Della Vedova chairs the meeting on the observations of the United Nations on restrictions to direct democracy in Italy
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, chaired the Interministerial Coordination Meeting on the November 2019 observations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding the obstacles faced by forms of direct democracy in Italy. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry […]
Read moreDevelopment Cooperation, Vive Minister Sereni chairs the Joint Committee
Vice Minister Marina Sereni chaired the fifth annual meeting of the Joint Committee on Development Cooperation. The meeting was attended by the Director-General for Development Cooperation, Giorgio Marrapodi, the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri, and, limited to issues related to aid credits, by the Director of the International Financial Relations […]
Read moreThe Farnesina Collection: the new catalogue on mosaics is online
For the series “I quaderni della Collezione”, the third volume entitled “Mosaici contemporanei nella Collezione Farnesina” [“Contemporary mosaics in the Farnesina Collection”], edited by Fabio De Chirico, has been published by Electa. Beginning with the large wall mosaics by Luigi Montanarini and Toti Scialoja in the Palazzo della Farnesina, and those in the Contemporary Art […]
Read moreItaly-Libya: training of Libyan teachers to teach Italian
The arrival in Venice of 60 Libyan teachers, who will begin in-person training activities at Ca’ Foscari University to coincide with the opening of the Italian Language Week in the World, marks a step forward in the training activities envisaged by the Agreement signed in Tripoli in December 2020 as part of the strengthening of […]
Read moreArteOltreConfine: the call for applications for Italian schools abroad is now online
Launching the first edition of the competition to promote reflection on diversity via the works in the Farnesina Collection, the ArteOltreConfine call for submissions, for students of primary and secondary Italian schools abroad, is now online. This educational project is based on the reproduction – multisensory and accessible for people with visual disabilities – of a work of art from the Farnesina Collection. Interested classes can register by 27 November 2021. The finalist works will be exhibited […]
Read more21st edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World
Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. the presentation event of the 21st edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World will be held at the Farnesina. The event will be opened by Vice Minister Marina Sereni, and will be moderated by the journalist, Serena Bortone. It will be attended by the Secretary […]
Read moreXXI Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo
Giovedì 14 ottobre 2021 alle ore 10.00 si terrà alla Farnesina l’evento di presentazione della XXI edizione della Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo. L’evento sarà aperto dalla Vice Ministra Marina Sereni e moderato dalla giornalista Serena Bortone, e vedrà la partecipazione della Direttrice Centrale per la promozione della cultura e della lingua italiana, Cecilia Piccioni, […]
Read moreSereni attends the USAID-sponsored summit on Ethiopia
Today, Vice Minister Sereni participated in an informal ministerial-level summit on the conflict in Ethiopia and the humanitarian crisis in the country, organised by USAID and chaired by Director General Samantha Power, as part of a series of international coordination initiatives the US Administration on the ongoing crisis. “It is now necessary to make greater […]
Read moreItaliAfrica Business Week; Sereni, building back together
“For years, the ItaliAfrica Business Week has been a privileged place for African and Italian entrepreneurs to meet and exchange ideas and experiences”. This was said at the opening of the ItaliAfrica Business Week in Rome by Marina Sereni, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. She added: “Africa plays a priority role for our Development Cooperation: […]
Read moreWorld and European Day against the Death Penalty
The Day against the Death Penalty, which is celebrated in Europe and in the world on October 10, is an opportunity to reaffirm Italy’s unconditional opposition to the death penalty: a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, which denies human dignity and does not allow for a remedy in the event of a judicial error. This […]
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