2025
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed Arathi Krishna, member of the Legislative Council of the State of Karnataka and Hemegowda Mafhu, President of the Italian Kanada Association, to the City Hall for an official meeting.
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the twinning between Torino and Nagoya, Mayor Lo Russo welcomed a delegation from Nagoya led by Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa and City Council President Hisashi Nishikawa to the CityHall.
At the Pietro Micca Museum and the National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento, it was possible to participate in the augmented reality trial of the TrialsNet project, funded by the Horizon Europe program.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed the Ambassador of Latvia, Elita Gavele, accompanied by Honorary Consul Umberto Romano, to the City Hall for an institutional meeting.
The OGR hosted the 11th edition of the “European Innovation Capital” and “European Rising Innovative City” awards, competitions supported by the European Innovation Council, under the Horizon Europe programme.
Deputy Mayor for Culture Rosanna Purchia received a delegation at the City Hall led by Ambassador of Ireland Elizabeth McCullough and Consul General Maria Sheehy, who were visiting Torino for the Irish Tech Day – Space Tech event.
Domenico Carretta, Deputy Mayor for Tourism, Sport, and Major Events, and Maurizio Vitale, President of Turismo Torino e Provincia, opened the European workshop dedicated to smart tourism. The initiative, promoted and coordinated by the European Commission and aimed at cities awarded the titles of European Capital of Smart Tourism and European Green Pioneer over the years, aims to gather contributions and proposals for the new European Sustainable Tourism Strategy.
Mayor Lo Russo received Mario Nava, Director General of the European Commission's Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion DG, at the Town Hall for an institutional visit.
As part of the Climaborough project, the City of Torino discussed with the other partner cities the results of the circular economy trial of textiles and electrical/electronic waste and visited the sites of the trials taking place in Grenoble.
The City of Torino participated in the 2NITE project meeting to develop its Continuity Plan and the Investment Plans of its partner cities of Riga, Cluj-Napoca, Sant Boi de Catalunya, and Braga.
Deputy Mayor for Educational and Youth Policies Carlotta Salerno welcomed a delegation from the IAEC - International Association of Educational Cities, visiting Torino for the 2025 Educational Communities Social Festival. The meeting was attended by Marina Canals Ramoneda, Secretary General of the network and representatives of various cities.
The Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro and the Chairwoman of the City Council Maria Grazia Grippo met with Consul General Kobayashi Toshiaki of Japan in Milan at the City Hall, recalling that 2026 will be dedicated to the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan.
Deputy Mayor for Culture Rosanna Purchia met with Claudia Barattini, Cultural Secretary of the International Italian-Latin American Organization, in Torino for an institutional visit on the occasion of the States General of Culture.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo traveled to Rio de Janeiro to attend the 2025 World Summit of Mayors of the global C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) network, which brings together Mayors from the world's major cities to collaborate and take action against the climate crisis.
The Mayor participated in the panel entitled “Energy transition in practice: decarbonising cities by 2030”, and in the meeting “European Mayors gathered: boosting Europe's role in a changing world”.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed Choi Taeho, Consul General of the Republic of Korea, to the City Hall, on the occasion of the inauguration of the King Sejong Institute for the dissemination of the Korean language and culture worldwide. Carlotta Salerno, Deputy Mayor for Education and Youth Policies attended the official opening of the institute.