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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Presentation of the Milan Shoah Memorial project, in Lisbon

To commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Institute of Culture in Lisbon will organise, on Tuesday, 28 January, a conference on the “Project of a Memorial of the Shoah in Milan”, designed by the architect Guido Morpurgo, with architect Annalisa de Curtis, to be unveiled at the only European site which was involved […]

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Meeting of the Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, with the President of the Republic of Iraq, Barham Salih

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met today, in Rome, with the President of the Republic of Iraq, Barham Salih, who has travelled to Italy for institutional meetings. Their talk was an opportunity to exchange points of view on the principal bilateral dossiers and on the latest developments in the […]

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Scalfarotto in Washington: protection of the Made in Italy

Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto will be visiting Washington on Monday and Tuesday. The mission takes place in the aftermath of President Trump’s decision to increase duties on aluminium and steel products, during discussions on the possible implementation by some European countries of a digital services tax concerning which the United States threatens commercial retaliation and just […]

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Scalfarotto in Washington: protection of the Made in Italy

Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto will be visiting Washington on Monday and Tuesday. The mission takes place in the aftermath of President Trump’s decision to increase duties on aluminium and steel products, during discussions on the possible implementation by some European countries of a digital services tax concerning which the United States threatens commercial retaliation and just […]

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Meeting of the Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, with the President of the Republic of Iraq, Barham Salih

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met today, in Rome, with the President of the Republic of Iraq, Barham Salih, who has travelled to Italy for institutional meetings. Their talk was an opportunity to exchange points of view on the principal bilateral dossiers and on the latest developments in the […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy January 24: latest news from the world

ICE AGENCY OPENS A DESK AT THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK The ICE Agency launched a new desk recently at the ADB, to support Italian enterprises and advisors looking for business opportunities from the bank’s procurement activities. The Desk at the ADB follows a joint initiative by the ICE Office in Singapore and the Italian Embassy […]

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