Ankara: ‘Bach is in the Air’ with Ramin Bahrami and Danilo Rea

The Ankara Piano Festival closed with a greatly acclaimed concert by the exceptional Ramin Bahrami and Danilo Rea piano duo: ‘Bach is in the Air’, which was organised by the Italian Embassy in partnership with Altus Arts & Culture. The duo presented Ramin Bahrami’s extraordinary performances of Bach combined with Danilo Rea’s original jazz improvisations. […]

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Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re is in Luxembourg to attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC)

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, is in Luxembourg to attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). High on the meeting’s agenda are the latest developments in the Brexit process ahead of the Special European Council on 10 April. The Ministers will then hold an orientation debate on the negotiation […]

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REMINDER PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Italy-Latin American Forum: “Italy-Latin American Alliance for the Promotion of Gender Equality” (Farnesina, 12 April 2019)

On Friday, 12 April, at 9:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the Italy–Latin America Forum, dedicated to the “Italy-Latin American Alliance for the Promotion of Gender Equality”, which will be attended by the Ministers and Government officials of Italy and Latin American Countries, top-ranking officials of international Organizations, and representatives of Italian and Latin American institutions and agencies.    […]

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Australian stop for the Sanremo World Tour

On Saturday, a full house at the Sydney Capitol Recital Hall greeted the third stop of the Sanremo Giovani World Tour. Einar, Federica Abbate, Deschema, La Rua and Nyvinne presented their repertories and some new arrangements of the biggest Italian hits before more than 1,200 people. The Australian stop of the tour – organised with […]

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Tirana: Italian universities present their academic courses to Albanian youths

Forty Italian Universities, 5 Fine Arts Academies and 3 Music Conservatories went to Tirana to present their institutions to young Albanians interested in studying in Italy. The event, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute with the support of the Embassy, was aimed at presenting the range of academic courses offered in Italy and also at […]

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Day dedicated to preventing the counterfeiting of documents

The Directorate General for Italians Abroad organised a one-day training and updating day on preventing the counterfeiting of documents for the personnel of the Foreign Ministry’s overseas network. Thanks to the cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior (Central Directorate for Immigration and Border Police and the Central Directorate against Crime) and with the support […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re in Luxembourg to attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, is in Luxembourg to attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).  Among other points, high on the meeting’s agenda will be the situation in Libya, the presidential elections in Ukraine, and the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting. Special sessions will be dedicated to the […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Joint declaration on Libya

During the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the following joint declaration on the latest developments in Libya was adopted upon an Italian proposal: We, the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the EU High Representative, gathered in Saint-Malo and Dinard on April 5th express […]

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Press accreditation notice – Presentation of the WEWORLD INDEX 2019 Report (Farnesina, 9 April 2019)

On Tuesday, 9 April, at 11:00 a.m., the Farnesina’s Sala Aldo Moro will host the presentation of the WEWORLD INDEX 2019 Report on “Girls, Boys, Adolescents and Women: Education and Conflict”, organised by WeWorld GVC Onlus with the sponsorship of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The WeWorld Index measures a Country’s progress through economic and social indicators, […]

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Yerevan: “The Form of Colour” exhibition at the National Gallery

An exhibition destined to leave a mark: “The Form of Colour, from Tintoretto to Canaletto”, opening today in Yerevan, is an extraordinary itinerary spanning across three centuries, from the Renaissance to the Rococo, through 55 works that arrived at the National Gallery of Ancient Art of Trieste from Armenia. It is the fruit of a […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 5 April: latest news from the world

Saipem, in consortium with the French company Eiffage, won a 350-million-euro contract in the Grand Tortue-Ahmeyim gas field, along the maritime border between Mauritania and Senegal. It is an EPIC (Engineering Procurement Construction and Installation) contract for marine infrastructures on the Tortue LNG hub assigned to BP as principal operator, at which they will install […]

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Riga Fashion Week 2019 – Spring Edition

The Italian Embassy sponsored the Spring edition of the 30th “RIGA FASHION WEEK” (www.rfw.lv) organised by the “Baltic Fashion Federation” (www.bff.lv), and held from 26 to 30 March 2019. The Italian brand “Morfosis” was among the designers that participated with their collections. The Baltic Fashion Federation grasped the opportunity to confer an award on Italian Ambassador […]

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