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Press Releases
28 January 2021
Sciascia: Sereni, the Foreign Ministry is committed to promoting the work of this world-renowned author abroad

“Sciascia was committed to writing as a strong endeavour for truth and for justice.” Said the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, at the inaugural event of the celebrations of the centenary of the birth of the Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia (2021-2023). “For him – Ms. Sereni continued – writing meant denouncing and demystifying, […]

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Press Releases
20 January 2021
UNESCO: Sereni, cultural heritage basis for future growth and innovation

‘In recent months UNESCO’s action to deal with the health emergency has been hallmarked by timeliness and effectiveness, especially in the field of Education’, stated Marina Sereni, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the opening of the Italian National Commission meeting for UNESCO. Vice Minister Sereni added: ‘Italy is the leading financial contributor to this […]

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Press Releases
17 December 2020
The 9th Session of the Italian-Ukrainian Council for Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation, chaired by Deputy Minister Di Stefano, kicks off with a welcome address by Minister Di Maio

The 9th Session of the Italian-Ukrainian Council for Economic, Industrial and Financial Cooperation was held in virtual format. Minister Luigi Di Maio kicked off the Council meeting with a video-message in which he emphasised the strengthening of Italian-Ukrainian relations during 2020, through the exchange of visits at the highest level and also recalled the mutual […]

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Events
4 December 2020
Cantica21: official shortlist of admitted candidates

“Cantica21. Italian Contemporary Art Everywhere” is a project sponsored jointly by the Directorate-General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, with the aim of encouraging and promoting research on and […]

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Events
4 December 2020
“I Quaderni della Collezione Farnesina”, second issue

From today, visitors can download from the Collezione Farnesina (Foreign Ministry Collection) website (www.collezionefarnesina.esteri.it ) the pdf file of the second issue of the series I Quaderni della Collezione Farnesina, entitled Art and Technology of the Third Millennium. Scenarios and Protagonists, edited by Cesare Biasini Selvaggi and Valentino Catricalà, published by Electa.  The book contains an original overview […]

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Events
30 November 2020
Contemporary Art Day – Foreign Affairs Ministry Initiatives

On 5 December 2020 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) will be involved in the 16th edition of Contemporary Art Day, an event promoted by AMACI (Association of Italian Museums of Contemporary Art) that includes museums, foundations, and public and private institutions, in recounting the vitality of contemporary art in our Country. […]

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Events
27 November 2020
The Divine Comedy, a path in thirty-three languages

An audiobook, produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the occasion of Dante’s centenary celebrations, presents select passages from the poem in thirty-three different languages. Seven hundred years after Dante’s death, the audiobook Dalla selva oscura al Paradiso (From the Dark Forest to Paradise) leads listeners on a guided tour through […]

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Press Releases
25 November 2020
Sereni and Di Stefano hold round table talks to support the culture sector

Today, Vice Minister Marina Sereni and Deputy Minister Manlio di Stefano held talks, by video conference, with organisations representing the culture sector, namely, AIE (Association of Italian Publishers), ANICA (Association of Film, Audiovisual and Multimedia Industries), APA (Association of Audiovisual Producers), ASSORESTAURO. The event is part of a new round of sectoral meetings, starting on 2 November, dedicated to national production categories, called by Deputy Minister Di Stefano, who is in charge of business internationalisation matters. The new round of talks follows the previous round held in April and […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 October 2020
“Una storia importante. Settant’anni di immigrazione italiana in Belgio e oltre” (An important story. Seventy years of Italian immigration in Belgium and beyond). The Directorate General for Italians Citizens Abroad and the Com.It.Es. in Brussels give voice to one of the most significant stories of Italian emigration

The comic strip “Una storia importante. Settant’anni di immigrazione italiana in Belgio e oltre ” is an unpublished work that tells the story of Italian emigration to Belgium. Created by the artist Antonio Cossu, a Belgian cartoonist of Sardinian origin and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tournai, these strips tell the difficulties but […]

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Press Releases
6 October 2020
Tenth Seminar of Italian Immigration in Minas Gerais (Brazil)

From 6th to 10th October the 10th edition of the Italian Immigration Seminar in Minas Gerais, which this year was inaugurated by the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, will take place online. The main theme of this tenth edition will be the Italian influence in development, culture and sport.  The […]

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