Bosnia: on show Italian popular traditions

The opening of the exhibition “Italy, Invisible Tales” in Banja Luka on 12 September will kick off the 7th Season of Italian Culture in Bosnia Herzegovina. The exhibition, organised by the Italian Embassy in Sarajevo and by the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Republic of Srpska, focuses on popular tradition as a component of […]

Read more

MACFRUT 2020 Expo

The Farnesina hosted the presentation of the MACFRUT 2020 Expo, an event opened to the Diplomatic Corps and to the representatives of the world of research and business. Next year’s event, which is scheduled to be held in Rimini from 5 to 7 May 2020, will be characterised by a relevant new feature as it […]

Read more

Johannesburg: Medea, the debut of the Teatro Patologico in Africa

The Teatro Patologico Association of Rome will travel to Africa at the end of September to stage a single performance of the great classical tragedy Medea at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. The performance, which will be staged thanks to the collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, will see the disabled youths of the Italian […]

Read more

Finland: The Italian Embassy and the IIC promote ‘Design & Diplomacy’

For the “Design & Diplomacy” cycle organised within the framework of the “Helsinki Design Week”, the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute (IIC) in Helsinki opened the doors of the Residence of the Italian Ambassador today, hosting a very crowded informal and much appreciated chat between Italian designer Matteo Ragni and Finnish fashion designer Minna Parikka. […]

Read more

The Italian Cooperation service ​sends relief medical supplies to Libya

The humanitarian shipment from the Italian Cooperation service, consisting of more than 10 tons of medicines and relief medical and hygiene supplies shipped from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) of Brindisi, reached the Port of Tripoli this morning. The supply of humanitarian supplies responds to a request made to Italy by the World […]

Read more

Training Course for ASEAN Officials

TRAINING COURSE FOR HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS OF CIVIL PROTECTION SERVICES OF ASEAN COUNTRIES From today until September 15, a high-level delegation from ASEAN countries, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is in Italy for a week of training and exchange of experiences and best practices in the field of civil protection. The aim of the visit […]

Read more

Como and Moscow. Comparing the architecture of the late 1920s

Up until 4 November, the Schusev State Museum of Architecture in Moscow will be hosting an exhibition which compares two iconic buildings of the 20th century, the Novocum by Giuseppe Terragni in Como and the Club Zuev by Ilya Golosov in Moscow. Mounted in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, the exhibition is dedicated to […]

Read more

Minister Di Maio appoints Ambassador Sequi to be his Chief of Staff

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, appointed Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, at present the Italian Ambassador in Beijing, to be his Chief of Staff. “In these years I, as Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development, have had the opportunity to personally […]

Read more

Mostar: Street Arts Festival to heal the city’s wounds of war

Street art to heal the city’s wounds of war. This is the sense of the Street Arts Festival in Mostar, now at its 8th edition, which has turned the city into an open-air museum. Art and creativity are thus put at the service of the solidarity to promote the city’s regeneration. Thanks to the efforts […]

Read more

REMINDER Press accreditation notice – Presentation of ” Fiera Macfrut 2020″ and the new SPICES & HERBS GLOBAL EXPO (Farnesina, 11 September 2019)

On Wednesday 11 September 2019, at 11 a.m. the Farnesina will host the presentation of “Fiera  MACFRUT 2020” and of the new SPICES & HERBS GLOBAL EXPO. The 2020 edition of the international Macfrut fair will take place in Rimini from 5 to 7 May 2020 in partnership with the Sardinia Region. It will have an international focus on “Fruits […]

Read more

Riga Food: Italy at the most important Fair in the Balkans

The Italia Pavilion at the Riga Food Fair aims to present the companies symbolising the points of excellence of the Italian agrifood sector at the most important Fair of the Balkans. Italian Ambassador Sebastiano Fulci performed the Pavilion’s ribbon-cutting ceremony together with the Latvian Minister for Agriculture, Kaspars Gerhards, in what has become a consolidated […]

Read more

Message of greeting from the Hon. Minister Luigi Di Maio to the personnel of the Foreign Ministry serving in Italy and abroad

“It is with great enthusiasm and a profound sense of responsibility that I assume the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Allow me to address a warm greeting to all the women and men, especially the younger ones, working at the Central Administration of the Ministry, at the Diplomatic Missions and in […]

Read more