Meeting of the OSCE Political Directors
As part of the Italian Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), today the Farnesina hosted the meeting of the Political Directors of the 57 Participating States of the Vienna-based Organization. The meeting opened with remarks by the Political Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), Ambassador […]
Read moreMorocco: third Guinness World Record for Italian driver Fabio Barone
With the incredible time of 4 minutes and 42 seconds, Italian driver Fabio Barone, who already holds two world records, won his third Guinness World Record in Morocco, gaining a place in the history of international motorsports, setting three speed records in three different continents. Fabio’s comment at the finish line: “I am honoured and […]
Read moreCassago chiama Chernobyl, due ambulanze arrivano in Ucraina
Nuovo atto della collaborazione che unisce il comune di Cassago alle zone ucraine segnate dalla tragedia nucleare di Chernobyl. Due ambulanze sono state consegnate oggi all’ospedale regionale di Chernighiv, a 100 km da Kiev, dall’associazione ‘Cassago chiama Chernobyl’. Una collaborazione, quella tra l’associazione animata dall’ex vice sindaco Armando Crippa e Cernighiv, che nasce dall’accoglienza di […]
Read more“The Ulysses syndrome”, a soundscape of the Mediterranean
Scanners, aerial antennas and recorders were used to record the sounds, music, voices, private conversations and service communications between boats, ships and the coast during two months of sailing along the shores of the Middle East, Italy, North Africa and Southern Europe. The “Ulysses Syndrome” originated from the Soundwalk Collective project and is a panorama […]
Read moreAn Italian hamlet in the heart of China
An Italian hamlet in the heart of China: it is the HB Italian Town Changsha, the new theme park dedicated to the excellence of Italian products recently inaugurated in Changsha, the capital of the province of Hunan. The town is the reconstruction of an ideal Italian town by a group of Italian consultants, architects and […]
Read moreThe summer programme of ‘Tempo Forte Italia-Grecia’ winds up in Athens
The events on the recently concluded summer programme of ‘Tempo Forte Italia-Grecia 2018’, were all a great success. In particular, the National Institute of Ancient Drama returned on stage at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival to perform Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus at Colonus’, directed by Greece’s Yannis Kokkos and featuring Massimo De Francovich in the role of […]
Read moreVancouver Fashion week, Italian fashion on the catwalk
‘MODA! Italy on the catwalk’ brought six young talents of Italian fashion in the limelight of the Vancouver Fashion Week: Arianna Bonifazi, Gaoming Chen, He Yan and Yeqi Tang, all students at the New Academy of Fine Arts (NABA) of Milan, under the guidance of Nicoletta Morozzi. They presented their creations together with Elena Pignata for ‘Ombra […]
Read moreCIDU – A Forty-year-long Commitment for Human Rights
The hall of the Waldensian Church of Rome hosts the ceremony “A Forty-year-long Commitment for Human Rights” to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU). The event is organised concomitantly to the International Day of Non-Violence which is commemorated precisely on 2 October, the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. The ceremony will be […]
Read moreInter-American Development Bank Group: what opportunities for Italian businesses?
The Farnesina today hosts a meeting entitled “Inter-American Development Bank Group: what opportunities for Italian businesses?” The event is part of the economic diplomacy initiatives launched to foster greater dissemination and knowledge of the business opportunities offered by the procurement system of International Organizations and Regional Development Banks. The aim is to increasingly raise the […]
Read moreAlla Farnesina il Rapporto Ance 2018
Viene presentata oggi alla Farnesina l’edizione 2018 del Rapporto Ance sull’attività delle imprese di costruzione italiane nel mondo, alla presenza di imprenditori del settore, istituzioni e rappresentanti del corpo diplomatico straniero in Italia. L’evento prevede la partecipazione del Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, del Presidente dell’ANCE, Gabriele Buia, del […]
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