The Farnesina hosts an exhibition on Italy’s foreign policy
The statement marking the entrance of Italy in World War I and the original of the Alliance Agreement with Germany signed in 1939 are some of the documents displayed in an exhibition hosted at the Farnesina to illustrate the milestones in the history of Italy’s foreign policy. The exhibition not only displays documents but also […]
Read moreThe San Carlo Orchestra in Montreal
Naples’s Teatro San Carlo and its Orchestra, with Conductor Maurizio Agostini, held a concert in Montreal, at the Maison Symphonique, one of the world’s most prestigious temples of music. The programme included the performance of some of the most famous arias of the Italian music tradition and a special homage to Gioachino Rossini, whose 150th anniversary of his […]
Read moreThe Art of dry-stone walling inscribed in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO
The UNESCO Convention Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed “The art of dry-stone walling” in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The transnational candidacy was presented by Italy together with Cyprus, Croatia, France, Greece, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland. The unanimous decision by the 24 States that […]
Read moreItalian technology to fight cancer in Prague
An experimental structure, ELIMAIA-ELIMED, opened at the physics laboratory in the Academy of Sciences in Prague in association with the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). The goal is to examine new ways of curing cancer with adrotherapy using particle beams. An Italian delegation attended the opening ceremony, led by Fernando Ferroni, President of […]
Read moreThe Ambassador of Italy visits the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
The Ambassador of Italy to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Armando Varricchio, made an institutional visit to the capital Nassau, where he met Prime Minister Hubert Alexander Minnis, assisted by the Minister of Finance, Marlon Johnson, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Jack Thompson. The meetings reaffirmed the excellent state of bilateral relations, which this […]
Read morePresentation of the book “Italians in Germany
Today the Farnesina hosts the presentation of the book “Italians in Germany”, organised by the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies. The volume is part of the “Italians in Europe” project, which tells the present and past history of the Italian community in key European Countries in a series of photography books, multimedia […]
Read moreMinister Moavero Milanesi meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia, Milo Cerar
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Moavero Milanesi, last evening received at the Farnesina the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Miro Cerar. During the meeting, the ministers confirmed the two Countries’ excellent bilateral relations, which have recorded a qualitative leap in the last few months […]
Read moreYoung diplomats take their oath of office before Minister Moavero
“I swear to be loyal to the Republic, to faithfully respect the Constitution and the laws of the State, and to fulfil the duties of my Office in the interest of the Administration and for the public good”: these were the words uttered today at Villa Madama by the 32 young diplomats attending the course […]
Read more“Project Mediterranean: Bridge between Cultures”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, opened the Conference entitled: “Project Mediterranean: Bridge between Cultures”, that was held today in Rome’s LUISS University. The other speakers of the day included Emma Marcegaglia, the President of the LUISS Guido Carli University, and the Vice President, Professor Paola Severino.
Read moreThe Farnesina hosts a Seminar on International Indices and Reputation
Today the Farnesina hosted a Seminar on the relationship between the image projected by individual Countries and their respective positioning in the principal international rankings, also through a comparison between different national, local and business reputational strategy models. Hinging on the presentation of the “Global attractiveness index 2018’ (GAI), developed by The European House-Ambrosetti, the […]
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