Italy takes in 31 children from the Gaza Strip in the largest ever medical evacuation of minors
On 13 August, Italy welcomed 31 Palestinian children seriously injured or suffering from urgent medical conditions, together with 83 accompanying persons for a total of 114 people transferred from the Gaza Strip to Italian hospitals. The initiative, in the pipeline for several weeks, had been authorised by Minister Tajani during an operational meeting on the […]
Read moreManama: Preview of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World
From 27 to 31 July 2025, the Italian Embassy in Manama hosted a preview of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, which will officially take place in November. The initiative featured a five-day course on pasta-making entitled Pasta from Scratch. Young Italian chef Francesca Bottacci taught 30 young Bahrainis the secrets, authenticity, and […]
Read moreHoly See, signing bilateral agreement on agrivoltaic system
On 31 July 2025, at Palazzo Borromeo, headquarters of the Italian Embassy to the Holy See, a bilateral agreement was signed between Italy and the Holy See for the construction of an agrivoltaic system on land owned by the Holy See in Santa Maria di Galeria. The Agreement, undersigned by H.E. Francesco Di Nitto, Italian […]
Read moreMali, Ambassador Dejak takes part in the Diaspora Forum
The Italian Ambassador to Mali, Stefano A. Dejak, took part in the International Diaspora Forum held in Bamako, participating in a panel discussion alongside the Minister for Malians abroad and African integration, Mossa Ag Attaher, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Niger, Bakary Yaou Sangaré, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, Karamoko […]
Read moreVisit to the Foreign Ministry by African diplomats participating in the UNITAR/LUISS Master’s program
iOn Friday, 11 July, African diplomats participating in the fourth “Executive Master in Global Public Diplomacy and Sustainable Development” program, organized by UNITAR, in collaboration with the Luiss School of Government, and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, visited the Foreign Ministry. Following previous editions, that meeting provided an opportunity to […]
Read moreVienna, Conference on Gravitational Waves and the “Einstein Telescope”
Metternich Palace, home of the Italian Embassy in Vienna, hosted a prestigious science diplomacy event dedicated to the topic of gravitational waves and the European “Einstein Telescope” project, a future research infrastructure for observing the universe. The meeting, organized as a side event of the International School of Astroparticle Physics (ISAPP2025), featured Prof. Marco Pallavicini, […]
Read moreDhaka, commemoration ceremony for the victims of the 1 July 2016 attack
The Ambassador of Italy to Bangladesh, Antonio Alessandro, hosted the annual ceremony at his Residence in remembrance of the victims of the attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, where nine Italians lost their lives on 1 July 2016. Representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was the Director General for Italians […]
Read moreBolivia, the Embassy promotes Italian painting in the colonial era
On the occasion of the visit to Bolivia of Dr. Elena Amerio, a researcher and art historian who is one of the major specialists in the study of religious painting in the colonial era, Amb. Fabio Messineo visited the National Museum of Art in La Paz, where a number of works by the Jesuit painter […]
Read moreMemorandum of Understanding on labour corridors for refugees signed
A new Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Labour, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Diaconia Valdese, Pathways International, and Talent Beyond Boundaries. The agreement, made possible through new provisions under Law 50/2023, will enable selected refugees abroad […]
Read moreAntarctic Treaty, Italy hosted the annual meeting of signatory States
For the second time after thirty-three years, Italy hosted the annual meeting of the signatory States of the Antarctic Treaty, at Fiera Milano Congressi. In his greeting message, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, underlined that “the governance of Antarctica plays a role of primary importance in the […]
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