MacFrut 2019
Today the Farnesina hosts the presentation of “Macfrut 2019” to the members of the African Diplomatic Corps and to representatives of the world of Italian business and culture. Macfrut is an important international fruit and vegetable fair organised by Cesena Fiere S.p.A. in partnership with the Region of Piedmont: in its last edition, it had an attendance of […]
Read moreArgentina: Promoting Italian Language Teaching
Cultural cooperation programme signed to promote the teaching of Italian language and culture in schools in the province of Cordoba. On 22 June, at the Government palace of the Province of Cordoba, Governor of Cordoba Juan Schiaretti and Italian Ambassador to Argentina Giuseppe Manzo signed the Cultural Cooperation Programme to promote the teaching of Italian […]
Read moreMission for the Special Envoy for the Caribbean Countries
Roberto Natali, the Special Envoy for the Caribbean countries of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), went on a new mission which included meetings in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia. In Barbados Mr Natali also met the President of the Caribbean Development Bank. […]
Read moreItaly, 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 […]
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