PM Siliņa visits Italian Navy Frigate “Rizzo”
On 11th April 2024 the PM visited Italian Navy Frigate “Luigi Rizzo”, moored in the port of Riga. She was welcomed by Commander Catia Pellegrino and Ambassador of Italy to Latvia Alessandro Monti. During the visit, Prime Minister Siliņa thanked Italy for its commitment to the security of Latvia and defined the Italian presence in […]
Leggi di piùExhibition “Italy, 40 Years: 1970-2010”
Photographer John R. Pepper’s exhibition is open to the public from 15th March to 19th April 2024. It is an initiative of the Embassy of Italy in Riga. The exhibition “Italy, 40 Years: 1970-2010” includes a selection of 40 black and white photographs taken in different locations in Italy by photographer John R. Pepper from […]
Leggi di piùItalian Language. Translation Grants (2024)
The Italian MFA makes available grants to support the translation of Italian books and audiovisuals into Latvian or Russian. Deadline: 24 April 2024. Every year the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation makes available financial grants to promote the translation of Italian books and audiovisuals into foreign languages. For Latvia, these grants are […]
Leggi di piùTheatre reading “Orestes with a woman’s heart”
On International Women’s Day, the Embassy of Italy in Riga and the New Theatre Institute of Latvia are organising a theatre reading on feminism and the role of classical myths in contemporary societies. Theatre reading titled Orestes with a woman’s heart will take place on Friday 8 March 2024 at 18:00 at the event space […]
Leggi di piùDriver, clerk, phone operator (open-ended contract)
The Embassy is looking for 2 new local employees. Deadline for applications: 6th March 2024. The Embassy of Italy has published a vacancy notice to select 2 local staff units to employ as drivers, clerks, phone operators. For more information, check the vacancy notice (in Italian). In this page you can find the main elements of […]
Leggi di piùItalian Language Teaching. Financial grants for schools and universities in Latvia (2024)
Every year the Italian Foreign Ministry makes available some financial grants to promote the teaching of Italian language in foreign schools and universities. Here are the available grants for 2024. For schools , financial grants aimed for: partial funding of Italian language teachers’ salaries; school trips for students; purchase of Italian language textbooks. For universities, […]
Leggi di piùForeign Minister Tajani on the Foibe Remembrance Day
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, participated, on Friday and Saturday, in the main events dedicated to the Remembrance Day, in commemoration of the victims of the foibe and of the Istrian, Fiuman and Dalmatian exodus. The Foreign Ministry and the entire diplomatic-consular network, as well as the Italian […]
Leggi di piùMinister Tajani on the IHRD
Italian Foreign Minister spoke at the Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani said, “Italy is on the front line, alongside Israel, against antisemitism: this is what I have repeated to the Israeli representatives I have […]
Leggi di piùSpecial screening of “The Captain” in Riga
To celebrate the movie’s Academy Award nomination as Best International Film, the Embassy of Italy organizes a special screening of “The Captain”. The screening will take place on Tuesday 6th February 2024 at 18:30 at Splendid Palace. The event is free – but you need to book in advance. Get your free ticket on the […]
Leggi di piùDefence Minister Crosetto in Latvia
Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto has spent his Christmas Eve together with the 300 servicemen and women from Task Group Baltic, the Italian contingent part of NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group “Latvia” . On the morning of 24 December, Nella mattinata del 24 dicembre, Minister Crosetto met with his opposite number, Latvian Defence Minister […]
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