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IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR INPS PENSIONERS ABROAD: EXISTENCE IN LIFE CERTIFICATE – 2020-2021 CAMPAIGN

Citibank is sending the application forms for attestation of existence in life for the years 2020/2021. Forms must be received by the bank by 7 September 2021. If the verification process is not completed within the set deadline, the October 2021 pension payment will be made in cash at Western Union Agencies and, in the […]

Italian National Day 2021. The National Anthem performed by the Luigi Cherubini Orchestra conducted by Maestro Muti.

  On the occasion of the Italian National Day, a special execution of the Italian National Anthem by the Luigi Cherubini Orchestra conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti. Happy National Day to all the Italians living in South Africa from the staff of the Italian Consulate in Johannebsurg! 

ORIGINI Italia Program 2021 EDITION – Admission Announcement

ITA (Italian Trade Agency) and MIB Trieste School of Management (Trieste, Italy) promote and organize Origini Italia Program 2021, an intensive Export Management and Entrepreneurial Development Course, aimed at the descendants of emigrants from Italy who are residents abroad, in particular in extra European countries. The main objective of the Course is to promote a […]

Covid-19. Extension of the national vaccination plan to the Italian Citizens residing abroad

In light of Ordinance n. 7/2021 of the Italian Commissioner for Covid-19 emergency, Italian citizens registered as resident abroad (AIRE) and temporarily present in Italy are now eligible to get the anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Starting shortly, the Italian regional health systems will update their digital platforms to allow the inclusion of citizens registered as AIRE among […]

EXISTENCE IN LIFE CERTIFICATE 2020-2021 CAMPAIGN – INPS

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR INPS PENSIONERS ABROADEXISTENCE IN LIFE CERTIFICATE2020-2021 CAMPAIGN In light of the persistent health emergency resulting from Covid-19, INPS, in agreement with Citibank, has established a different timing for the presentation of certificates certifying the existence in life of those who collect pensions abroad.In particular, with reference to pensioners residing in Africa, Europe […]

ITALIAN FILM FOCUS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA – STREAMING ONLINE 25-30 marzo 2021

The Italian Film Focus in Southern Africa will take place online from March 25 to March 30, 2021. The event is promoted by the Italian Consulate General in Johannesburg in collaboration with Controluce, the Italian Institute of Culture in Pretoria, the Embassies of Italy in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and the Italian Consulate of Cape Town. […]

ENTERING THE EU – ONLINE VISA APPLICATION PROCESS AND DIGITAL VISA

Visiting scholars grants

MAECI grants to support exchanges between Italian and foreign scholars (teachers, experts and cultural personalities). Italian researchers, teachers, experts, personalities and cultural operators invited to visit a foreign university or cultural institutions for study or research reasons. For details and applications click here. Foreign researchers, teachers, experts, personalities and cultural operators invited to spend a […]

The Traitor” at the VII edition of EUFF

The 7th edition of the European Film Festival in South Africa is going virtual and will take place between 12-22 November. The European Film Festival 2020 is a partnership project of the Delegation of the European Union to South Africa and 12 other European embassies and cultural agencies in South Africa, aimed at presenting the […]

CONFIRMATORY REFERENDUM 20-21 SEPTEMBER 2020

  CONFIRMATORY REFERENDUM 20-21 SEPTEMBER 2020 For what reason are you voting? Referendum question “Do you approve the text of the constitutional law concerning ‘Amendments to articles 56, 57 and 59 of the Constitution regarding the reduction of the number of parliamentarians’, approved by the Parliament and published in the Italian Government Gazette, General series, […]