Croatia: Fellini’s centenary birth celebration kicks off

The programme of celebrations for the centenary of the birth of the great Italian director and artist Federico Fellini, coordinated by the Italian Embassy in Zagreb, has begun in Croatia and will run throughout 2020 with initiatives in various locations in Croatia. The first of the events was an initiative organised by the Italian Cultural […]

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Happy Birthday Maestro! Federico Fellini’s dreams on show

Federico Fellini’s imagery, his dreams and visions are at the centre of the tribute paid by the foreign network of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to this great cinematic genius, on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, which occurred on 20 January 1920. Eleven Embassies, six Consulates and twenty Italian Cultural Institutes worldwide will […]

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Di Maio : «Italy must focus united on EU sanctions or else lose its face». (Il Messaggero)

Di Maio is focused on Berlin. Before flying to the Conference on Libya today, the Foreign Minister made a whistlestop trip to Calabria for the forthcoming regional elections, as the political head of his 5-Star Movement. The future of the Movement is still an open issue, for which a solution has not yet been found, […]

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Minister Di Maio flies to Brussels to attend the Foreign Affairs Council

Minister Di Maio is in Brussels today to attend the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union. On the agenda of the meeting is the situation in Bolivia, India, Libya and Venezuela. The Foreign Ministers will discuss recent developments on the international scene, how to intensify climate diplomacy and issues relating to the Sahel. European Council: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/it/meetings/fac/2020/01/20/

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Launched in Dublin the Irish-Italian Chamber of Commerce

The Italian-Irish Chamber of commerce was launched in Dublin in the presence of Simon Coveney, the Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Paolo Serpi, Ambassador of Italy.  A number of leading representatives of local institutions and the Italian business community in Ireland attended the launch. The Chamber of Commerce, preside by Dr. Furio Pietribiasi, CEO of […]

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Meeting of Minister Di Maio with the Commission for the internationalization of the “Made in Italy” and the fight against counterfeiting of the Naples Bar Association

Meeting of Minister Di Maio with the Commission for the internationalization of the “Made in Italy” and the fight against counterfeiting of the Naples Bar Association

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Di Maio “Europe Stands To Lose the Most” (Spiegel International)

DER SPIEGEL: Mr. Di Maio, all attempts to end the conflict in Libya so far have failed. The German government is now organizing an international peace conference in Berlin on Sunday. What’s new this time around that might make a difference? Di Maio: Germany very carefully waited for the right moment for the conference. This wasn’t simply about creating a […]

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Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio is in Berlin to participate to the Conference on Libya

The Conference represents the starting point of a process: Italy supports a political solution to the crisis. On the occasion of the conference, Minister Di Maio meets his Turkish and Egyptian counterparts.

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The Ambassador of Italy Armando Varricchio visits the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (Nassau, January 15-17, 2020)

Washington, January 16 2020. The Ambassador of Italy to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Armando Varricchio, is paying an official visit to Nassau. In agenda meetings with Prime Minister Hubert Alexander Minnis, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K. Peter Turnquest and Ministers of Foreign Affairs Darren A. Henfield and Tourism and Aviation Dionisio James […]

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The “Italy-Myanmar Business Association” launched in Yangon

The “Italy-Myanmar Business Association” was launched in Yangon during a networking event hosted by the Italian Ambassador, Ms. Alessandra Schiavo, with the attendance of members of the diplomatic community, local entrepreneurs and representatives of the chambers of commerce of other Countries. The new Business Association will support the Italy-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce based in Turin. […]

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“Save Venice” fundraising campaign in the Netherlands

The Italian Embassy in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Dutch Association Poorters van Venetië (https://poortersvanvenetie.nl) and the Stichting Nederlands Venetië Comité have launched the Red Venetië (Save Venice) campaign to raise funds for the recovery of the artistic and cultural heritage damaged by the recent floods in Venice, a legacy that belongs to all […]

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Jhumpa Lahiri presents ‘Racconti Italiani’ (Italian Short Stories) at the Foreign Ministry

“A dynamic, rich and open country”. These are the words used to describe Italy by the American Pulitzer Prize winner of Bengali descent, Jhumpa Lahiri, during her visit to the Italian Foreign Ministry, also defining “literature as a useful tool for learning the language and reality of a country”. Born in London, she grew up in […]

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