Italian Language Week: a 2-week scholarship to the Amalfi Coast allotted in Santiago

The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago, in association with the Italian Embassy and with local institutions and Italian partners, organises a series of conferences, refresher workshops and meetings with writers and personalities to celebrate the 19th Edition of the Italian Language Week in the World. In particular, in partnership with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in […]

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Information notice – Ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the Foundation of the Carabinieri Headquarters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Rome, “Salvo D’Acquisto” Barracks, 21 October 2019, 5:00 p.m.)

Today, Monday 21 October 2019, at 5 p.m., the “Salvo D’Acquisto” barracks of the Carabinieri in Rome will host the ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Carabinieri Headquarters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will close with an equestrian show by the 4th Carabinieri Cavalry Regiment. The event will be attended by […]

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​’The Italian Language Week’ showcases the Italian used by Collodi, Ariosto and Fo

Pinocchio by Collodi, the ‘Mistero buffo’ by Dario Fo, and the works by Ludovico Ariosto will be staged around the world to celebrate the ‘ Italian Language Week’ promoted, as every year, by the Foreign Ministry and which, in the 2019 edition, is dedicated to Italian spoken on stage.  From 21 to 27 October, the Italian diplomatic […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 18 October: latest news from the world

GREECE – KAFIREAS WIND FARM BY ENEL GREEN POWER KICKS OFF OPERATIONS Inauguration of the new Kafireas wind farm built by ENEL Green Power. With a total installed capacity of over 154 MW this is the largest wind farm in Greece. The event was attended by Prime Minister Mitsotakis and the Minister of the Environment and Energy Chatzidakis. […]

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Dhaka, a group exhibition to celebrate Contemporary Art Day

The Contemporary Art Day was celebrated in Dhaka with a group exhibition of Italian and Bangladeshi artists organised by the Italian Embassy with the support of the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation and in association with the Venice-based publishing company Lightbox. For three days, the artists of the two Countries exchanged ideas and prospects in a number […]

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Minister Di Maio will be in Matera on Sunday for the presentation of the Italy Pavilion at Expo Dubai 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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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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