Italy-Iran: a 60-year-long cooperation in protecting cultural heritage
The exhibition titled “Italy and Iran, a 60-year-long cooperation on cultural heritage” was opened in Tehran by the Italian Ambassador Perrone together with the Deputy Minister for Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism, Mohammad Hassan Talebian at the National Museum of Iran and co-curated by the ISMEO and the Iranian Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and […]
Read moreItalian Culinary Week: Brazil targets youth
The Italian Consulate in Belo Horizonte targeted youth, including the very young, in order to create life-long ties with Italian gastronomy. During Italian Culinary Week in the World, which will kick off on Monday throughout the Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic and consular network, Italian Chef Raffaele Autorino will hold a cooking laboratory for students of the […]
Read moreItalian Culinary Week: Israel has ‘My Brilliant Friend’ on the menu
The rich calendar of events for the Italian Cuisine Week organised in Israel will include a special menu drawing inspiration from Elena Ferrante’s novel ‘My Brilliant Friend’ (‘L’amica geniale’). Following the presentation to the press on Sunday, the initiatives will initiate on Monday, 18 November, with the scientific conference “Food & Foodways. Cooking as a […]
Read moreParticipation by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni at the UNESCO Conference
Representing the Italian Government, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni will go to Paris on Monday, 18 November to take part in the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference taking place in the French Capital from 12 to 27 November 2019. She will also give a presentation. The General Conference gathers all the […]
Read moreDi Stefano in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Hon. Manlio Di Stefano ended his diplomatic mission to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan today; the mission was to promote the country in Central Asia and renew bilateral relations with both countries. Di Stefano discussed the great challenge of Eurasian connectivity and the recent ratification and […]
Read moreScalfarotto in Tokyo on the second stop of his mission to Japan
After the stop in Osaka, Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto attended the 31st General Assembly of the Italy-Japan Business Group today in Tokyo. The two-day event of meetings and debates is an important forum for the economic and trade relations between Italy and Japan. In the morning, the Undersecretary met with the Vice Minister of Economy, Trade […]
Read moreCentral European Initiative Business and Experts Forum
The CEI Business and Experts Forum is being held today in Milan. The event was organised as part of the Italian Presidency of the Central European Initiative (CEI), by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in association with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and the Executive Secretariat of the CEI, with the […]
Read moreKiev stages the première of Bohème directed by Italo Nunziata
The première of the Bohème directed by Italo Nunziata was staged at the National Opera Theatre in Kiev last night at the attendance of the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadim Prystaiko. The production is the fruit of a cooperative effort between the Theatre, the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Kiev. Bohème is […]
Read moreScalfarotto in Japan to promote Made in Italy products
On his first trip to Asia, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Ivan Scalfarotto, is in Osaka on a business mission led by Confindustria and ICE and organised under the aegis of the Foreign Ministry and of the Ministry of Economic Development. The delegation includes 54 SMEs that operate in the fashion and agribusiness […]
Read moreBratislava hosts Week of Italian Cuisine: food tastings and cinema
A grand tasting soiree prepared by Turin-based star-rated Chef Marco Miglioli will be the first event of the Week of Italian Cuisine in Bratislava on 20 November. The event is organised by the Italian Embassy in Bratislava and the Italian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce. This year’s theme of the 4th edition of the initiative promoted by the Farnesina […]
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