Application for the Eduitalia Scholarships 2020
Application for the Eduitalia Scholarships 2020 are now open and available on the website of the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC by clicking on the Eduitalia logo placed on our homepage. Applications are open to students who will take the Italian AP exam 2020. A total of 23 grants will be awarded. The grants […]
Read moreCoronavirus. Update on the situation in Italy.
New coronavirus. Alert 4 for the Lombardy and Veneto Regions (update 29 February 2020). The United States maintains the travel alert for Italy at level 3 (“Avoid Non Essential Travel”). However, in light of the spread of Coronavirus in some areas of the country, on February 29, 2020, the Department of State raised the travel […]
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New Coronavirus. February 28th Update The United States raised Italy’s Travel Advisory Level to 3 (Avoid Non Essential Travel). At Travel Advisory Level 3, nonessential travel to Italy is not recommended. Precautionary sanitary preventive actions are recommended to avoid contracting the virus, including: wash your hands; use a facemask; report respiratory disease symptoms to local […]
Read morePresentation of the first volume of the guidebook Guida alle Radici Italiane
The guidebook Guida alle Radici italiane, whose first volume was presented at the Farnesina, is addressed to the new generations of the six million Italians living abroad and to the nearly 60-80 million people of Italian descent who are scattered across the world: an audience that is very different from the traditional readership of Italian […]
Read moreEduitalia scholarships 2019
The Embassy of Italy informs that the full list of students that have been awarded a scholarship from Eduitalia will not be published before September due to technical reasons. We apologize for any inconvenience this situation might cause. Recipients of the scholarship will be notified via email as soon as possible.
Read moreItalian National Day 2019
The celebration of the Italian National Day drew approximately 400 guests, including Blase Cardinal Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago. Together with representatives from the State of Illinois, the City of Chicago and Cook County, considerable attendees participated from the academic, research, cultural, and business worlds, the Consular Corp, as well as various representatives from the Italian-American community […]
Read moreAccess to Ministerial Contributions under Chapter 3153 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Budget for Non-Profit Organizations working in the Promotion of the Italian Language.
As part of its policies to support the promotion of the Italian language worldwide, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation prepares a distribution plan, on an annual basis, for the concession of grants under Chapter 3153 of the budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International cooperation for Italian language teaching activities: […]
Read moreItalian Design Day 2019: Design and Future Cities
To celebrate the Italian Design Day, Francesco Zurlo, Professor of Industrial Design at the Design School of the Politecnico di Milano and “Design Ambassador” appointed for the city of Chicago, gave a lecture on “Designing Invisible Cities” at the Kaplan Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Read more***THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY WILL BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30***
Due to severe weather conditions, the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago will be closed on Wednesday, January 30, 2019.
Read moreAward for Italian researchers and startuppers operating abroad
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has instituted the third annual Award for Italian researchers and startuppers operating abroad. For further information, please visit the website of the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C.
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