Di Stefano at the Blue Sea Land Expo of Mediterranean Clusters

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, today attended the 8th edition of the “Blue Sea Land Expo of Mediterranean, African and Middle Eastern Clusters” at Mazara del Vallo. In his remarks at the meeting on foreign trade and internationalisation in the fishing sector, the Undersecretary began by illustrating […]

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Del Re attends the 3rd Italian-Arab Business Forum

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, attended the 3rd Italian-Arab Business Forum of the Joint Italian Arab Chamber of Commerce in Milan, at the presence of the representatives of the institutions and the business community of Italy and of Arab Countries. “Today’s Forum represents and important opportunity to reaffirm […]

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Italy takes centre stage at the Italy-United States Innovation Forum

Washington, 16 October 2019. An Italy-United States Innovation Forum will be held in California at Stanford University on October 18, 2019. The event is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and by the Italian Trade Agency with the support of Confindustria, and in collaboration with the Schools of Materials Science and […]

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Press accreditation notice – Presentation of Italy’s Pavilion at the Universal Exposition of Dubai (Matera, 20 October 2019)

On Sunday 20 October, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, together with Emirate Foreign Minister Abdallah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will be in Matera to participate in the ‘1 year to go’ event for the presentation of the Italian Pavilion at the Universal Exposition of Dubai scheduled to begin on October 20 next year.   The […]

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From Ethiopia the remains of fellow Italians

The bodies of our compatriots who died in Ethiopia on 10 March in the ET 302 Ethiopian Airlines crash shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa have been returned to Italy. The return operations were coordinated by the Crisis Management Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Embassy in Addis […]

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Contemporary Art Day: Seoul, from Arte Povera to the present day

The Seoul Italian Cultural Institute organised two events with Fabio Cavallucci, the main curator of the Biennale of City Planning / Architecture in Shenzhen, China to celebrate the 15th Contemporary Art Day.  Cavallucci, former Director of Prato’s Pecci Contemporary Art Centre and of the Contemporary Art Centre in Warsaw, addressed an audience of professionals and students presenting […]

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Minister Di Maio will be in Matera on Sunday to present Italy’s stand at Expo 2020

Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will be in Matera on Sunday, 20 October, together with the Emirati Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to attend the ‘1 Year to Go’ event. The event represents a symbolic passing of the torch from Expo Milano 2015 and Expo Dubai 2020, at exactly one year from its […]

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​Vancouver: Focus on Italy at the Film Festival

‘Focus on Italy’ is the event that has put Italy in the limelight at the 38th edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival, the largest and most important film festival in Canada after the one in Toronto.   Every year, the Vancouver Festival, a.k.a. the “Hollywood of the North”, screens more than 300 films from 80 […]

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World Food Day: eco-friendly canteen at the Farnesina

“Eat healthy, live better, support the environment” is the project launched today by the Foreign Ministry for World Food Day. “We want to introduce concepts more closely linked to nutritional aspects and the need to lead a healthy life,” said Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano at an event organised in the Ministry’s canteen in conjunction with […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio with President Mattarella on a State Visit to the United States of America

The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, is on a State Visit to the United States of America until 20 October, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and by the Minister for Technological Innovation and Digitalization, Paola Pisano.

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Sydney: two Italian films at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival

This year, two Italian films will be screened at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival of Sydney, an event now at its ninth edition and with a consolidated fame at both national and international level. As every year, the Italian Cultural Institute offered its cooperation to the festival, which will present a selection of the best […]

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Leonardo goes digital in the historical centre of Jeddah

The exhibition entitled “LEONARDO DA VINCI. Masterpieces and Flying machines” opened in one of the most beautiful palaces in the historical centre of Jeddah. Organized by the Consulate General of Italy in Jeddah, the exhibition features stunning digital reproductions of paintings and drawings on flying machines by the genius of the Italian Renaissance who died […]

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