Europe 2025
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.
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.
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.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed to the City Hall the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Italy Dalia Kreivienė, the Deputy Mayor of Vilnius Simona Bieliune, and the Vilnius City Councilor Vygintas Gasparavicius, who was visiting Torino for an artist residency offered by the Lithuanian capital to two artists identified in Artissima.
The City of Torino hosted the meeting of the Executive Committee of the EFUS network - European Forum for Urban Security and the conference “Deactivating Fear. The use of edged weapons among adolescents. European cities compared, between real phenomenon and moral panic” held at the ITC ILO. Marco Porcedda, Deputy Mayor for Legality and Security of Torino and Willy Demeyer, Mayor of Liège, participated in the event.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed the Consul General of the United Kingdom in Milan, Kassim Ramji, at the City Hall. The meeting was an opportunity to explore possible opportunities for collaboration between institutions.
The Chairwoman of the City Council Maria Grazia Grippo met with the President of the Cologne-Torino Twinning Association and several members for an institutional meeting.
The Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, Paolo Mazzoleni, met with a technical delegation from the City of Helsinki at Urban Lab. The delegation was visiting Torino for a series of meetings and site visits dedicated to urban regeneration issues.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed Roxana Minzatu, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Social Rights, Skills, Quality Jobs and Readiness. The meeting focused on the strategic role of training and skills development for the future of workers and European competitiveness.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed a group of young people from different European countries to the Town Hall. They were visiting Torino to participate in workshops and meetings as part of 'Shape – Shaping Tomorrow', a European project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme and implemented in collaboration with Sermig – Arsenale della Pace in Torino.
The Vice Mayor of Warsaw, Magdalena Młochowska, together with the Director of International Cooperation, Karolina Medyk, and other officials, were received at the Town Hall by the Deputy Mayor for Green Areas, Francesco Tresso. The meeting outlined plans to enhance urban green areas and initiatives related to the new Master Plan.
Carlotta Salerno, Deputy Mayor for Suburbs and Urban Regeneration Projects, Education and Youth Policies, and Education-related Matters, met with a delegation of students from Lyon at the CIty Hall. The students were involved in the project “Europe in the heart of my city”, which aims to teach them about the European Union and European citizenship.
A delegation from the Vrancea County Council, led by President Halici Nicușor, was received at the Town Hall by the Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, Paolo Mazzoleni. The meeting provided an opportunity to strengthen collaboration in the commercial, economic, cultural, and academic fields.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro received a French delegation at the City Hall, led by Anne-Marie Conte, founding President of the Saint-Roch de Montpellier International Association.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro met with a technical delegation from San Sebastian visiting Torino to learn about the local innovation ecosystem. The delegation met with key stakeholders in the technology, urban regeneration, AI and digital transformation sectors to evaluate possible collaborations between start-ups, research and institutions.