Baghdad – Italy in the forefront in training Iraqi police forces
Italy is in the forefront in training Iraqi police forces. The Italian Carabinieri’s Task Force in Baghdad, participating in the “Prima Parthica” mission, has recently concluded three training courses for 900 agents of Iraq’s Federal and Local Police forces. During the diploma awarding ceremony in Camp Dublin, Italian Ambassador in Baghdad, Massimo Carnelos, illustrated Italy’s […]
Read moreGentiloni in Malta: Libya and migration crisis on the agenda
The migration crisis, fighting terrorism and Libya are the major issues on the agenda of the meetings that Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will have today at La Valletta, in addition to the bilateral relations between Italy and Malta. Minister Gentiloni is scheduled to meet with his colleague George Vella, the President of the Republic Marie […]
Read moreTunis – A shelter for heroes: the first Garden of the Righteous in an Arab country
For the first time an Arab country will plant its Garden of the Righteous: Tunisia will host it inside the grounds of the Italian Embassy in Tunis. The announcement was made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, in a message broadcast during the planting ceremony of six new trees in […]
Read moreBrussels – Debate on the walls of the new Europe
Tomorrow’s second meeting of the cycle of lectures “L’Europa e l’Altro” (L’Europe et l’Autre) will focus on ‘The walls of the new Europe’. Henry Laurens from the College de France, Michel Foucher from the College d’Eudes Mondiales will hold the debate and Luigi Mascilli Migliorini, from the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, will moderate it. The […]
Read moreLatin America – Writer Erri De Luca goes on tour
Italian writer Erri De Luca will begin his tour of Latin America on the 14th of March in Uruguay and then in Argentina on the 16th for a series of conferences in which he will speak about his literary work and his most recent books. Erri De Luca is considered one of Italy’s most important […]
Read moreMinister Gentiloni reports to the Senate on the situation in Libya
“We cannot but begin this report with a common message of condolences and solidarity to the families” of the two Italians killed in Libya, Salvatore Failla and Fausto Piano, said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni before the Senate that paid tribute to the memory of the two compatriots with unanimous applause. Gentiloni reported that as to the […]
Read moreSustainability – The Farnesina holds a Symposium on the protection of Oceans and Coastal Zones
The International Conference on the Protection of Oceans and Coastal Zones held at the Foreign Ministry will be wound up today. At the initiative of Italian Cooperation, the Conference was organised in partnership with the Permanent Representation at New York, the Ministry of the Environment, the “Ocean Sanctuary Alliance” (OSA) and the United Nations Environment […]
Read moreAfrica – The RomAfrica Film Festival to make a comeback in July
The second edition of the RomAfrica Film Festival (RAFF) is set to take place again at the ‘Casa del Cinema’ in Rome’s Villa Borghese park from 13 to 16 July. The event, which is part of the Italy-Africa Initiative, was presented at the Foreign Ministry at the presence of the Deputy Director General for Globalization, […]
Read moreArgentina – ‘Arte in Scena’ exhibition opens in Buenos Aires
“Arte in Scena” (Art on Stage), a modern art exhibition, will be open in Buenos Aires from March 19 to June 5 as part of the Year of Italy in Latin America. The exhibition, curated by Anna Mattirolo, was organised by Rome’s National Museum of 21st Century Arts (MAXXI) and the Proa Foundation in the […]
Read moreCanada – Italy looks at British Columbia
The Italian Ambassador to Canada, Gian Lorenzo Cornado, visited British Columbia to boost economic, commercial and cultural cooperation between Italy and the Canadian province, which is also a strategic hub from which to develop partnerships with Asia-Pacific Countries. On his visit to the provincial capital, Victoria, the Ambassador was accompanied by the Italian Consul General […]
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