The 2018 Sapienza Human Rights Award given to the CIDU

The 2018 Sapienza Human Rights Award given to the CIDU The prestigious ‘Sapienza Human Rights Award’ for 2018 was given to the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU). The award, established by the Master in International Protection of Human Rights at the La Sapienza University of Rome in 2013, recognizes each year the outstanding contribution […]

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Hearing of Minister Moavero Milanesi before the joint Foreign Affairs Committees

  Hearing of Minister Moavero Milanesi before the joint Foreign Affairs Committees.  Minister Moavero Milanesi has reported on the results of Italy’s Presidency of the OSCE to the Chamber of Deputies. Follow the Minister’s speech:

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An Italian appointed president of the Immunological Society in Prague

Luca Vannucci, an Italian oncologist and immunologist, has been appointed president of the Czech Immunological Society, one of the leading research institutions in the Czech Republic. Since its founding in 1973 by Professor Jan Sterzl, this is the first time that the president of the Immunological Society is not Czech. For the occasion, the Italian […]

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Italy-USA Joint Science Commission meets in Washington

To celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Italy-U.S. Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement, the Italy-U.S. Joint Commission (JCM) on science and technology held its 13th meeting in Washington to discuss strengthening the cooperation programmes already under way and new cooperation projects in sectors such as physics, telecommunications, health, forestry and resilience to natural […]

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Italian cinema to be screened in Prague at the MittelCinemaFest

The next edition of the MittelCinemaFest, the Mitteleuropean Italian contemporary cinema festival, will be hosted in Prague from 28 November to 4 December 2019. The announcement was made at the close of this year’s edition, which was held in the cities of Budapest, Bratislava, Prague, Brno and Ostrava. The Festival is fruit of the cooperation […]

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‘Rigoletto’ in La Paz closes season organised by the Italian Embassy

The Municipal Theatre “Alberto Saavedra Perez” of La Paz hosted a splendid edition of Verdi’s “Rigoletto”, staged by the soloists of the Colon Theatre, accompanied by the Bolivian Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Maestro Andres Fernandez. The show was the closing event of the cultural season organized by the Italian Embassy. The role of Rigoletto […]

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Deputy Minister Del Re visits the Horn of Africa

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, has just returned from a very intense visit to the Horn of Africa that took place from 3 to 10 December. The Deputy Minister travelled to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia in accordance with a very tight schedule of institutional meetings at the […]

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Presentation of the study “The Supply Chain of Italy’s Electricity System”

As part of the economic diplomacy activities, today the Farnesina hosts the presentation of the study “The Supply Chain of Italy’s Electricity System: an international excellence combining innovation, sustainability and shared vision”, conducted by the LUISS University Business School. At the presentation, Elettricità Futura, Italy’s major association in the electricity industry, will take stock of […]

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Meeting of the representatives of the Italian community in Brazil

Last 6 December, the Italian Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro hosted the annual meeting of the representatives of the Italian community in Brazil. The debate focused on the services offered to the community, the activities of the consular network and the cooperation between the network and elected bodies. The meeting was structured into three […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi is in Brussels to attend the European Union General Affairs Council

The Council agenda includes an orientative debate on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and the preparation of the European Council meeting of 13 and 14 December 2018.    For more information: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/it/meetings/gac/2018/12/11/

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Montevideo, Matera takes centre stage in the Italian stand at Expoviajes

A setting dedicated to the city of Matera, the European capital of culture for 2019, greeted the visitors to the Italian stand in the first edition of Montevideo’s Expoviajes, a tourism exhibition organised by the Uruguayan Association of travel agencies at the LATO Technology Park, the city’s most important exposition area. Twelve thousand visitors crowded the […]

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Human Rights and Cooperation: three initiatives focused on women

The protection of human rights is a theme that is transversal to all the actions performed by the Italian Cooperation service around the world. On the international Human Rights Day, alongside the issues traditionally upheld by Italy, such as promoting a universal moratorium on the death penalty, mention should also be made of several specific […]

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