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23 April 2021
No. 4 of the Italian economic diplomacy newsletter presents opportunities in the energy, road and digital infrastructure sector in Bulgaria

No. 4 of the Italian Economic Diplomacy newsletter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has been published. This edition, among other news from the world markets for Italian entrepreneurs, also presents opportunities in the energy, road and digital infrastructures in Bulgaria. The analysis of the energy sector, the snapshot of the projects […]

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22 April 2021
How much do the popular cultures of the different countries of the world have in common? Petya Ilieva combines traditional motifs of Italian and Bulgarian folklore in an art exhibition in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy that will travel through the city of Sofia for a whole year

“Culture is the most reliable means for diplomacy”, this is the slogan of the initiative “Art4diplomacy” which aims to present the different cultures and nations through artifacts and to show that we all resemble each other more than we are different. This year “Art4diplomacy” decided to dress a trolleybus with images of drawings, plots and […]

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13 April 2021
Work meeting of the Ambassador Giuseppina Zarra with the President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dr. Tzvetan Simeonov

The Ambassador Giuseppina Zarra met the President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dr. Tzvetan Simeonov for an in-depth work meeting on the prospects of commercial and industrial relations between Italy and Bulgaria, also in the broader framework of the European Union and the prospects of the Next Generation EU and the Green […]

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13 April 2021
Italian Research Day in the World

On April 15, on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci, we celebrate the IV Day of Italian Research in the World, established in 2018 by the Ministry of Education, University and Research, in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry […]

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6 April 2021
Public consultation, digitised visa procedure

The European Commission is working on a plan to make the visa issuance procedure fully digitized by 2025, both through the possibility of submitting visa applications online and through the dematerialisation of the visa itself, to be released in digital format. As part of this preliminary phase, the Commission recently launched a public consultation in […]

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6 April 2021
Call for contributions and prizes for translation 2021

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation promotes the dissemination of Italian publishing and film works abroad through the provision of incentives to translation and dubbing/ subtitling which are a strategic tool for the promotion of Italian language and culture abroad. The Farnesina provides the following types of incentives: Publishers, translators, production, dubbing and […]

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29 March 2021
Italian G20 Presidency – the logo

The logo of the Italian G20 presidency was born from a reflection on Leonardo da Vinci’s famous drawing “Vitruvian Man”. The logo features the two primary geometric figures that contain the human figure in Leonardo’s work. The square, a sign of centering and stability, and the circle, a symbol of motion and the absolute. In […]

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25 March 2021
Virtually inaugurated the exhibition Dante Plus 700 – Sofia Edition

Today, 25 March is Dante’s Day – the day of the beginning of Dante’s celebrations all over the world, on the occasion of 700 years after the death of the great poet. On this occasion, from today in Sofia you can visit the exhibition Dante Plus 700 – Sofia Edition. The exhibition was inaugurated virtually […]

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26 February 2021
Visit to Plovdiv by Ambassador Giuseppina Zarra

Ambassador Giuseppina Zarra visited Plovdiv on 25 and 26 February 2021 to meet local Bulgarian authorities and representatives of the Italian community residing there and Italian entrepreneurs. Accompanied by the Honorary Consul in Plovdiv Giuseppe De Francesco, the Ambassador had cordial talks with the Mayor of Plovdiv, Zdravko Dimitrov, and with the Governor of the […]

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25 February 2021
Italy’s G20 Presidency

As of December 1, 2020, Italy holds the Presidency of the G20, the international forum that brings together the world’s leading economies. What is the G20? The G20 is the international forum that brings together the world’s leading economies. Its member countries represent more than 80% of the world’s GDP, 75% of global trade and […]

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