Farnesina: Protocol signed by ANGI and FIJE​

On 14 March, with the attendance of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Riccardo Merlo, and the Director General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation, Vincenzo De Luca, the Farnesina hosted the signing ceremony of an international protocol between the ANGI (National Association of Young Innovators) and the FIJE (Ibero-American […]

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Information Notice – G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting (Dinard – Saint Malo, 5 and 6 April 2019)

Under the French Presidency of the G7, we inform that the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting will be held Dinard-Saint Malo on 5 and 6 April 2019. Representatives of news media organisations interested in covering the event can submit their accreditation application by 23:59 on Sunday, 24 March 2019 at  https://g7ministerielle0419.site.calypso-event.net/presse/accueil.htm. In case news media representatives do not […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 14 March: latest news from the world

A new PoP offers high-speed IP connectivity and confirms Sparkle as one of the main international providers in the Americas and as first global Tier-1 backbone in Latin America   Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, announces the expansion of its reach in Colombia with the opening […]

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Italy’s landscape on display in Prague

 Italy and its landscapes depicted in the stills of renowned Italian photographers. That’s the subject of the exhibition “Affacciati sulla bellezza” (A view on beauty) set up by the Italian Institute of Culture in Prague, inaugurated by Italy’s Ambassador Francesco Saverio Nisio. The protagonist of the 130 photographs is the Italian landscape, “one of the assets that make our peninsula […]

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Abu Dhabi: Italian artists at the Special Olympic Games

This year, the Italian Embassy in the Emirates will contribute to the Special Olympic Games, which will be held in Abu Dhabi from 14 to 21 March, by participating in the initiative promoted by the Inclusive Art Gallery with a selection of works by Diego Salezze and Lisa Perini. The Special Olympics are the largest global […]

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Brasilia: Italian companies meet with the Brazilian Minister of Infrastructure

The Italian Embassy in Brasilia organised a meeting between Italian companies operating and interested in Brazil and the Brazilian Minister of Infrastructure, Tarcisio Freitas. The initiative falls within the framework of the “programme of meetings promoted by the Embassy to support Italian companies in this market following the coming into office of the new Brazilian Government,” explained […]

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Hearing of Minister Moavero Milanesi before the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and EU Policies of the Chamber of Deputies

The Minister’s report on the survey on the Brexit negotiations and on the relative impact on Italy.      

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Lisbon, ‘Tesserae of Hope’ for the Italian Church

Five hundred years ago, Italian merchants in Lisbon rebuilt the Church of Nossa Senhora do Loreto, better known as the Italian Church, and the travelling exhibition ‘Tesserae of Hope’ is now in Lisbon to celebrate the anniversary. The exhibition displays a collection of the extraordinary and finely and artistically handcrafted creations of the time to […]

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Tirana 1989-2019, an art project on the city’s changes

The changes witnessed by Tirana during the last 30 years through the look of an Italian artist and of young people raised in post-Socialist Albania. This is the essence of Eugenio Tibaldi’s ’30 Years Old’ project realised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana in partnership with the University of Arts and the Harabel Contemporary […]

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Argentina: Italy at Expoagro

Italy, the only European country to have a Country Pavilion, participates in the Expoagro Fair that is held in San Nicolas, in the province of Buenos Aires from 12 to 15 March, with a 600-square-meter Pavilion and 11 exhibitors. The Pavilion is managed by ICE Agency in partnership with the Italian Embassy in Buenos Aires […]

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‘The Land of Earthworms’ at the Theatre Festival of Albuquerque

‘The Land of Earthworms’, a project developed by Chiara Guidi, aims to talk to children about death through the tragedy of Alcestis, staged as a form of open theatre also involving the little spectators. The performance was organised at the Elisabeth Waters Center for Dance as part of the Revolutions International Theatre Festival of Albuquerque, […]

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Press Accreditation Notice – Meeting between Undersecretary Merlo and ANGI (Farnesina, 14 March 2019)​

On Thursday, 14 March, at 3 p.m., the Farnesina will host a meeting between the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, ANGI (National Association of Young Innovators) and FIJE (Ibero-American Federation of Young Entrepreneurs), aimed at bolstering cooperation in the field of innovation and the transfer of technological know-how between Italy and Latin America by […]

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