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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Minister Moavero Milanesi is in Brussels to attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council

Minister Moavero Milanesi is in Brussels to attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council The Council agenda will focus on the Western Balkans, EU cooperation with the African Union and the situation in Ukraine, Iran and Venezuela

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The Foreign Ministry’s Support: measuring its impact on the growth of the Country

‘Economic Diplomacy’ Report presented in Milan on the impact of the actions of the Foreign Ministry on enterprises abroad   The ‘Economic Diplomacy’ 2018 Report was presented today in an event at the Milan headquarters of Assolombarda on the impact of the actions of the Foreign Ministry on Italian enterprises worldwide. The Report was commissioned […]

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Italian citizen Valentino Sonzogni

As announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, the Foreign Ministry confirms that Mr. Valentino Sonzogni has just embarked on a flight from Beijing to Italy after the travel ban ordered against him by Chinese Authorities was lifted. The travel ban was imposed a year ago in compliance with […]

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‘Slush’: Startups meet investors in Helsinki

The ‘Italian mission to Slush’ was a project by the Italian Embassy in Helsinki and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) in Stockholm to enable 11 Italian startups to officially attend a major international event for startups and innovation in Helsinki.  Twenty thousand participants, including 1,800 big investors, filled the Messukeskus Convention Centre where ‘Slush’ was […]

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