Il Circolo scholarship awards
This morning, in the presence of Karen Terracciano, the wife of the ambassador, scholarships were awarded for the 2017-18 academic year to nine students who had won a competition run by the Italian cultural association Il Circolo. These scholarships, totalling £10,500, will help these students achieve their academic, professional and artistic ambitions. Il Circolo, established […]
Read morePresidente Prodi and Ambassador Terracciano in Cambridge for Keith Sykes Italian Studies Lecture
On Monday 19 June the Italian ambassador to the UK, Pasquale Terracciano, visited Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, for the annual Keith Sykes Italian Studies Lecture organised by the Italian studies department of the college. The event was opened by Romano Prodi, former prime minister of Italy and president of the European Commission, who gave […]
Read moreBook launch at the Italian Cultural Institute: Né Centauro né Chimera. Modesta proposta per un’Europa plurale by Antonio Armellini and Gerardo Mombelli
The euro crisis, the arrival in Europe of millions of refugees and migrants, Brexit, and terrorist attacks in the heart of European cities: growing populism and nationalism have put Europe to the test, and Europe must now change in order to keep up with the times. Antonio Armellini discusses this issue in a book that […]
Read moreVincenzo Amendola, the undersecretary for foreign affairs, visits London and Manchester; expresses solidarity with the British people and discusses the protection of UK-based Italians’ rights post-Brexit
2 June 2017 – The visit to the UK by Vincenzo Amendola began with the National Day celebrations at the Embassy of Italy, where he was hosted by the ambassador, Pasquale Terracciano. The event was also attended by Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policy and by ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, the first Italian […]
Read moreAn exhibition on Raphael’s drawings opens at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford
A preview of the exhibition Raphael: The Drawings was held yesterday at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, in the presence of Ambassador Terracciano. The Ashmolean Museum is already home to the world’s largest collection of drawings by Raphael. The exhibition Raphael: The Drawings features 120 drawings by the Renaissance master, including loans from a number […]
Read moreRoberta Cremoncini, director of the Estorick Collection, is awarded knighthood of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Roberta Cremoncini, the director and curator of the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, received the decoration of Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic) yesterday. The decoration was presented to her by Pasquale Terracciano, the Italian ambassador to the UK, in the name of […]
Read moreGiuseppe Kito Fusai is awarded the decoration of Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia
Giuseppe Kito Fusai, a hepato-biliary surgeon and honorary senior lecturer at the Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust in London, was made a Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy) yesterday. The decoration was presented to him by Ambassador Pasquale Terracciano in the name of Sergio Mattarella, the Italian […]
Read moreAlfano: “Satisfaction at the transfer of more than 1 billion euros ascribable to the Riva family to the Fondo Unico di Giustizia”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, expressed great satisfaction after learning the news of the authorisation granted by the Royal Court of Jersey to transfer 1.3 billion euros from a Trust Fund ascribable to the Riva family to the Fondo Unico di Giustizia (Single Justice Fund). It is a considerable amount […]
Read more2017 AIM Italia conference
The 2017 AIM Italia conference was held in London today at the London Stock Exchange. The conference presented some of the most dynamic SMEs quoted in the AIM segment of Borsa Italiana. The delegation, headed by Barbara Lunghi, the head of Borsa Italiana’s Primary Markets division, consists of eight top-calibre companies in sectors including media, […]
Read morePresentation of the new book on the Italian Embassy in London
From left: Cecilia Treves, Maria Sancho-Arroyo Puliti, Karen Lawrence Terracciano, Sabrina Corbo, Amb. Pasquale Terracciano, Mario Tavella, Umberto Allemandi. Pictures by Salvatore Mancuso A publication on the diplomatic, artistic and architectural history of the Embassy of Italy in London, presented in partnership with experts from Sotheby’s and Allemandi publishing house. The Italian Embassy in London, […]
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