IIC Buenos Aires: meeting with writer Claudia Durastanti

The Italian Cultural Institute resumes its cycle of meetings with writers Quadrante Sud. Nuove rotte letterarie Italia-Argentina (New literary routes Italy-Argentina). The Quadrante Sud project was born in 2019 in cooperation with the Turin International Book Fair, with the aim of promoting meetings, circulation and translation of contemporary Italian literature in Argentina, and vice versa, […]

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Med Dialogues: dialogue with the UN Special Envoy Syria

The Med Virtual Dialogues initiative proposes today at 3:00pm a dialogue between Paolo Magri, Director of Ispi, and the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen. Mr. Pedersen has been appointed as Special Envoy for Syria in October 2018. He takes this position after decades of political and diplomatic experience, having served both the […]

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IIC Jakarta: a webinar on the works of Filippo Sciascia

  As part of the new cultural program #vivilitaliainindonesia, following the health emergency from Covid-19, the Italian Cultural Institute of Jakarta on Saturday, June 20 presents Points of intersection, a webinar dedicated to the Italian artist Filippo Sciascia and his works. A conversation about science, anthropology, and culture through Sciascia’s artistic creations.  Filippo Sciascia, born […]

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Ethiopia: a guide to Italian military cemeteries

The Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa has published online a guide to the four Italian military cemeteries in Ethiopia. The initiative, carried out in close coordination with the Office of the Defence Officer, has the objective of facilitating research on individual casualties and on the places where their remains are kept.The guide examines the Military […]

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ICE – Agency: D-TEM courses, applications by July 16th

ICE – Agency for the promotion abroad and internationalisation of Italian companies, in order to support companies in internationalisation processes, organises courses for Digital Temporary Export Manager (D-TEM), expert professional figures in the internationalisation processes of business, with particular skills in the digital field. The aim of the specialisation course is to provide an update […]

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Di Stefano at web meeting on export and agri-food

Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano spoke this morning at a web meeting organised by Fondazione Qualivita in cooperation with OriGin Italia, FederDOC and other Consortia for the protection of geographical indications. “Agri-food” – the Undersecretary said – “is one of the driving sectors of the Italian economy and one of the main factors of attractiveness of […]

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Undersecretary Di Stefano at the Qualivita Foundation web meeting to talk about exports and agri-food

Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano spoke this morning at a web meeting organised by Fondazione Qualivita in cooperation with OriGin Italia, FederDOC and other Consortia for the protection of geographical indications. “Agri-food” – the Undersecretary said – “is one of the driving sectors of the Italian economy and one of the main factors of attractiveness of […]

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“La più bella del mondo”, a webinar on the Italian language

Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? Once the language of philosophy and poetry, up to the point that John Milton could sing “questa è lingua di cui si vanta Amore” (this is the language of which Love makes his boast); in the late twentieth century Italian was certainly the language of […]

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Mr Scalfarotto at the videoconference on economic recovery and collaboration Italy Switzerland

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Ivan Scalfarotto, participated in the videoconference on the economic recovery after Covid-19 and the collaborations between Italy and Switzerland jointly organised by the Swiss Embassy in Italy and the Swiss Chamber of Commerce with the participation of Swiss companies active in Italy. On the day of Minister Di Maio’s mission […]

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Undersecretary Scalfarotto participates in the videoconference on the economic restart after Covid-19 and on the collaborations between Italy and Switzerland

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Ivan Scalfarotto, participated in the videoconference on the economic recovery after Covid-19 and the collaborations between Italy and Switzerland jointly organised by the Swiss Embassy in Italy and the Swiss Chamber of Commerce with the participation of Swiss companies active in Italy. On the day of Minister Di Maio’s mission […]

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Declaration by the Italian Government over the discovery of mass graves in Tarhouna, Libya

The Italian Government is appalled by the recent discovery of several mass graves in the city of Tarhouna, Libya. In line with the recent statements by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, EU High Representative Josep Borrell, and the UNSMIL Mission, Italy calls for an independent and transparent inquiry in order to identify perpetrators and hold them accountable. Italy calls on all parties […]

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In USA: Italian Embassy supports Pride Month

On the occasion of the event “Pride Month – Capital Pride”, held every year from 4 to June 15 2020, the Italian Embassy in Washington joined and supported the campaign on LGBTQ+ people’s rights through the Twitter and Instagram platforms. Other diplomatic representations in Washington in addition to the State Department also participated in the […]

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