations between all Balkan […]

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to host EU-Balkan Youth Forum in Rome

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is pleased to announce that it will host in Rome, from 22 to 26 November, the EU-Balkans Youth Forum, which will bring together young people from across the region to discuss proposals for the future of Europe and for the path of closer relations between all Balkan […]

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Loredana di Lillo in the new episode of “Spazi d’artista”

A new episode of the “Spazi d’artista” web series, created in collaboration with Artribune magazine, is now available. This is a series of ten short films dedicated to ten artists from the Farnesina’s Collection, talking about their journey and their relationship with the studios in which they operate. Until September 2021 one film per month is broadcast on the website and […]

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Pristina: exhibition of Raphael’s portraits

An exhibition of Raphael’s portraits is coming to the National Museum of Kosovo, organised with the support of the Italian Embassy in Pristina and the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana, as well as the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport of Kosovo. Curated by art historian Antonio Paolucci, the exhibition presents the public with full-size […]

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