Crisis Unit and Universities partner to assure the safety of students abroad

The signing of two new Conventions – with the University of Bologna and the Catholic University of Milan – broadens the scope of partnerships entered into by the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit with the Italian universities that are most involved at international level. “The issue of the safety of Italian students in the world has […]

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Minister Moavero meets Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, met with the Deputy Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Marija Pejčinović Burić, at the Farnesina today. The meeting allowed for an extensive exchange of views and a review of the different issues which were discussed at […]

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Stockholm hosts a performance installation by Stefano Serretta

​The Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm hosts a performance installation by Stefano Serretta, which forms part of Vasco Forconi’s project entitled  ‘Shoegaze’, a veiled tribute to a subgenre of indie rock that was in vogue in the United Kingdom in the late ’80s. The project aims to develop a cycle of exhibitions throughout 2019 by […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi opens the General Assembly of EUNIC (European Union of National Institutes for Culture)

Minister Moavero Milanesi opens the General Assembly of EUNIC (European Union of National Institutes for Culture)

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Brasilia: presentation of a photographic book paying homage to the Venice Carnival

The Italian Embassy in Brasilia hosted the presentation of the photography book “Cenas Venezianas (Scene Veneziane)”, by photographer Francisco De Assis Andrade, which pays homage to the Carnival of Venice. The winner of the Premio Pini 2017, the book contains texts in Portuguese, Italian and English. The book was written at the end of the photographer’s […]

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Minister Moavero attends the annual meeting of the Presidents and Secretaries General of the Economic and Social Councils of the EU and of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Minister Moavero attends the annual meeting of the Presidents and Secretaries General of the Economic and Social Councils of the EU and of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

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Buenos Aires Exhibition by Martin Errichiello, the winner of the Premio Italia Argentina for art

The audio-visual installation “Il tempo che vivi è più forte di te” (“The Time You Live is Stronger than You”) by Martin Errichiello, on show at the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires from 14 June, draws inspiration from the theme of exploring the body as a territory and as a source of political, civil […]

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The Foreign Ministry takes action to protect minors in Libya​

The Foreign Ministry has arranged a two-million-euro financing to UNICEF from the Africa Fund to fund actions aimed at protecting migrant minors in Libya, also by improving hygiene and health conditions in the area around Tripoli. The project envisages the creation of reception centres for vulnerable youths in Tripoli, with a view to assuring them […]

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Italian music on stage in Colombo as a sign of solidarity

“Italia ♥Sri Lanka” is the title of the concert organised by the Italian Embassy in Colombo to present a piece of Italian music which represents a symbol of our culture – Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” – and offer a sign of solidarity to Sri Lanka, a country dramatically hit by an act of terrorism […]

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Farnesina presents project “Italians abroad, Diaries Tell Tales”

​The  Farnesina launched the project “Italians Abroad, Diaries Tell Tales”,  a selection of the most significant testimonies which form part of a fund designated as ’emigration’ in the Fondazione Archivio Diaristico Nazionale of Pieve Santo Stefano, in the province of Arezzo. The “Italians Abroad, Diaries Tell Tales” project was made possible thanks to the support of the Directorate […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 11 June: latest news from the world

Mozambique: SAIPEM signs a 6 billion dollar contract for Anadrako onshore LNG project    Saipem, the leader of a joint venture with USA-based McDermott International and Japanese Chiyoda Corporation, signed a contract for the engineering and construction of the Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) onshore project contracted by Anadarko, Area 1 operator, in the Rovuma Basin, […]

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Sao Paolo celebrates Italy’s Republic Day donning the Italian flag colours

It was the first time that Sao Paulo’s iconic sites were lit up with the colours of the Italian flag to the celebrate Italy’s Republic Day. Thanks to the cooperation of the Mayor, the city’s  landmarks such as the historic Matarazzo Palace, which is the city hall, the Viaduto Do Chá, the Ponte Estaiada, the Monumento às Banderas, […]

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