Appointment of Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti to UNIDROIT President

The Commission in charge – in accordance with art. 5 of the Notice for the collection of expression of willingness to hold the office of President of Unidroit published on 8th January – having concluded the work of examining the expression of willingness to hold the office of President of UNIDROIT, today the Minister of […]

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Lebanon: humanitarian flight with medical supplies to Beirut

This morning, a humanitarian flight to Beirut, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International cooperation, encouraged by the Deputy Minister Del Re, together with the Civil Protection Department and the Joint Operations Headquarters departed from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi, in response to requests for assistance from the Lebanese […]

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IIC Sydney: the “Retrospective Fellini” festival

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney presents a retrospective dedicated to the great director Federico Fellini, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth (1920-2020). Federico Fellini was undoubtedly one of the most important figures in world cinematography. From his beginnings in cinema, alongside Mr Rossellini as co-screenwriter in the unforgettable season of Neorealism […]

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Ms Del Re: “Alongside the Lebanese: cooperation and dialogue avoid radicalism” (Avvenire)

Emanuela Claudia Del Re is in the middle of coordinating Italian aid to Lebanon. Not only because she is Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (M5s). As an expert sociologist in international politics, she has followed for several years, since 2010, a reconciliation project in the Lebanon’s Tripoli. And she is confident about the […]

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Interview of Minister Di Maio to Repubblica

DI MAIO: «THE MAJORITY PARTIES WILL FIND AN AGREEMENT AND WE WON’T NEED FORZA ITALIA» ROME – Luigi Di Maio understands why the electoral reform law proposal has created such a stir within the Democratic Party and the haste to adopt a proportional system before the referendum on reducing the number of MPs. Regarding the so-called “security […]

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Minister Di Maio’s telephone conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu

Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, during which the two Ministers expressed their common intention to strengthen cooperation between Italy and Turkey, based on a positive agenda. In this framework, the Joint Economic and Trade Commission […]

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São Paulo: Design in pigiama, a history of Italian design

The cycle Design in pigiama is a story of Italian design conceived by Chiara Alessi, journalist and professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, during the weeks of Italian lockdown. In Brazil, the initiative is organised by Consulate General of Italy in São Paulo, the Italian Cultural Institute in São Paulo and the Istituto Europeo […]

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IIC Lima: “Mario Luzi and Latin American Literature”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Lima presents the virtual exhibition Mario Luzi e la letteratura latinoamericana (Mario Luzi and Latin American literature). The online exhibition brings two cultures into dialogue through the reviews that the famous Florentine poet and chronicler of the Corriere della Sera, Mario Luzi, made periodically on the novels that authors such […]

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IIC Australia: desire and delirium from Bernini to Balla

The Italian Cultural Institutes in Sydney and Melbourne are glad to present Desire and Delirium in the history of Italian Art: from Bernini to Balla, online conference held by Professor Costantino D’Orazio, one of the most famous Italian art critics. The event is the third appointment of a conference cycle on Italian art during which […]

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Participation by Minister Di Maio at the inauguration ceremony of the “Genova San Giorgio” bridge

On 3 August  2020, Minister Di Maio attended the inauguration ceremony of the “Genova San Giorgio” bridge.  

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Telephone conversation between Minister Luigi Di Maio and the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations, Olivér Várhelyi

On 3 August 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a telephone conversation with the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations, Olivér Várhelyi.  

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Di Maio: “Wish you were here… Italy appeals for tourists” (The Times)

British tourists should not be afraid of coming to Italy, the country’s foreign minister said yesterday, despite fears that a second wave of Covid-19 infections is beginning in western Europe. “Italy has lived through one of the most difficult moments of its history,” Luigi Di Maio told The Times. “But thanks to our doctors and experts and the great […]

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