Brasilia: the Italian Embassy hosts an exhibition on Leonardo

As part of the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Embassy in Brasilia hosts the exhibition “Leonardo Da Vinci Lives”. The exhibition, which will run until 1 November, was organised in association with the Centro Educacional Leonardo da Vinci di Brasilia and displays 21 prototypes built in […]

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Italy presents the project “Mediterranean Diet’s principles for Agenda 2030″

Today the FAO hosts the conference “More than 2000 years of Mediterranean diet: a Journey from Ancient Romans to the UNESCO recognition in 2010. The cultural dimension of food”. The conference will open with contributions by the Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry, Elisabetta Belloni, and the Director General of the FAO, Qu Dongyu. Italy […]

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Reminder – Press Accreditation Notice – A humanitarian initiative of the Italian Cooperation service: minors from Libya soon to arrive in Italy (Ciampino Military Airport, 19 September 2019)

On Thursday 19 September 2019, an aircraft of the Ministry of Defence will arrive at the Ciampino Military Airport in Rome carrying a group of minors from Benghazi as part of the humanitarian initiative promoted by the Italian Cooperation service in order to provide health care for Libyan paediatric patients. Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del […]

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London: Italian research is awarded recognition in the United Kingdom

The young Italian researchers who authored the six projects that won the ‘Italy Made Me’ contest received an award at a ceremony held at the Italian Embassy in London. The contest, which is celebrating its fifth edition, was created to highlight Italian academic research in the United Kingdom. ‘Italy Made Me’ is a prize awarded […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 17 September: latest news from the world

BELERUS – 3rd Italy-Belarus Green Economy ForumMinsk, 8 October 2019 The Italian Embassy in Minsk, in association with the Italian Trade Agency ICE, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Belarus and Confindustria Belarus will hold the 3rd Italy-Belarus Green Economy Forum next 8 October at the“Footbalny Manezh” (Prospekt Pobeditelei 20/2) Conference […]

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eID: the experimental issue of the eID card kicks off in three European cities

At 10:30 a.m. on 20 September, the Italian Embassy in Vienna will host the presentation – also opened to the press – of the experimental phase of the issue of the Electronic ID Card (“eID”) for Italian residents residing abroad. The experimentation will be carried out in three pilot consular offices (Athens, Nice and Vienna) and […]

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Lima: lecturing tour for two Italian international law experts

Two of Italy’s major experts in international and maritime law have been engaged in an intense agenda of meetings and conferences organised by the Italian Embassy in Lima and Cusco. The two academics, Ida Caracciolo, full professor at the Federico II University of Naples, legal expert of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Italian candidate […]

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation launches an exploratory call for candidacies

The Italian Embassy in Beijing launched a call for candidacies for a two-year assignment as Legal Expert on Chinese Law at the Embassy, in compliance with Art. 168 of the Presidential Decree 18/1967. https://www.esteri.it/mae//trasparenza_comunicazioni_legali/bandi-gara-contratti/atti-amministrazioni-aggiudicatrici/ric_gare_ultimiins

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Migrants: press note by Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio

“The judgment expressed by the Hungarian government is wholly instrumental. For years, Italy has been living in an emergency situation mainly caused by the indifference of several European partners like Hungary. It’s easy to play sovereigntist with other people’s borders. Whatever Country does not accept its share of migrants must be severely sanctioned. Italy cannot […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 16 September: news from the world

BRAZIL – Events for the presentation of the Guide-book “Doing Business in Brazil” The Embassy of Italy in Brasilia, in collaboration with GMventure and KPMG, has produced a guide-book for Italian businesses entitled “Doing Business in Brazil”. The guide-book will be presented in Italy on the occasion of two events, respectively on October 1st at […]

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Seoul: Italy on show at the Biennale of Architecture

The rehabilitation project for the eastern district of the city of Rome, an area that was left untended for decades, was the subject of a Round Table organised by the Italian Cultural Institute for the second edition of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture & Urbanism, in the section dedicated to “Collective Cities”. The event was […]

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​The Foreign Ministry and the Reggio Children Foundation partner in Italian schools abroad

On 12 September, the Foreign Ministry signed a Declaration of Intent with the Fondazione Reggio Children – Centro Loris Malaguzzi, which was established in Reggio Emilia in 2011 with the aim of promoting solidarity projects through research in the area of education. The “Reggio Emilia Approach” is a philosophy that was developed in the Reggio […]

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