Satisfaction at the Foreign Ministry for the inclusion of Transhumance, Alpinism and the ‘Perdonanza Celestiniana’ in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list

The Foreign Ministry welcomes with satisfaction the decision unanimously taken by the Member States of the World Heritage Committee convened in Bogota to include in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list three new elements proposed by Italy: the practice of Transhumance, together with Austria and Greece; Alpinism, together with France and Switzerland; and the Celestinian […]

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Guinea: IULM videoconferences lessons for students in Conakry

As part of the “Italy, Culture, Africa” ​​program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, from March 2019, students from Guinea were given the opportunity of attending Italian language lessons, free of charge, at the Italian Embassy in Conakry.   Following the success of this first phase, a curriculum of lessons was set […]

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Romania: an exhibition to celebrate 140 years of relations with Italy

A hundred and forty years ago, Italy and Romania established diplomatic relations and, to commemorate that moment, the Bucharest Chamber of Deputies inaugurated an exhibition that puts on display high-resolution copies of the diplomatic documents of that political act. Nineteen panels in Italian and Romanian reconstruct the events that led to the exchange of the credentials […]

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Closing Ceremony 1st Female Police Officers T3 Course organized by Italian Carabinieri

On the 3rd of December, the Ambassador of Italy in Baghdad, H.E. Bruno Antonio Pasquino, Col. Abbas Fadhil Mohamed, Senior Officer in the Training Directorate, Col. Jamal Husein Ali del Civil Defense and the Director of the Female Institute of Ministry of Interior of Iraq, Suuad Abdul Jabbar, joined to the closing ceremony for the […]

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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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