​Headquarters Agreement signed between the Italian Government and the IDLO

Today at the Farnesina, the Director General of Development cooperation, Ambassador Pietro Sebastiani, and the Director General of the IDLO, Irene Khan, signed a new Headquarters Agreement between the Italian Government and the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO), which is hosted in Rome ever since it was established in 1988. “With this Agreement, Italy confirms […]

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The UNESCO project kicks off in Eastern Sudan with Italian funds

​Thanks to the signing of a technical agreement between UNESCO and Sudan’s Ministry of Information, the project “Promoting human development among Sudan’s rural communities: supporting radio broadcasters in Eastern Sudan States” has officially taken off. The project, financed by the Italian Development Cooperation Agency – AICS with 300,000 euros, will be implemented by the UNESCO […]

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Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is on his second day in New York

Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is on his second day in New York, where he is staying to attend several meetings at the United Nations.   The first meeting of the day was at the Security Council – on which Italy sits as a non-permanent member this year – and concerned international […]

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“Invest in Italy”

Farnesina, 13 June 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually spoken) Ambassadors, Institutional Representatives, Representatives of foreign companies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome you all to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Today we want to answer just one question: why invest in Italy?   The great economist John Maynard Keynes said that the social […]

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Address by the Hon. Minister at the First Meeting of the Italian-Armenian Commission on Economic Cooperation

Farnesina, 7 June 2017 (The authentic text is only the one actually spoken) I am very happy to open the First Meeting of the Italian-Armenian Commission on Economic Cooperation. I welcome the Minister of Foreign Affairs, my colleague Eduard Nalbandyan, his deputy Nazarian and Undersecretary Della Vedova. I would like to address a warm greeting […]

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Minister Alfano on diplomatic mission to Warsaw

  “Relations, especially economic and trade relations, between Italy and Poland are excellent. We intend to further intensify political dialogue, both bilateral and multilateral, also in the prospect of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations, falling in 2019. I have come to Warsaw to strengthen our ties with Poland and to […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Thursday, 15 June 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Farnesina will host the 4th edition of the “Italianism” project entitled “The Design of the Word. The Word of Designers”

Alfano: “Let us capitalise on the relationship between our language, Italian creativity and the world of young and emerging designers “ On Thursday, 15 June 2017, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Farnesina will host the 4th edition of the “Italianism” project entitled “Il design della parola. La parola ai designer” (“The Design of the Word. The Word of Designers”). […]

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Brazil – Cinema, “50 Years without Totò”: the IIC pays tribute to the Prince of Laughter

Mask, marionette, comedy icon: the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Sao Paulo pays tribute to the “Prince of Laughter”. On the 50th anniversary of the death of the great Antonio de Curtis, a.k.a. Totò, on 15 April 1967, and as part of the “50 anni senza Totò” (“50 Years without Totò”) cycle of events dedicated to […]

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Italy and Mexico intensify cultural cooperation

Italy is bolstering its cooperation with Mexico in the field of culture. Italian Ambassador to Mexico, Luigi Maccotta, recently had a long and cordial meeting with the Secretary of Culture, Maria Cristina García Cepeda. The Ambassador was accompanied by the director of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Mexico City, Marco Marica, and by the […]

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Italy at the Shanghai International Film Festival​

Anybody who knows the Shanghai International Film Festival (abbreviated as SIFF) knows that it is one of Asia’s major film festivals. This year the Festival, celebrating its twentieth edition, will run from 17 to 26 June in all the city’s major cinema theatres. Italy too will be reserved a space for its exlusive use. This […]

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Maltese Presidency of the EU. Alfano: “Six months in which Europe has shown to have confidence in itself”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, this morning attended a working breakfast meeting at Villa Madama with the Ambassadors of the European Union Member Countries accredited in Rome. The initiative is part of the activities promoted by the Embassy of Malta during its rotating presidency of the EU Council which began […]

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The Farnesina hosts event: “Investing in Italy: Regulatory and Institutional Framework for Foreign Investments”

“The Italian Government, starting from the launch of the ‘Destination Italy” programme in 2013, has placed attracting foreign investments among its top priorities through a ‘systematic’ reorganisation of the sector with the aim of improving the business environment for companies looking at Italy. Indeed, business people’s interest for Italy is very high, as I was […]

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