Five performances of the Verdi Festival to take in Oslo

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) will kick off the first of the five instalments of the Verdi Festival in Oslo on 7 February with the screening of the opera Rigoletto at the attendance of Ms Anna Maria Meo, Director General of the Fondazione Teatro Regio, who will present the 2018 Verdi Festival programme running from […]

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Second edition of Italian Design Day Shanghai to be held in March

Italian Design has always been synonymous to global excellence thanks to the high quality of the materials, the great creativity and innovativeness of Italian designers, the respect for the environment throughout the production phases, in addition to the care for graphic design, advertising and packaging. Conceived by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – “BeamLine for schools – BL4S” (Farnesina, 8 February 2018)

On 8 February 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the Farnesina will host the Prize Awarding Ceremony to the winning teams of the international competition “BeamLine for schools – BL4S”, at the presence of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova. The event will be moderated by the Principal Director for Innovation and Research, Fabrizio Nicoletti, […]

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Maire Tecnimont and SOCAR sign contract for the Baku refinery upgrade

Baku hosted the signing ceremony today for the 800 million dollar contract between the subsidiaries of the Italian Group Maire Tecnimont and the Azerbaijani state-owned oil company, SOCAR. The aim of the partnership is to upgrade and reconstruct the Heydar Aliyev refinery, a major Azerbaijani crude oil refining plant. The Italian Ambassador in Baku, Augusto Massari, […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Conference of Scientific Attachés (Farnesina, 5 February 2018)

On 5 February 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR) Valeria Fedeli, and the  Minister of Health, Beatrice Lorenzin, will convene the Scientific Attachés at the Farnesina in a Conference that, this year too, will be attended by eminent personalities from the world of research, university, innovative […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – A Shared Responsibility for a Common Goal: Solidarity and Security

The 2nd Ministerial Conference entitled “A Shared Responsibility for a Common Goal: Solidarity and Security” will be hosted on Tuesday 6 February by the Farnesina on the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. It will be attended by representatives of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Libya, Malta, Niger, Spain, Sudan,The Netherlands and Tunisia. […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – The “Election Portal” presentation (Farnesina, 2 February 2018)

On 2 February, at 12.00 p.m., the “Election Portal” will be presented at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. It was developed by the Farnesina as a more systematic guide for the overseas network for the complex voting procedures. The Director General for Italians Abroad, Luigi Maria Vignali, will make the presentation, exactly […]

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Italian Educational Fair in Belgrade and Podgorica

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Belgrade and the Ino Agency present the Italian Educational Fair, a student fair on the educational opportunities in Italy. Present at the Fair will be the representatives of Italian universities to illustrate to the students of Serbia and Montenegro the courses taught in Italian and in English, the procedures […]

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Italy’s Cultural Promotion and Innovation Meeting held in Ottawa

The coordination meeting of the institutions to promote Italy in Canada took place in Ottawa on 26 January under the chairmanship of the Italian Ambassador to Canada, Claudio Taffuri.  The meeting was attended by the Consul Generals in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, the directors of the Italian Cultural Institutes, the representatives of the Ministry of […]

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Week from 22 to 28 January

  The Minister’s week began on Monday at the EU Council of Ministers meeting in Brussels with a “weighty agenda that included Libya, peace negotiations in the Middle East, and a meeting with Palestinian President Abu Mazen”.  Minister Alfano also asked the EU to support the “young Tunisian democracy, a model for the Mediterranean” and […]

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Conference on anti-Semitism. Alfano meets his Israeli counterpart: “Italy plays a leading role in combatting all forms of discrimination and intolerance”

On the sidelines of the “Conference on the Responsibility of Countries, Public Institutions and Individuals in combatting anti-Semitism in the OSCE area” today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, met his Israeli counterpart, Tzachi Hanegbi, at the Farnesina. “Italy plays a leading role in combatting all forms of discrimination and intolerance. […]

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Address by the Hon. Minister at the Rome Conference on Anti-Semitism

Farnesina, 29 January 2018 (The authentic text is only the one actually delivered)   Secretary General Greminger, Director Gisladottir, President Di Segni, President Lauder, President Kantor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for being here and welcome to Rome! Let me address a heartfelt welcome to the Ministers, the Deputy Ministers and the Ambassadors of the […]

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