Dortmund: Consulate open to the arts

Italy’s Consulate in Dortmund is open for Italians who would be interested in exhibiting their art work: paintings, literature and music. The Consulate has invited interested fellow countrymen to send by mail or email a portfolio with their creations to verify the possibility of exhibiting them in the halls of the Consulate. At present on the […]

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Meeting of Minister Moavero Milanesi with the United Nations Special Representative for Libya

Today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is holding a meeting with Ghassan Salamè, United Nations Special Representative for Libya. Watch the Press Conference live.

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Prague hosts the presentation of “Operation Gran Sasso”

The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague has celebrated International Book Day with the presentation of a translation into Czech of “Free the Duce – Gran Sasso 1943, the True Story of Operation Gran Sasso” (“Osvobod’te Duceho!”) by the Italian historian and journalist, Marco Patricelli. The book, which the documentary film “Free the Duce”, produced by […]

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St Petersburg hosts an exhibition on Pompeii

The exhibition ‘Gods, Men, Heroes. From the Naples National Archaeological Museum and the Archaeological Park of Pompeii’ opened at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. The event was promoted by the Italian Embassy in conjunction with the Italian Cultural Institute in St Petersburg. Michajl Pjotrovskij, director of the State Hermitage Museum, called it “a […]

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Meeting between Minister Moavero Milanesi and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdallah Bin Zaied Al Nahyan

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdallah Bin Zaied Al Nahyan, today at the Farnesina to discuss the most recent developments in Libya.​

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Italian photographer participates in the International Photography Festival in Osaka

Paolo Pellegrin’s photographic exhibition entitled ‘Antarctica’ is showcased at Osaka’s “Kyotographie” International Photography Festival thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka. The exhibition is the result of a work the Italian photographer conducted in cooperation with a NASA expedition to document the impact of climate change on the Antarctic. Pellegrin, Rome-born […]

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ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development: Italy’s role

The Forum on Financing for Development was held over three days at the UN headquarters in New York. It examined the state of progress of the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Abeba Action Agenda and ended with the approval of the outcome document. The outcome document was completed thanks to the work carried out in negotiations in the […]

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Press Accreditation notice. Minister Moavero Milanesi meets Ghassan Salamè, Special Representative for Libya of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (Farnesina, 24 April 2019)

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, will meet with Ghassan Salamè, Special Representative for Libya of the UN Secretary- General,on Wednesday 24 April 2019 at 3:30 p.m. at the Italian Foreign Ministry.   A joint press point is scheduled at the end of the meeting. (Sala Aldo Moro). Journalists, photographers and […]

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UNESCO expresses its solidarity and commitment to support Notre Dame rehabilitation work

The President of the Republic of France, Emmanuel Macron, received today the solemn declaration adopted by the UNESCO Executive Board at the initiative of Italy reaffirming the values of cultural heritage in relation to the events which affected Notre Dame. The initiative is in line with the actions our Country has been promoting within the […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy 19 April: Latest News from the World

TUNISIA – Italian-Tunisian Business Forum is scheduled to take place at the end of April in TunisA Business Forum dedicated to cooperation between Italy and Tunisia will be held in Tunis during the next Italian-Tunisian intergovernmental summit, scheduled for 29 and 30 April. The event is organized by the Italian Trade Agency – ICE, Confindustria […]

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Duty Only, Beyond Duty – Stories of four diplomats who, in the face of the Holocaust, chose to resist

Four diplomats chose to resist and to not surrender to the Holocaust. The figures of Guelfo Zamboni, Giuseppe Castruccio, Gustavo Orlandini and Roberto Venturini emerge from the documents gathered for the exhibition entitled ‘Duty Only, Beyond Duty. Italian diplomacy in the face of the persecution of Jews. 1938-1943’. While many diplomats abided by the new […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean Yves Le Drian

Today, a meeting is being held at the Farnesina between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean Yves Le Drian. A joint press point by the two ministers is scheduled at the end of the meeting.

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