Italy confirms its leading role in FRUIT LOGISTICA in Berlin

​Italy participated in Berlin 2019 FRUIT LOGISTICA with a record-number of exhibitors. The largest international fresh produce fair in the world, FRUIT LOGISTICA, welcomed 3,226 exhibitors and over 78,000 trade visitors. As Ambassador Luigi Mattiolo said when welcoming the Italian participants at the Italian Embassy in Berlin, Italy with its 527 companies was once again the country with […]

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Celebrating Leonardo da Vinci: Exhibitions, conferences and performances

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is planning more than 150 events this year to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. They will  include exhibitions, conferences, films and theatrical performances celebrating the great genius of the Renaissance. Engineer, artist, scientist and polymath, Leonardo left an immense body of work to study, […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Hunt

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Hunt, met on 13 February to discuss, in particular, the situation of Italian citizens in the United Kingdom and of the British citizens in Italy ahead of Brexit.  

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European Medicines Agency (EMA)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, confirms that the Government, through the State Legal Advisory Service, has lodged an appeal with the European Court of Justice against EU Regulation 2018/1718 that establishes the new headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the city of Amsterdam. The impugnment of the […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela del Re at the UN training centre in Turin

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, visited the UN International Training Centre in Turin. On meeting the interim director of UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute), Bettina Ticci Bartsiotas, the Deputy Foreign Minister discussed the perspective of relaunching the Institute, which has the active support of […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi on mission in Warsaw

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is on a mission to Warsaw on 13 and 14 February to attend the Ministerial Conference “Promoting a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East”, organised at the initiative of the United States of America and hosted by the Polish Government. The American […]

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London: Italy celebrates the restitution of eight lots of ancient artworks

Today, the Italian Embassy in London hosted the restitution ceremony of eight lots of ancient artworks and a page of an illuminated code, that were given back to Italy by Christie’s auction house. The event was attended by the Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Alberto Bonisoli, the Italian Ambassador in London, Raffaele Trombetta, Carabinieri Commander for the Protection […]

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Communication by Minister Moavero Milanesi to the Senate on the situation in Venezuela​

Communication of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Enzo Moavero Milanesi, on the developing situation in Venezuela.  

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Maurizio Pollini in Madrid for the Great Performers Festival

Last night Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional de Musica had a great event featuring Maestro Maurizio Pollini. The pianist’s performance was part of the 24th edition of the cycle of Great Performers organised by the Fondazione Scherzo. The Italian Cultural Institute cooperated with the Foundation to promote Maestro Pollini’s concert. Since 2001, the Fondazione Scherzo has concentrated its […]

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Italian Food Festival arrives in Myanmar for the first time

​The ​Italian Food Festival opened in Yangoon for the first time and was a big success. Organised by the Italian Embassy to Myanmar, the event enabled all Italian restaurants operating in Yangoon, along with importers and distributors of Italian food and wine products, to set up a common platform with a view to promoting and […]

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Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Republic of Maldives

The Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Government of the Republic of Maldives to renew the presence of the University in Magoodhoo Island through its MaRHE Research Centre was signed at the presence of Italian Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella, the Rector Cristina Messa, the pro Rector Andrea Giovanni Maria Biondi and the Director of the […]

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Communication by Minister Moavero Milanesi at the Chamber of Deputies on the situation in Venezuela

Communication by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,   Enzo Moavero Milanesi, on the developing situation in Venezuela.    

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