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    Events
    18 April 2019
    Task Force for Disputed Minors

    Today the Farnesina hosted the second meeting in 2019 of the Task Force for Disputed Minors. The meeting was held at the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and was attended, as is customary, by the senior officials of the Ministry of Justice – the Central Authority designated in compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention on […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    18 April 2019
    The Italian Embassy in Canada contributes to recovering a stolen Della Robbia

    A success story of the Italian Embassy in Ottawa and of the Foreign Ministry is represented by the recovery of two important Italian works of art that had been smuggled out of the Country: two masterpieces of unmatched artistic, historic and religious value were tracked in Canada and returned to Italy. The artworks are the […]

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    18 April 2019
    Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 18 April: latest news from the world

    The city of Genoa on mission to Warsaw The Italian Embassy in Warsaw held a meeting on 16 April to promote the city of Genoa before a selected audience of Polish professionals operating in the tourist sector, maritime shipping logistics and the silver economy. Organised in partnership with the ICE Agency, the local ENIT broadcaster, […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    18 April 2019
    Washington: Exhibition on Enrico David at the Hirshhorn Museum

    An exhibition of installations, sculptures, paintings and tapestries by artist Enrico David was inaugurated at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington. The exhibition “Enrico David: gradations of slow release”, organized with the support of the Italian Embassy, ​​in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA Chicago), was opened by a conversation between the artist […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    18 April 2019
    Tokyo: Castellani’s restored work is again at the Embassy

    The work “White Surface” by Enrico Castellani is finally again on display at the Italian Embassy in Tokyo after a meticulous restoration courtesy of the Prada Group. This extraordinary initiative that gives prominence to Italy’s cultural heritage is tge result of a coordinated endeavour involving the Embassy, ​​the Prada Group, the Enrico Castellani Foundation and […]

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    18 April 2019
    Applause for the Sanremo Giovani World Tour and Mahmood in Brussels

    Cheering and excitement in a sold-out auditorium: Brussels bid farewell to the finalists of Sanremo Giovani on the last stop of their World Tour, organised by the Foreign Ministry in cooperation with Rai, which featured seven concerts across five continents. The most eagerly-anticipated guest in the capital of Europe was the winner of the last […]

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    Press Releases
    17 April 2019
    The Foreign MInistry protects refugees with a 5-million-euro provision to the UNHCR

    The Foreign Ministry has arranged to make a 5-million-euro provision to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from its Africa Fund to finance assistance services for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia and to support Tunisian Authorities in their efforts to give shelter to the refugees present in Tunisia. The project to be implemented in […]

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    17 April 2019
    Statement by Equal Rights Coalition on the situation in Brunei

    The undersigned members of the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) express profound dismay at the decision of Brunei to fully implement its revised Penal Code. As part of the full implementation which became effective on April 3, 2019, provisions have been introduced prescribing a range of penalties including amputation of limbs, whipping and stoning to death […]

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    17 April 2019
    Berne: Lecture on Beauty, Nature and Problem-Solving

    The brilliant results achieved by Italian researchers in Switzerland, their potential for mobility and the efforts made by Italy’s economic system to grow in the sector of innovation, were the focus of a lecture organised by the Italian Embassy in Berne to celebrate the Italian Research Day in the World. The lecture delivered by Professor […]

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    17 April 2019
    Tunis: Italian Research Day in the World

    On Monday, 15 April, the Residence of Italian Ambassador Lorenzo Fanara in Tunis hosted an event dedicated to the Italian Research Day in the World promoted by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and with the Ministry of Health. The event was […]

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    Events
    17 April 2019
    Third National Action Plan on “Women, Peace and Security”

    As provided for by the Third National Action Plan, adopted pursuant to Resolution N. 1325 (2000) of the United Nations Security Council on “Women, Peace and Security”, the decree for the concession of financial contributions has been published. For the disbursement criteria and procedures, please click on the following link. https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/atti_concessione/cm_5484.pdf

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    Diplomatic Network
    16 April 2019
    New Headquarters for Italian School of East Asian Studies in Kyoto

    The Italian Ambassador to Japan, Giorgio Starace, and the Consul General in Osaka, Luigi Diodati, inaugurated the new headquarters of the Italian School of East Asian Studies (Iseas) in Kyoto. The institute moved to the Ecole Francaise d’Extreme Orient (Efeo) with which it has worked closely for years, including in the field of research. During […]

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