Renaissance Venice, exhibition opens in Toronto on 14 October

The Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto has supported and collaborated in this important exhibition on Renaissance Venice, which provides an interesting insight into the daily life and luxury of the lagoon city in the 15th and 16th centuries.  The cultural event (“Renaissance Venice: Life and Luxury at the Crossroads”), organised by and at the Gardiner […]

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Senegal: training programmes in Italy for African students

The Embassy of Italy in Dakar has announced the selection of young people from West Africa who will have the opportunity to continue their higher education in Italy in the 2021/2022 academic year, within the framework of the bilateral cultural and scientific cooperation initiative stemming from the commitment of the Italian diplomatic system to further […]

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China – Veneto-based Vetrerie Riunite company, the world leader in glass for domestic appliances, acquires the main competitor thanks to Venture Capital Fund.

Vetrerie Riunite, the world’s leading producer of technical glass for household appliances, is to acquire its main competitor in China in the field of portholes for washing machines, Suizhong Minghui Industrial Technology. Thanks to the acquisition, Vetrerie Riunite – a medium-sized company based in Colognola ai Colli (VR) – will strengthen its presence on the […]

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Bulgaria: Ambassador Zarra at the European Social Entrepreneurship Forum

On the occasion of the International Fair of Plovdiv (Bulgaria), held at the end of September, the Italian Ambassador in Sofia, Giuseppina Zarra, participated in the inauguration of the “Ninth European Forum of Social Entrepreneurship”. The President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev, and the European Commissioner Maria Gabriel also attended the meeting.     […]

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ItaliAfrica Business Week; Sereni, building back together

“For years, the ItaliAfrica Business Week has been a privileged place for African and Italian entrepreneurs to meet and exchange ideas and experiences”. This was said at the opening of the ItaliAfrica Business Week in Rome by Marina Sereni, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. She added: “Africa plays a priority role for our Development Cooperation: […]

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ItaliAfrica Business Week; Sereni, building back better together

“For years, the ItaliAfrica Business Week has been a privileged place for African and Italian entrepreneurs to meet and exchange ideas and experiences”. This was said at the opening of the ItaliAfrica Business Week in Rome by Marina Sereni, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. She added: “Africa plays a priority role for our Development Cooperation: […]

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World and European Day against the Death Penalty

The Day against the Death Penalty, which is celebrated in Europe and in the world on October 10, is an opportunity to reaffirm Italy’s unconditional opposition to the death penalty: a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, which denies human dignity and does not allow for a remedy in the event of a judicial error. This […]

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World and European Day against the Death Penalty

The Day against the Death Penalty, which is celebrated in Europe and in the world on October 10, is an opportunity to reaffirm Italy’s unconditional opposition to the death penalty: a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, which denies human dignity and does not allow for a remedy in the event of a judicial error. This […]

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Di Maio: “A privileged bridge to connect Italy to Africa”

Italy hosts the authorities of African countries in Rome a few weeks before the Cop26 Conference scheduled in Glasgow. What work, what partnership can we imagine together for a truly sustainable common future? We strongly wanted to listen to the voice of Africa on the eve of the Glasgow Conference on COP26 and the Rome G20 Summit on […]

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Speech by Minister Luigi Di Maio at the opening ceremony of the PRE-COP26 Parliamentary Conference

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is participating in the opening ceremony of the PRE-COP26 Parliamentary Conference. The event will take place beginning at 3 pm today, 8 October, in the chamber of Palazzo Montecitorio, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. Introducing the Conference are […]

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Ambassador Lo Cascio at the “Belgrade Economic Forum”

In recent days Ambassador of Italy in Belgrade, Carlo Lo Cascio, has participated, together with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom Sian Macleod, in the panel “Climate Changes and Natural Disasters: Transformation Policies for a Sustainable Future” within the “Belgrade Economic Forum”, now in its 21st edition. In his speech, Ambassador Lo Cascio has stressed the quality of the work carried out by the […]

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The “Via della Seta” (Silk Road) exhibition stops in Ankara on its way East

The “Via della Seta: Arte e artisti contemporanei dall’Italia” (Silk Road: Contemporary Art and Artists from Italy) exhibition will be held at the prestigious CerModern Museum of Contemporary Art in Ankara, until 10 October. Organised by the Italian Embassy in Turkey, with the contribution of the Italian Cultural Institute in Istanbul, the exhibition was opened […]

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