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Diplomatic Network
29 May 2019
Italian universities at NAFSA 2019 in Washington

Italy and its university and higher education system are once again at NAFSA, the most comprehensive international education conference and expo event. Italy is participating in the 2019 edition, held in Washington and attended by over 100 countries, with 35 institutions, public and private, from almost all of the country’s regions, to attest not only […]

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Diplomatic Network
17 May 2019
‘Italia, Italia’ is launched at Vancouver’s Documentary Festival

Over one thousand people attended the section devoted to Italy at  Vancouver’s Doxa Documentary Film Festival. The event takes place every year to celebrate the importance of the documentary film genre, which describes the complexity of present time starting from the director’s viewpoint. This year’s edition of the Festival featured for the first time ‘Italia,Italia’, a programme of auteur-driven documentaries, […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 May 2019
Los Angeles: the 6th edition of the Starring Europe Festival comes to a close

The sixth edition of the European Union Film Festival, ‘Starring Europe’, created to celebrate the best of the European Union’s contemporary film productions, has recently closed in Los Angeles. The Festival screens both feature films and shorts that have won festivals in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Poland […]

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Diplomatic Network
10 May 2019
Italy among the key international players in the Space industry

Within the context of Italian participation in the Satellite 2019 Exhibit in Washington, the President of the Italian Space Agency, Giorgio Saccoccia, spoke at the conference organised by the Italian Embassy to present the governance framework of the Italian space industry. The conference, which was inaugurated by the Italian Ambassador to the United States, Armando […]

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Diplomatic Network
10 May 2019
Miami: ‘Fare cinema’ opens at the Coral Gables

The second edition of ‘Fare Cinema’, the Italian Film Festival that will tour 100 cities in the world, was organised by the Italian Consulate General in Miami and held at the Coral Gables. The rich programme of the 2019 edition closed yesterday with great public acclaim, having attracted more than 700 spectators. This year’s edition was […]

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Diplomatic Network
29 April 2019
Washington: “Unexpected Italy” celebrates Italian culture

The festival “Unexpected Italy: a Celebration of Italian Culture” organized by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute, is the highlight of the rich Italian cultural program in the US capital. The Festival, which will take place from May 3 to June 1, was […]

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Diplomatic Network
23 April 2019
ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development: Italy’s role

The Forum on Financing for Development was held over three days at the UN headquarters in New York. It examined the state of progress of the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Abeba Action Agenda and ended with the approval of the outcome document. The outcome document was completed thanks to the work carried out in negotiations in the […]

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In detail
19 April 2019
Vancouver: the Italian Research Day in the World

On 16 April 2019, the Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver hosted the 2nd edition of the Italian Research Day in the World, a celebration that is part of the promotional programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation entitled “The Italian Way of Life“. ARPICO (the Association of Italian Researchers and Professionals in […]

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Diplomatic Network
18 April 2019
The Italian Embassy in Canada contributes to recovering a stolen Della Robbia

A success story of the Italian Embassy in Ottawa and of the Foreign Ministry is represented by the recovery of two important Italian works of art that had been smuggled out of the Country: two masterpieces of unmatched artistic, historic and religious value were tracked in Canada and returned to Italy. The artworks are the […]

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Press Releases
16 April 2019
Minister Moavero with a delegation of the US Congress led by Senator Lindsey Graham

Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, had a meeting at the Farnesina with US Senator Lindsey Graham, Chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and with the delegation that accompanied him, which included Senators John Barrasso, Chris Coons, Ben Sasse and Congressman Michael McCaul. Senator Graham, whom Minister Moavero had […]

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In detail
15 April 2019
Sanremo Giovani World Tour, grande successo al Royal Cinema di Toronto

Grande successo per l’esibizione dei talenti italiani del Sanremo Giovani world tour, nell’affascinante cornice di una sempre vivace Toronto, unica tappa in Nord America. Alla presenza del Ministro della Cultura Canadese, Michael Tibollo, lo show è stato molto apprezzato non solo dalla comunità italiana ma anche dalle centinaia di persone e di giovani presenti allo […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 April 2019
New Orleans officially apologizes for the lynching of 11 Italians on 14 March 1891

The Mayor of New Orleans, LaToya Cantrell, issued a proclamation containing the city’s official apology for the dramatic lynching of 11 Italian immigrants on March 14, 1891. The proclamation was read at the headquarters of the American Italian Cultural Center of New Orleans at the presence of Mayor Cantrell and the Italian Consul General in Houston, […]

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