Information Notice – 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 17-27 September 2019)​

We inform that the United Nations Website provides information on the press accreditation needed to cover the proceedings of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 17-27 September 2019). In particular, it should be noted that journalists, photographers and TV crews who do not already have a UN media pass will have to register by and no […]

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A restored version of “C’era una volta il West” at the Sousse Festival

The magic of cinema classics is revived thanks to the restoration of old films. The fifth edition of ‘Cinéma au Musée’, the film and cultural festival that will be running from 29 August to 1 September on the esplanade of the Sousse Archaeology Museum, is dedicated precisely to these ‘old glories’. Organised by the Association […]

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Gymnich, Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re is in Helsinki to attend the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Ministers

Today and tomorrow, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, is attending the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Ministers. The Gymnich meeting is being hosted in Helsinki under Finland’s rotating presidency of the European Council.  The informal meeting is scheduled to debate the following issues: the situation in the […]

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Global Fund: Italy increases its contribution to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

At the G7 Summit in Biarritz, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced an increase in Italy’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the 2020-2022 three-year period. Italy, which is already the Fund’s ninth-largest donor in absolute terms and a member of the Board, will contribute 161 million euros over the […]

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Carthage: the Roman Theatre stages great Italian opera

More than 5,000 spectators were present at the Grand Gala of Italian Opera staged in the Roman Theatre of Carthage by the ‘Ente Luglio Musicale Trapanese’ to close the 55th edition of the International Festival of Carthage. Four soloists of international renown guided the audience on a musical voyage through the masterpieces of Italian opera: […]

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The Italy Pavilion opens at the Smart China Expo in Chongqing

An exhibition space of three hundred square meters in one of the most important Chinese fairs on science, technology and innovation: this is how the Italy Pavilion forms part of the second edition of Smart China Expo, that opened today at the International Yuelai Conference Center in Chongqing. Italy, together with Great Britain and Singapore, […]

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Moavero «Italy must remain open to the world. Let us not forget our own interests» (Corriere della Sera)

Enzo Moavero Milanesi, 65, Foreign Minister over the last 15 months, spends his Sunday afternoons putting in order his office in the silence-shrouded Farnesina. Your colleague Giovanni Tria says that Italy’s internal divisions make us unaware of everything that is going on outside. Do you agree? «It is inevitable for a Nation to focus on its […]

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Karachi: New Agreement Signed with University to Teach Italian Courses

The Italian Consulate and The Institute of Business Management have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Karachi to continue and expand Italian language teaching programs. The IOBM, founded in 1994, is a prestigious local private university that started working with the Italian Consulate in 2016 when an Italian teacher, paid partly by the university and […]

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Brazil, an August dense with Italian cultural events

This year, Sao Paulo recorded an August dense with Italian cultural events. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Primo Levi, the Tapera Taperá Cultural Centre hosted the presentation of the new Portuguese edition of the poetry by the great Turin-born writer (‘Mil Sois’, published by Todavia). Brazilian translator Mauricio Santana Dias curated […]

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International Day to Commemorate the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

On the first International Day to Commemorate the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, Italy reaffirms its commitment at international level to promote the freedom of religion or belief and to protect the members of religious minorities. Religious freedom is a fundamental principle of the Italian Constitution and of the Charter […]

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Moavero «Souverainism is a divisive recipe» (Avvenire)

«We have shown that Italy’s public finances are in order. » The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, «after having heard too many harsh words», happily surrenders to the «embrace of the Meeting». He gives thumbs down to anti-Europeanism and does not disavow the work done thus far. For the future, he thinks positive: […]

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Bryant GeM award in memory of Gloria and Marco. Young Italian architects in the UK

The memory of Gloria Trevisan and Marco Gottardi, a young Italian couple who died in the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, lives on through the GeM Award set up by the architecture firm Peregrine Bryant, where Gloria worked. The award covers a three-month placement during which recipients study conservation of historic buildings, with both […]

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