Prague hosts the presentation of “Operation Gran Sasso”
The Italian Cultural Institute in Prague has celebrated International Book Day with the presentation of a translation into Czech of “Free the Duce – Gran Sasso 1943, the True Story of Operation Gran Sasso” (“Osvobod’te Duceho!”) by the Italian historian and journalist, Marco Patricelli. The book, which the documentary film “Free the Duce”, produced by […]
Read moreSt Petersburg hosts an exhibition on Pompeii
The exhibition ‘Gods, Men, Heroes. From the Naples National Archaeological Museum and the Archaeological Park of Pompeii’ opened at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. The event was promoted by the Italian Embassy in conjunction with the Italian Cultural Institute in St Petersburg. Michajl Pjotrovskij, director of the State Hermitage Museum, called it “a […]
Read moreItalian photographer participates in the International Photography Festival in Osaka
Paolo Pellegrin’s photographic exhibition entitled ‘Antarctica’ is showcased at Osaka’s “Kyotographie” International Photography Festival thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka. The exhibition is the result of a work the Italian photographer conducted in cooperation with a NASA expedition to document the impact of climate change on the Antarctic. Pellegrin, Rome-born […]
Read moreECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development: Italy’s role
The Forum on Financing for Development was held over three days at the UN headquarters in New York. It examined the state of progress of the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Abeba Action Agenda and ended with the approval of the outcome document. The outcome document was completed thanks to the work carried out in negotiations in the […]
Read moreSecond edition of the ‘Salone del Vino Italiano’ in Brasilia
The second edition of the ‘Salone del Vino italiano a Brasilia’ that was held at the Italian Embassy, showcased 110 different types of wines coming from various Italian regions. Sixteen distributors and importers participated in the initiative to present the excellence of the Italian wine-making sector to the Brazilian public. The event included food stands […]
Read moreTallinn, release of Estonian translation of ‘If This Is a Man’
A new Estonian translation of ‘If This Is a Man’ by Primo Levi was recently published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Turin-born writer. In addition to the commemoration, the translation was necessary because the preceding edition, dating back to 20 years ago, is no longer available in the bookshops. Thanks […]
Read moreHearing of the Director General for Italians Abroad, Luigi Maria Vignali, before the Chamber of Deputies
The Director General for Italians Abroad, Luigi Maria Vignali, was heard today in a hearing before the Standing Committee on Italians in the World and Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation chaired by Hon. Simone Billi. At the hearing, the Director General listed the Foreign Ministry’s priorities for the ever-growing number of Italians residing abroad, […]
Read moreSecretary General, Elisabetta Belloni, visits the exhibition “Only duty. Beyond duty: Italian diplomacy in the face of the persecution of the Jews. 1938-1943.”
The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni, accompanied by the President of the Jewish Community of Rome, Ruth Dureghello, by the President of the Union of Jewish Communities in Italy, Noemi Di Segni and by the Holocaust survivor, Sami Modiano, today visited the exhibition “Only duty. Beyond duty. Italian diplomacy in the face […]
Read moreTask Force for Disputed Minors
Today the Farnesina hosted the second meeting in 2019 of the Task Force for Disputed Minors. The meeting was held at the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and was attended, as is customary, by the senior officials of the Ministry of Justice – the Central Authority designated in compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention on […]
Read moreThe Italian Embassy in Canada contributes to recovering a stolen Della Robbia
A success story of the Italian Embassy in Ottawa and of the Foreign Ministry is represented by the recovery of two important Italian works of art that had been smuggled out of the Country: two masterpieces of unmatched artistic, historic and religious value were tracked in Canada and returned to Italy. The artworks are the […]
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