Undersecretary Scalfarotto, visiting the Usa, defends Italian businesses and consumers

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ivan Scalfarotto, has completed a mission to the Usa. While in Washington, the Undersecretary had a number of meetings with representatives of the Administration and of Congress. Several days after the announcement, on 24 January, by the US Administration, of new customs tariffs on aluminium and steel products, […]

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Farnesina: today’s first contended child task force in 2020

Today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation took place the first disputed Junior Task Force in 2020. The technical-operational table, chaired by the General Directorate for Italians Abroad, was attended – as usual – by representatives of the Ministry of Justice and the Interior. The meeting, once again, was characterized, by the […]

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Crisis Unit organises flight to repatriate Italian citizens from Wuhan

The Farnesina Crisis Unit, in close coordination with the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Health and the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, is organising a flight operated by the Interforce Summit Operations Command to repatriate Italian citizens stranded in Wuhan, the Chinese city most affected by the new coronavirus. The aircraft, scheduled […]

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USA: concerts, conferences and exhibitions for the Holocaust Remembrance Day

The diplomatic representations and Italian cultural institutes in the USA celebrated with conferences, exhibitions and concerts the Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp. The Italian writers who witnessed the Shoah were at the centre of the event organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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Lyon: Leonardo Opera Omnia exhibition

Full-size backlit reproductions of the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci will be on display until February 29th at the Catholic University of Lyon as part of the  ‘Leonardo Opera Omnia’ exhibition organised and designed by the Italian Cultural Institute of Lyon. Using digital technologies, the exhibition enables visitors to rediscover the works of the genius […]

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Prague: conference on Primo Levi

The Italian Institute of Culture in Prague dedicated the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, on the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, to Primo Levi. The conference on the writer’s work, held by Domenico Scarpa,  who has co-authored with Roberta Mori the […]

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Bratislava: the Gabriele Coen Trio for Holocaust Memorial Day

For Holocaust Memorial Day on January 30, the Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy and the Israeli Embassy in Slovakia, will be presenting “Jewish Experience”, a jazz concert by the Gabriele Coen Trio at the Concert Hall of the Slovak National Radio. Gabriele Coen on soprano saxophone and clarinet, Pietro Lussu […]

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Open for you: what’s new in 2020 in the Farnesina Collection

On 31 January the “Open for you” even is back, offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy the contemporary art collection of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation every last Friday each month, also thanks to the collaboration with the volunteers of Touring Club Italiano. In 2020, “Open for you” will feature a new […]

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Italians residing in Spain: meeting-debate with Merlo in Madrid

Italians residing in Spain have become over 300 thousand, more than doubling the numbers of ten years ago. An articulate and well-integrated community, concentrated in particular areas (Barcelona and Catalonia, Madrid, Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Andalusia and the region of Valencia, in this order), with an average age of 40 years and in which second […]

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Minister Di Maio holds talks with the Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio spoke today with the Foreign Minister of Iran, Javad Zarif. First and foremost Minister Di Maio emphasised how Italy is interested in maintaining and safeguarding its historical and profound bilateral relations with Iran. During the cordial conversation, the two Ministers shared their concerns about […]

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Belgrade: a recital dedicated to Primo Levi

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Institute of Culture in Belgrade, together with the Belgrade Drama Theatre, will present the literary recital ‘Primo’ based on the book ‘If this is a Man’ by Primo Levi. The recital, performed by Swedish-born actor Jacob Olesen, presented on stages in Italy and abroad for over […]

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January 27th: Holocaust Memorial Day

Twenty years after its establishment in Italy, Holocaust Memorial Day reminds us of the moral imperative, well before the legal duty, to honour the victims of the Holocaust and to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again. As President Mattarella last recalled on the occasion of his participation in Jerusalem at the solemn ceremony […]

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