Jordan: The ‘Issa Naouri’ translation award

The translation from Italian to Arabic of a passage taken from the book ‘Resto qui‘ by Marco Balzano was the test for the candidates competing for the ‘Issa Naouri’ Award, established by the Italian Embassy of Amman and by the family of the writer and Italianist Naouri. The award – won by three young Jordanians: Aya […]

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Vienna: Italian-Chinese satellite for studying earthquakes

The Italy-China scientific cooperation for the Chinese satellite CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) was presented in Vienna during the meeting of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space of the United Nations (COPUOS). Ambassador Maria Assunta Accili, Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organizations, presented the project while the more technical aspects of […]

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Inauguration of the exhibition on De Chirico in Brussels

Today the Italian Ambassador to Belgium, Elena Basile, will inaugurate the exhibition dedicated to Giorgio De Chirico at the Musée des Beaux-Arts (BAM) in Mons that will be open to the public from 16 February to 2 June 2019 under the patronage of the Embassy. The inauguration will also be attended by the Bourgmestre of […]

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First Italian language course in a university in Bahrein

The Italian language can now be learned in Bahrein. The first Italian language course, promoted by the Italian Embassy in Manama was inaugurated on 13 February at an event at the Royal University for Women in Riffa in the presence of Domenico Bellato, the Italian Ambassador in Manama. This initiative was also made possible thanks […]

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Opening in Beijing of the series of concerts “L’Opera prima dell’opera'”

The cycle of concerts called “L’Opera prima dell’opera”, has opened in Beijing. It presents to the Chinese public previous versions of works in the Italian tradition, such as “The Barber of Seville” by Giovanni Paisiello, which came out 34 years before the more famous “Barber of Seville” by Gioacchino Rossini. Many of the more famous and popular […]

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Italian Business Forum in Ljubljana – creativity as strategic competence

Creativity, as a strategic organisational competence, was the theme of the seventh Italian Business Forum (IBF) organised by the Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Embassy in Ljubljana. In a world where most skills of individuals and organisations are expected to be more linked to systems supported by artificial intelligence, creativity is a strategic […]

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Italian Pavilion at Balttour tourism fair in Riga ​

Italian regions showcased their best tourism services at the 26th International Travel Trade Fair “Balttour 2019″ in Riga in the Italian Pavilion, which was set up by the Italian Embassy. The most important tourism fair in the Baltic States, Balttour attracts 30,000 visitors (6,000 of whom are tourism industry professionals), 850 tourist operators from 40 countries […]

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Inter-institutional negotiation table to coordinate anticorruption activities

The administrations and agencies concerned will discuss Italy’s engagement in global anticorruption strategies, with a special focus on the activities of the G20 and the OECD, at the inter-institutional negotiation table set up at the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Global Affairs (DGMO). The specific themes addressed are: transparency and integrity in developing infrastructure; overcoming […]

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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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