First meeting of the inter-institutional Operating Committee on Italy’s contribution to the prevention of and global response to COVID-19
Today, at the Foreign Ministry, Minister Luigi Di Maio opened the first meeting of the inter-institutional Operating Committee on Italy’s contribution to the prevention of and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister thanked the Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re, who promoted and chairs the Committee, which includes, among its members, representatives of the […]
Read moreIIC Chicago: the seminar “Arte Povera: Ecologies”.
The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago presents the conference on Zoom Arte Povera: Ecologies, with art historian Giovanni Aloi. In recent years, the contemporary art world has developed a growing attention to environmental issues and climate change. The Arte Povera movement, however, began to take an interest in trees, water and indiscriminate urbanization as early […]
Read moreDi Stefano holds video talk with Vietnamese Hoang Quoc Vuong
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano held a video talk today with the Vietnamese Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Hoang Quoc Vuong. The talk was an opportunity to sign the new Memorandum of Understanding on the Italian-Vietnamese Mixed Economic Commission (MEC), as well as to take stock of bilateral economic relations in view of the next MEC […]
Read moreParis, Ambassador Castaldo at the Pompeii exhibition opening
The Italian Ambassador to France, Teresa Castaldo, together with the Minister of Culture Franck Riester inaugurated yesterday the Pompeii exhibition at the Grand Palais Museum in Paris. Also present were former Minister of Culture Jack Lang, the Director-General of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Massimo Osanna, the President of the Réunion des muséesnationaux et du […]
Read moreHumanitarian aid to Ukraine from Italy
Italy has airlifted an initial load of relief supplies and equipment to Ukraine, on the basis of a request received from the Government in Kiev, following the heavy storms and floods that have battered the country in recent days, causing large-scale destruction of roads and other infrastructure particularly in the western regions of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk […]
Read moreBelarus: Webinar on potential economic partnership
The Ambassador of Italy in Minsk, Mario Baldi, participated today in the webinar “Belarus-Italy: economic cooperation in the face of global challenges”, organized by the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The online seminar was dedicated to take stock of the economic situation in Belarus and the potential of the partnership with Italy. “We must […]
Read moreSlovacchia: Camera di Commercio a sostegno del Sistema Paese
L’Ambasciatore d’Italia in Slovacchia Gabriele Meucci ha effettuato una visita presso la Camera di Commercio Italo-Slovacca, avvenuta a chiusura della fase di emergenza vissuta dalla Slovacchia a causa della pandemia. Nel corso della visita, l’Amb. Meucci ha innanzitutto voluto esprimere al Presidente, Dott. Alexander Resch, un sentito apprezzamento per il lavoro svolto, per la costante e […]
Read moreYangon: secondo webinar sulla lotta al COVID-19
Prosegue la collaborazione tra Italia e Myanmar per il contrasto e la prevenzione del COVID-19, avviata già a marzo dall’Ambasciata d’Italia a Yangon con il Ministero della Sanità birmano. Il 26 giugno, l’Ambasciata ha organizzato una “tavola rotonda digitale” tra medici, ricervatori e docenti universitari dei due Paesi, in collaborazione con l’Universita’ di Parma, alcuni […]
Read moreLisbon, Francesco Carofiglio at the Literature Night
The 2020 edition of the European Literature Night, which cannot be held with the public due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID emergency, is presented for the first time in a different format that will be broadcast on the FM frequencies of a Portuguese radio station, SMOOTH FM, on the evenings of June 27th […]
Read moreDel Re at the anniversary celebration of the Warsaw Declaration
Vice Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re attended in virtual format the today’s ministerial conference of the Community of Democracies for the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Warsaw Declaration of 2000, signed by 106 countries, including Italy. In her speech, the Deputy Minister stressed the continuing validity of the Warsaw Declaration, reaffirming Italy’s commitment […]
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