Armenia-Italy: the opera Arshak II on stage in Yerevan

Yerevan stages the opera Arshak II, written in 1868 in Italian and Armenian by Tigran Tchoukhajian, following the Italian 19th century “Grand opera” tradition (Rossini, Bellini, and the first operas by Verdi). Arshak II is the first Armenian opera and, more generally, the first in the cultural musical history of the East. The opera is […]

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Italy joins the Community of Portuguese Language Countries as Associate Observer

Italy has officially become member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) with the status of Associate Observer. The membership was celebrated at the Summit of the Community’s Heads of State and Government that is being held in Cape Verde today and tomorrow. Italy has tight historical, political, cultural and economic ties with the […]

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International Criminal Court. Video message by the Minister at a conference at the Campidoglio to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Rome Statute

Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi, during today’s state visit to Azerbaijan with the Head of State, intervened via a video message at the conference  at the Campidoglio by the groups: “Parliamentarians for Global Action”, “International Association of Penal Law” and “No Peace Without Justice”. It was held to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the […]

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“China in 2018 – Scenarios and perspectives for businesses”

The Farnesina today hosts the presentation of the Annual Report “China in 2018 – Scenarios and perspectives for businesses”, now at its ninth edition.   The Report, drafted by the Centre of Corporate Studies of the Italy China Foundation (CeSIF), surveys the political and economic scenarios and how to access the business sector in China, with […]

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Visit of State to the Republic of Azerbaijan

The State Visit of the President of the Republic continues in Baku. On the sidelines of the State Visit, Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov.

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EUNAVFOR Med Sophia operation: Italy’s position on the provisions relative to the port of disembarkation contained in the “operating plan”

The Foreign Ministry confirms that, in line with the announcement made yesterday, this morning the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, had a letter delivered to the Vice President of the European Commission and High Representative of the Union, Federica Mogherini, which states that, in the light of the conclusions of […]

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MeerKAT telescope inaugurated in South Africa

The MeerKAT radio telescope was inaugurated a few days ago in the Karoo desert, in South Africa. MeerKAT is an integral part of the multinational project Square Kilometer Array (SKA) in which Italy participates in an active and qualified manner. The inaugural ceremony was held in the presence of the Vice President of the Republic […]

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ICC. Undersecretary Picchi in The Hague to attend the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Guglielmo Picchi, is in The Hague today to attend an event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Undersecretary’s presence confirms the great value that our Country attributes to the ICC, also as […]

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Press accreditation notice – Refresher – Presentation of the Annual Report “China in 2018 – Scenarios and perspectives for businesses” (Farnesina, 18 July 2018)

On Wednesday, 18 July 2018, at 10:30 a.m., the Farnesina will host the presentation of the Annual Report “China in 2018 – Scenarios and perspectives for businesses”, now at its ninth edition.   The Report, drafted by the Centre of Corporate Studies of the Italy China Foundation (CeSIF), surveys the political and economic scenarios and how […]

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Turkey: ‘Mediterraneo’ photo exhibition by Mimmo Jodice in Istanbul

A voyage across the myth, memory, culture and landscape of the great civilisations that have peopled the Mediterranean Basin, exhibited in one of the emblematic Countries of the ‘Mare Nostrum’. This is the itinerary plotted by ‘Mediterraneo’, the photo exhibition by photographer Mimmo Jodice, which will open tonight at the Assos Hall of the Archaeological […]

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Visit of State to the Republic of Georgia

The President of the Republic makes his first stop of the State Visit in Tbilisi. On the sidelines of the visit, Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Zalkaliani. 

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Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

By midnight, Khurshid, 35, was in serious trouble. Five months pregnant and bleeding heavily, she had passed out at home. Her family carried her unconscious body to the nearest – and only – health station in Afghanistan’s remote, mountainous Chesht-e Sharif District. “Her state shocked me, but I knew quickly that it was a miscarriage,” […]

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