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Diplomatic Network

26 November 2021

Ghana: Week of Italian Cuisine event “Sapori d’Italia – Taste of Italy”

The sixth Week of Italian Cuisine in the World was celebrated in Ghana with the event “Sapori d’Italia – Taste of Italy” organised by the Embassy of Italy in Accra and the local Italian Trade Agency office, to promote the excellence of our wine production and the Italian agri-food chain. In the presence of Mark […]

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Press Releases

25 November 2021

Sereni: Africa and Italy are developing a strong partnership

“A strong partnership in support of the economic vocation of Africa is a priority of our foreign policy, as the document of strategic orientation on Africa issued last December clearly states”. The Vice Minister Marina Sereni declared this in a video address presented at the Summit held in Johannesburg by the European House Ambrosetti to […]

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Diplomatic Network

25 November 2021

Dakar, Christina Bowerman guest for the Week of Italian Cuisine

The Italian chef Cristina Bowerman is the guest of honor for the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World that starts today in Dakar and will end on November 26. In the capital of Senegal, the many-starred chef will herself be the star of events and intercultural meetings, in addition to offering recipes of Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network

24 November 2021

Kenya, cooking as an exchange of experiences

The theme of the activities in the programme for the Sixth Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, organised by the Italian Embassy in Nairobi and the Italian Cultural Institute, is Italian culture and its cuisine as a vehicle for exchange and sharing, to communicate new experiences between Italy and Kenya. This year’s special guests […]

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Diplomatic Network

23 November 2021

Webinar on renewable energy in Senegal

On 11 November the Italian Embassy in Dakar organised a webinar on renewable energy in Senegal. This event aroused great interest among Italian businesses and made it possible to go into the question in greater depth, as well as to dialogue with the main local players in that sector. In fact, investments in energy are […]

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Diplomatic Network

18 November 2021

Dakar: exhibitions, films and theatre on Dante Alighieri

In Senegal, the Italian Cultural Institute of Dakar organised a vast programme of exhibitions, films, meetings and theatre on Dante Alighieri, on the occasion of the ”Italian Language Week”. From 11 October to 11 November, the face of Dante Alighieri was visible in the streets of Dakar on ten billboards placed in various districts of […]

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Diplomatic Network

16 November 2021

“And so we went out to see the text clouds again: Dante in Comics” in Johannesburg

On the occasion of celebrations to mark the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, the Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria, along with the Italian Embassy in Pretoria, the Italian Consulate General in Johannesburg, and the Dante Alighieri Society in Johannesburg have organised an exhibition on 23 November 2021 entitled “And so we went out to see […]

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In detail

15 November 2021

Telephone conversation between Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Ethiopian counterpart, Demeke Mekonnen Hassen

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, held telephone talks with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Demeke Mekonnen. The talks focused on the situation in the country. Italy reiterated its support for the mediation efforts of the African Union’s High […]

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Press Releases

14 November 2021

Minister Di Maio in Brussels for the Foreign Affairs Council

Minister Luigi Di Maio will be travelling to Brussels to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council tomorrow. The work will focus on the most important current issues, including recent developments in the Western Balkan region and the situation in the Sahel. Minister Di Maio will also take part in the Ministerial meeting of the […]

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Press Releases

13 November 2021

Minister Luigi Di Maio participates at the annual meeting of Medici per l’Africa CUAMM

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated today in Padua at the annual meeting of Medici per l’Africa CUAMM (Doctors for Africa). The 2021 edition, entitled “Ripartire” (Getting Started Again), discussed the resumption of activities following the most acute stage of the pandemic, and the relaunching of CUAMM’s work in […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 November 2021

Lusaka: webinar on ‘’Art and Energy’’

The Embassy of Italy in Zambia has organised an event on “ART and Energy” today, in Lusaka, addressing two themes: how to build a renewable future for Zambia and what kind of energy comes from art.  With the participation of the Zambian Minister of Energy, Hon. Peter Kapala, and the Secretary General of the Common […]

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Diplomatic Network

12 November 2021

From November 16, Dakar can enjoy the music and popular theater of southern Italy

The Italian Institute of Culture in Dakar has organized a series of events in collaboration with Bayaal 221, to introduce the music and popular theater of the Campania region and southern Italy, featuring the work of the artist Luca Rossi, considered one of the finest Italian interpreters of this sector and one of the most […]

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