UPDATE Media accreditation notice – 43rd CGIE Plenary Assembly (Rome, 3,4,5 July) ​

The 43rd Plenary Assembly of the General Council of Italians Abroad (CGIE) will be held from Wednesday, 3 July to Friday, 5 July 2019.   The Assembly sessions will be entirely open to the press and will take place in the following venues and timeslots:   Wednesday, 3 July, Farnesina, International Conference Hall, from 10:00 a.m. […]

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The Dhaka massacre

Today marks the third and very sad anniversary of the Dhaka massacre in which nine Italian citizens were killed. We are close to the families of the victims, with sincere affection and solidarity keeping alive the memory of their beloved ones. Commemorating those who died in heinous terrorist attacks is a way for a Nation to […]

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Message by Minister Moavero to commemorate the third anniversary of the Dhaka massacre

“Tomorrow we will commemorate the third and very sad anniversary of the Dhaka massacre in which nine Italian citizens were killed. We are close to the families of the victims, with sincere affection and solidarity keeping alive the memory of their beloved ones. Commemorating those who died in heinous terrorist attacks is a way for […]

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Jan van Huysum’s “Vase of flowers” is returned to Italy

The oil painting “Vase of Flowers” by Dutch master Jan van Huysum will be returned to Pitti Palace in Florence. The foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, Heiko Maas and Enzo Moavero Milanesi, will travel to Florence for the painting’s official handover. The painting was stolen from the Florence Gallery at the time of the […]

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Minister Moavero meets with the UN Special Representative, for Libya Salamé

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi meets with the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative, for Libya Ghassan Salamé.

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Unified Patent Court (UPC)

A meeting was held today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the Unified Patent Court (UPC), established by 25 Member States of the European Union to act as the judicial body with exclusive competence in respect of disputes involving European patents. On the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]

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Belgium: Meeting to Coordinate Consular Services

The Italian Ambassador in Brussels, Elena Basile, hosted an important meeting to coordinate consular services, at the presence of the Consul General of Charleroi and the representatives of the Committees of Italians Abroad in Belgium and of the General Council of Italians Abroad. The meeting was also attended by the Honorary Consuls of Antwerp, Ghent, […]

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Belgrade: Pianist Giuseppe Albanese in concert

Pianist Giuseppe Albanese brought his music to Belgrade and Podgorica thanks to the cooperation between the Belgrade Italian Cultural Institute, the “G. Tartini” Conservatory of Trieste and the Italian Embassy in Montenegro. Albanese, one of the most famous pianists of his generation, held two concerts there. The first was performed at the Belgrade Italian Cultural Institute […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 27 June: latest news from the world ​

COLOMBIA – Conference “Industrial maps of Latin America – Italian companies and investment opportunities: the Colombia case”   The PyME Observatory Foundation, in collaboration with Unioncamere and Formiche and under the patronage of the Colombian Embassy in Italy, has organized the event “Industrial maps of Latin America – Italian companies and investment opportunities: the Colombia […]

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Minister Moavero speaks at the “Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar”

Today at the Farnesina, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, closed the 31st edition of the Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar, this year dedicated to theme: “Capitalism, global change and sustainable development. The future of globalization”. In addition to Minister Moavero Milanesi, remarks were also made by the Deputy Minister of […]

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Beijing: Italian music at the Baroque Music Festival

A five-day cycle of concerts of Italian Renaissance and Baroque music closed the 2019 edition of the “CCOM Baroque Music Festival and Pipe Organ Week”, organised every year in Beijing by the Central Conservatory of Music, the most prestigious classical music conservatory in China. Thanks to the Italian Cultural Institute, Italian and Chinese music experts and […]

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Beijing: Italian music at the Baroque Music Festival

A five-day cycle of concerts of Italian Renaissance and Baroque music closed the 2019 edition of the “CCOM Baroque Music Festival and Pipe Organ Week”, organised every year in Beijing by the Central Conservatory of Music, the most prestigious classical music conservatory in China. Thanks to the Italian Cultural Institute, Italian and Chinese music experts and […]

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