Turkey – “Contribution of the Italian Economy to Izmir and Aegean Region Business Environment”

The event, co-organized by the Italian Consulate, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Izmir and IZKA (Izmir Promotion Bureau) will allow the assessment of the state-of-the-art Italian economic presence in the Aegean Region, but will also promote investment opportunities for Turkish entrepreneurs in our Country. Opportunities offered by the Izmir Region to Italian entrepreneurs will […]

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Farnesina goes Green – New bicycle parking facilities opened at the Ministry

As part of the 9th edition of “Farnesina Porte Aperte” (“Farnesina Open Doors”), the renewed bicycle parking area of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was inaugurated at the presence of the Ministry’s Secretary General, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni and of the Chief of Staff Ambassador Gian Lorenzo  Cornado. The members of the staff […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Conference “Difficult Times: Austria and Italy between the two World Wars” (Farnesina, 11 May 2017)

On Thursday, 11 May 2017, from 4 to 7 p.m., as part of the 9th edition of Farnesina Open Doors, the Farnesina will host the conference “Tempi difficili: Austria e Italia fra le due guerre mondiali” (“Difficult Times: Austria and Italy between the two World Wars”). Conceived concomitantly to the publication of the collection of […]

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Information note on Mr Cristian Provvisionato

The Foreign Ministry informs that last 26 of April the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, received Ms Doina Corman, the mother of Cristian Provvisionato, to reaffirm his utmost commitment to reach a prompt solution of the case.   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in close cooperation with the Italian Embassy in […]

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Undersecretary Amendola on visit in Tirana

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, is on visit in Tirana today. Accompanied by Italian Ambassador Alberto Cutillo, and by the Special Envoy for the preparation of the Western Balkans Summit, Michele Giacomelli, the Italian top-ranking official met with the Speaker of the Parliament, Ilir Meta, whom he congratulated for his recent election as […]

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​Italy-Yemen Relations: the MAECI-SIOI project for 11 Yemenite diplomats is about to start

Eleven Yemenite diplomats will be attending a Master Programme on Geopolitics and International Relations organised by SIOI in conjunction with the General Directorate for Political Affairs and Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The Programme will run from 7 to 20 May 2017. The inauguration ceremony was attended by: Franco Frattini, […]

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Minister Alfano on mission to Tripoli

“Italy reaffirms with determination its support to an inclusive dialogue and reconciliation process, which is the only possible way to stabilize and consolidate the Country and its institutions,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Internaitonal Cooperation during his mission to Tripoli on Saturday, 6 may. Accompanied by the Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Perrone, […]

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Argentina – Radiation physics discussed in Buenos Aires

The fundamental aspects of radiation physics are the central theme of a two-day international physics forum in Buenos Aires that features prestigious physicists from around the world. They will discuss innovations in non-destructive techniques that use ionising radiation and charged and neutral particles to probe matter, as well as their applications in the fields of […]

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Malta – Art Camp 2017

Thanks to a collaboration between the Italian Embassy in Malta, the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta and the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, Agnese Purgatorio, an Apulian artist whose work focuses on dialogue, borders and illegality, will be participating in the international Art Camp, organised in Gozo from 7 to 20 May 2017 by the […]

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Portugal – “In the darkness of human destiny”: Rubini gives voice to Pirandello

“In the darkness of human destiny: Pirandello and self-knowledge” is the title of the event being held that marks 150 years since the birth of the Nobel Prize winning author and which features the well-known actor and director Sergio Rubini. The event is planned for Thursday, 11 May, at 6:30 p.m., at the Italian Cultural […]

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Telephone conversation between Minister Alfano and the United High Commissioner for Refugees

On Friday, 5 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, to take stock of the situation in Libya and of the UNHCR Plan for the Country.   After receiving an update on the UNHCR’s action and future […]

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Alfano: “The upcoming reopening to the public of the IsIAO Library is an important fruit of the cooperation between the Foreign Ministry and the MiBACT”

“I am very happy that within the context of the 9th edition of “Farnesina Porte Aperte” (“Farnesina Open Doors”), more than 6 years after the closing of the Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente (IsIAO), the Institute’s prestigious library will reopen to the public on the premises of the National Central Library of Rome,” said […]

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