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Diplomatic Network

23 July 2020

Ambassador Varricchio at the “AmCham Italy” webinar

The Ambassador of Italy to Washington, Armando Varricchio, at the webinar organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy (AmCham) ” Le relazioni transatlantiche nell’epoca del “Never normal”: diplomazia e business “. The event was held in the aftermath of the European Council agreement on the Recovery Fund.  during which it was reiterated that Europe […]

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Diplomatic Network

22 July 2020

Ambassador Varricchio at the SACE / ICE webinar

The Ambassador of Italy to the USA, Armando Varricchio  opened on July 21, 2020,, together with Presidents Errore and Ferro, the webinar organized by SACE and ICE on the instruments to sustain the recovery with a specific focus on the American market. The event is part of a series of virtual meetings organized by the […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 July 2020

The Ambassador of Italy to the USA, Armando Varricchio, visits New York

On 13 and 14 July, the Ambassador of Italy Armando Varricchio visited New York, the city symbolizing the United States hit hard by the pandemic and at the centre of the gradual economic recovery in America. “After the lockdowns, I wanted to resume my regular visits around the US starting from New York City to […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 July 2020

IIC Montreal: A webinar with the photographer Giovanni Capriotti

The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, as part of the Webinar series “L’Italia delle voci”, dedicated to the most outstanding figures in the various areas of Italian culture, is pleased to present the rich and varied experience of the photographer Giovanni Capriotti, winner, among other things, of the World Press Photo (Sport Stories) in 2017. In […]

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In detail

14 July 2020

Italian Economic Diplomacy 13th July: latest news from the world

Sparkle upgrades the US-Chile submarine cable with Ciena Sparkle Italy’s number one international wholesale service provider and the eighth largest in the world, and Ciena (NYSE: CIEN), a network systems, services and software company, announce the expansion of Sparkle’s 10,476 km of fibre on the Curie submarine cable with Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e), the […]

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Interviews

13 July 2020

Interview of Minister Di Maio to Il Foglio

DI MAIO SPEAKS WITH “SPORTELLATE”. IN LIBYA WE NEED BOTH DIALOGUE AND FORCEFULNESS Di Maio says that the wells dug by Eni in Libya are geostrategic assets of Italy and must therefore “be forcefully defended”. Di Maio mentions the praise spoken by Merkel (she approached me and said: “You are well spoken of”). Di Maio […]

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Diplomatic Network

9 July 2020

IIC North America: the music of Raphael, from Urbino to Rome

  On April 6, 1520, Raffaello Sanzio, one of the great geniuses of the Renaissance, died in Rome. On the 500th anniversary of his death, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes in the United States and Canada commemorates the great artist through a series of online initiatives. Although music does not play such an important […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 June 2020

IIC Chicago: the seminar “Arte Povera: Ecologies”.

The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago presents the conference on Zoom Arte Povera: Ecologies, with art historian Giovanni Aloi. In recent years, the contemporary art world has developed a growing attention to environmental issues and climate change. The Arte Povera movement, however, began to take an interest in trees, water and indiscriminate urbanization as early […]

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Diplomatic Network

19 June 2020

Embassy in Washington: meeting with Italian companies

Today, the Italian Embassy in Washington organised a second virtual meeting with the main Italian companies’ top management for investment and turnover operating in the US. The meeting, chaired by Ambassador Varricchio and organised by the Economic-Commercial Bureau of the Embassy with the participation of the coordinator at ICE Bureaus in the US and of […]

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Diplomatic Network

17 June 2020

“La più bella del mondo”, a webinar on the Italian language

Is Italian truly the most beautiful language in the world? Once the language of philosophy and poetry, up to the point that John Milton could sing “questa è lingua di cui si vanta Amore” (this is the language of which Love makes his boast); in the late twentieth century Italian was certainly the language of […]

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Diplomatic Network

16 June 2020

In USA: Italian Embassy supports Pride Month

On the occasion of the event “Pride Month – Capital Pride”, held every year from 4 to June 15 2020, the Italian Embassy in Washington joined and supported the campaign on LGBTQ+ people’s rights through the Twitter and Instagram platforms. Other diplomatic representations in Washington in addition to the State Department also participated in the […]

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Diplomatic Network

8 June 2020

New York: sustainable fashion and ethics, the trends after COVID-19

A meeting on Zoom dedicated to Italian contributions to innovation and sustainability in the rapidly changing world of fashion. A webinar organised for tonight by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles. What does sustainable fashion mean? What is your relationship with ethics, especially after […]

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