Israel’s Year of Leonardo: between Humanism and Science

A synthesis between Humanism and Science. This was the leitmotif, so natural to a man of the Renaissance, of the events organised in Israel by the Italian Embassy and by the Italian Institutes of Culture in Tel Aviv and Haifa to celebrate the Year of Leonardo. It was also a way of conveying a comprehensive […]

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High Street Italia opens in Seoul, a showroom of Italian products of excellence

A great opportunity has opened for Italian companies in Korea: yesterday, ‘High Street Italia’, a permanent showroom for Italian products of excellence, was opened in Seoul. Located in one of Seoul’s trendiest shopping districts, High Street Italia is an instrument and a container available to all Italian companies that want to promote and advertise their […]

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The Farnesina prepares for its first “Digital Art Experience”

The “Farnesina Digital Art Experience” project will be presented to the public with an unprecedented event. SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER Piazzale della Farnesina, 1 – Rome at 7:00 p.m. EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Admission free

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Abu Dhabi: Benefit concert to support Venice

Within the framework of the solidarity campaign for Venice promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation following the damage caused by the exceptional ‘acqua alta’ phenomenon of last 12 November, the Italian Institute of Culture in Abu Dhabi and the Italian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates organised a concert of a […]

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Launch of the 2020 edition of the AIR – Artists in Residence project

The second edition of “AIR – Artists in Residence” was officially launched today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; the project was devised by MIDJ – Associazione Musicisti italiani di Jazz (Italian jazz musicians association), and realised with the support of the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (“SIAE”) and the Ministry […]

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Vienna: Italian Research Day dedicated to Leonardo

On 11 December, the Italian Embassy in Vienna organised in its seat in Palazzo Metternich, “Between Science and Art: Leonardo’s heritage”: a day dedicated to Italian researchers in Austria to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. Established members of the Italian research community in Austria – who work at Universities, […]

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Deputy Minister Sereni winds up her visit to Brazil in Sao Paulo

Deputy Foreign Minister Marina Sereni wound up her visit to Brazil: a sign of attention to the Country’s institutions and to the Italian-Brazilian business community. She had nine meetings in Sao Paulo, where State Governor Rodrigo Garcia and numerous businessmen gave her an overview of the investment options, while personalities such as Cardinal Odilio Scherer […]

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Deputy Minister Sereni winds up her visit to Brazil in Sao Paulo

Deputy Foreign Minister Marina Sereni wound up her visit to Brazil: a sign of attention to the Country’s institutions and to the Italian-Brazilian business community. She had nine meetings in Sao Paulo, where State Governor Rodrigo Garcia and numerous businessmen gave her an overview of the investment options, while personalities such as Cardinal Odilio Scherer […]

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Bogotà: Commemoration of Marconi on the 100th Anniversary of the First Communication by Telegraph

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first message sent via telegraph by Guglielmo Marconi to Marco Fidel Suarez, Colombian President at the time, the Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with the Municipality and the Cultural Heritage Institute of the Capital, has provided for the restoration of the bust of the Italian scientist by Venezuelan […]

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The Italian Cooperation service dispatches humanitarian relief supplies to Djibouti

To tackle the emergency produced by the exceptional torrential rains that have hit Djibouti, within the framework of the civil protection mechanism activated by the European Union, the Foreign Ministry has arranged to dispatch a humanitarian flight of the Italian Cooperation service carrying more than 10 tons of emergency relief supplies (tents, hygiene kits, blankets […]

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International Human Rights Day

The Foreign Ministry joins in the celebrations for the International Human Rights Day to commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly. Even though the Declaration was the first to acknowledge the inalienable rights of all human beings and had the enormous merit of […]

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Hearing by Minister Di Maio before the Bicameral Schengen Control Committee

As part of the survey on “Managing the migration phenomenon in the Schengen area, with special reference to the topicality of the Schengen Agreement, as well as to the control and prevention of transnational activities connected with the trafficking of migrants and humans”, the Parliamentary Committee on Controlling Schengen, Supervising the Activities of Europol and […]

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