Italy, A Country for Travellers
The Lanterna di Fuksas in Rome will host an event today encompassing music, literature, fashion and haute cuisine, entitled “Italy. A Country for Travellers – A Journey through Italian Culture, Style and Food”. International tour operators, the foreign press and diplomatic corps members will receive an overview of the initiatives rolled out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International […]
Read moreItaly’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs funds the latest edition of the Finance Police’s training course on illegal financial flows for the members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Cuba and the Dominican Republic
The course held by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police) has become a milestone in the relations between Italy and the CARICOM countries. This year marks the fourth edition for the two-week training course, which has been held annually at the Tax Police School of the Guardia di Finanza in Ostia since 2015. Transnational financial […]
Read moreAfrican Metropolis. An Imaginary City
A contemporary African art exhibition “African Metropolis. An Imaginary City” opens at the MAXXI Museum in Rome on 21 June 2018. Organised in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the exhibition is being put on by internationally renowned curators and includes 100 works by 34 artists. The exhibition takes an innovative […]
Read moreMusic by Mander revived in Jordan
Jordan’s leading classical music broadcaster will play for first time the recordings of Francesco Mander, an orchestra conductor and composer of international renown, in digital format. The Italian Embassy in Amman announced the event which will coincide with World Music Day, which falls on the summer solstice each year and features a rich calendar of events all […]
Read moreThe Foreign Ministry celebrates World Music Day
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) with its network of diplomatic and consular offices and the Italian Cultural Institutes abroad join in the celebrations of World Music Day 2018 by staging more than 40 events in an equal number of cities worldwide. Launched in France in 1982, the Fête de la Musique […]
Read moreWashington: Concerto del Fabrizio Bosso Quartet
Nel corso di tre serate d’eccezione, organizzate dall’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington in collaborazione con l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura, il Fabrizio Bosso Quartet ha offerto al pubblico della capitale uno spaccato dell’eccellenza musicale italiana. Il 19 sera il Quartetto si è esibito a Villa Firenze, la Residenza dell’Ambasciatore d’Italia, alla presenza del Segretario di Stato Mike Pompeo, del […]
Read moreGambia: the Italian Cooperation service committed to assure vaccines
The components of the delegation that will travel to Gambia on an awareness-raising programme promoted by GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, will be from 6 national newspapers and media organisations (La Repubblica, La Stampa, Mediaset, Wired, F Magazine, Vanity Fair). The initiative, which envisages a series of institutional meetings in Banjul […]
Read moreSeoul: “Invest in Italy” Roadshow
The “Invest in Italy” Roadshow was held in Seoul last 18 June. The Roadshow is co-organised by the ICE Foreign Trade Agency in Seoul and the Italian Embassy in Korea with the support of the Bank of Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the Ministry of Economic Development. The event […]
Read moreItaly hands over to Spain the chairmanship of the Group of Friends of UNHRD
A ceremony, promoted by Italy, Spain and Panama, was held on 18 June, 2018 on the sidelines of the WFP Executive Board meeting to celebrate the 18th Anniversary of the UNHRD. Italy concomitantly handed over to Spain the chairmanship of the Group of Friends of UNHRD, which the Italian government launched in 2015 to support […]
Read moreCooperation between the Foreign Ministry and the Guardia di Finanza Subtitle: Minister Moavero meets with Commanding General Toschi
Today at the Farnesina, Minister Moavero met with the Commanding General of the Guardia di Finanza (GdF), General Toschi, and 18 officers of the GdF who are posted as experts at Italian diplomatic missions abroad. The network of experts of the GdF, who engage in combating tax evasion and economic and financial crimes, constitutes the […]
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