Starting today, the Foreign Ministry will be on Instagram: a window on the world, opened with a click
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni, on the Foreign Ministry’s initiative ‘Open Doors – 8th Transparency Day’, today opened the Ministry’s official profile on Instagram. The Foreign Ministry’s new account further enhances its presence on social media, after having long signed up on Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Telegram and Facebook. It is […]
Read moreMexico – 12 students selected for Italian Technology Award
Twelve students in four different disciplines (ceramics, packaging, metal and steel works and plastics) of Mexico’s Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Nuevo León and the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP), accompanied by four of their teachers, have been selected for the Italian Technology Award. After the ceremony, they will go to Italy […]
Read moreSomalia – Ceremony to kick off the enlargement of the Xooga Military Hospital
The ceremony to kick off the enlargement of the Xooga Military Hospital was held in Mogadishu in the presence of the Italian Ambassador, Carlo Campanile, Somalian Defence Minister, Abdulkadir Sheik Ali Dini, and a large number of representatives of Somalian high-ranking military officers and of the local press. The enlargement work consists in building a […]
Read moreSpain – Italian Film Festival kicks off with a lifetime achievement award to Nicola Piovani
The 9th edition of the Italian Film Festival in Madrid kicked off on 23 November. Year after year the Festival – one of the most awaited events in Spain – continues to enrich its agenda with a view to increasingly become a point of reference for contemporary cinema-lovers. The different film contest sections (feature films, documentaries […]
Read moreInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Italian Foreign Ministry staunchly confirms Italy’s commitment to promote gender equality and to fight all forms of discrimination and violence against women. Thanks to Italy’s contribution to negotiating the texts, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (competent for human rights […]
Read moreRussian Federation – Moscow celebrates the art and life of Eleonora Duse
Moscow’s State Contemporary History Museum will open tomorrow the exhibition on “Eleonora Duse and Vera Komissarzhevskaja. Two Divas in the Mirror”. The exhibition is organised by major Russian and Italian institutions and museums, and by the Italian Cultural Institute in Moscow. The exhibition narrates the life and artistic career of the two great stars of […]
Read moreClimate – 195 Countries with a single goal: join forces to jointly tackle the challenge of climate change
This year’s COP22, the UN-promoted summit that was recently closed in Marrakesh, was even more relevant than in the past because it falls under the historic Paris Agreement on climate change which has just come into force. What were the conclusions of the COP22, what are the commitments made by FAO on climate and what […]
Read moreJapan – Advanced robotics, a new scientific agreement between Italy and Japan
Cooperation between Italy and Japan in consolidating in the development of new joint advanced robotics projects, particularly humanoid, and in promoting the exchange of teachers and researchers. A new agreement has been signed in Tokyo between the Institute of BioRobotics of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa and Waseda University, one of Japan’s most prestigious universities […]
Read moreAustralia – Footwear, clothing and design: Made in Italy wins in Australia
Footwear, leather goods and clothing, as well as design and homeware are the Made in Italy products with the greatest potential in Australia. The market survey – commissioned to Colmar Brunton by the Consulate General in Melbourne – was presented to the public during a visit to Australia by Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, at […]
Read moreWeek of Italian Cuisine in the World: Malta – Portugal – Czech Republic
Malta A gala evening was held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta on 21 November to inaugurate first Week of Italian Cuisine in the World in the presence of the President Emeritus of Malta, Hon. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici. Following the opening address by Italian Ambassador, Giovanni Umberto De Vito, the Director of the Institute […]
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