The Foreign Ministry expresses satisfaction for the re-election of Gianotti a the CERN
The Foreign Ministry expresses great satisfaction for the re-election of Professor Fabiola Gianotti as Director General of the CERN for the 2021-2025 five-year period at the Organisation’s extraordinary Board meeting today. It is the first time that an outgoing Director General is confirmed for a second term in office in this organisation that operates the […]
Read moreMeeting of Del Re with the President of the CICR, Peter Maurer
The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, received the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, at the Farnesina. The meeting provided the opportunity for taking stock of the state of bilateral collaboration with Italy and for an exchange of ideas on the main areas […]
Read moreBuenos Aires: concert by harpist Raoul Moretti
The Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires presented “Harpscapes”, a harp concert by Maestro Raoul Moretti which is part of the programme of the ‘Vivacissimo Classica’ cycle of concerts. The concert is the outcome of a deep-reaching research into the pureness of the sound of a harp, with an essential but calibrated use of live electronics by […]
Read moreToronto: plants and metaphysics, a lecture by Emanuele Coccia
The Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto hosted a lecture by Professor Emanuele Coccia as part of the ‘The Other Shelf’ series of lectures organised at the Toronto Reference Library. The chat with Canadian journalist and environmentalist Adria Vasil will focus on Professor Coccia’s latest work “’La vita delle piante. Per una metafisica della mescolanza”, which […]
Read moreItaly and Israel: 70-year-long relations and the key role of science
As part of the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Israel, on 5 November the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) organised the seminar titled “Celebrating 70 years of Diplomatic Relations. Italy and Israel Side-By-Side for Innovation”, dedicated to the most successful projects developed under the Agreement […]
Read moreContemporary Art Day kicks off in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka celebrates Contemporary Art Day. To celebrate the Day, for the first time the Italian Embassy organised a series of events in Colombo with the participation of art gallery owner Susanna Orlando of the Galleria di Pietrasanta. Of the two principal events, one was organised in cooperation with one of the most prestigious local art galleries and was […]
Read moreCommemoration of the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of the Ministry of the Colonies who lost their lives during the First World War
Today the Vice President of the Constitutional Court, Marta Cartabia, and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Elisabetta Belloni, commemorated the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of the Ministry of the Colonies who lost their lives during the First World War. In the entrance hall of […]
Read moreUndersecretary Di Stefano in Geneva for the Third Periodic Review of Human Rights in Italy
The Third Periodic Review of Human Rights in Italy is underway in Geneva. The Italian Delegation, led by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Hon. Manlio Di Stefano responded to over 120 representative delegations from all geographical areas for this important event in which the situation of human rights is reviewed, in rotation, in all the […]
Read moreSettimana della Lingua: Riad bel canto italiano in concerto
“From Belcanto to Verismo – An introduction to Italian classic opera”: è questo il titolo del concerto organizzato dall’Ambasciata d’Italia a Riad, in collaborazione con la Fondazione Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Capitale, nell’ambito delle celebrazioni per la XIX Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo. Ad esibirsi sono state il soprano Erika Beretti e il mezzosoprano Irida Dragoti, accompagnate […]
Read moreSettimana della Lingua: Riad bel canto italiano in concerto
“From Belcanto to Verismo – An introduction to Italian Classic Opera”: this is the title of the concert organized by the Embassy of Italy in Riyadh, in collaboration with Roma Capitale’s Teatro dell’Opera Foundation, as part of the celebrations for the 19th Week of the Italian Language in the world. Singers Erika Beretti, soprano, and […]
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