Lisbon hosts the conference on “60 years from the Treaties of Rome: yesterday, today and tomorrow”

The Conference titled “60 Years from the Treaties of Rome: yesterday, today and tomorrow” was held at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon on Monday 20 March. The event, organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in the Portuguese capital, under the aegis of the Italian Embassy and in conjunction with the European Institute of the Department […]

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Canberra organises ceremony at the Australian Parliament

The Italian Embassy in Canberra, in cooperation with the European Union delegation in Australia, organised a ceremony at the Australian Parliament. The event was co-chaired by the Australian Minister of Commerce, Investments and Tourism, Steven M. Ciobo, by the Italian Ambassador, Pierfrancesco Zazo by the EU Ambassador, Sem Fabrizi, and the President of the Australia-European […]

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Budapest hosts a round table on “The Future of Europe”

The Italian Embassy in Hungary, in cooperation with the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, organized a round table titled “The Future of Europe,” which was widely reported by the national press and attended by a large audience, including most of the accredited diplomatic community, academicians and media representatives. The Chairman of the Italian […]

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Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova and the Canadian Ambassador to Italy have signed a framework Agreement on reciprocal recognition for the conversion of drivers’ licenses

The Framework Agreement on Reciprocal Recognition for the Conversion of Drivers’ Licences was signed yesterday at the Farnesina by the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, and the Canadian Ambassador to Italy, Peter McGovern. “It is a framework agreement between two different systems – the Canadian federal system and […]

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Mission to New York of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola

Mission to New York of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola. The Italian government representative is at the UN building to represent Italy, as a non-permanent member, at the UN Security Council meeting. The Undersecretary of State attended the public session of the Security Council, which  approved a resolution on non-proliferation and […]

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Famine risk, Alfano: “Emergency assistance from Italy for Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen”

“Responding to the appeal made by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, we have arranged, through Italian Cooperation, a package of humanitarian aid worth 10 million euros in response to the very serious food crisis that is endangering the survival of 20 million people in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia, including […]

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Ljubljana: “Origins and prospects of Europeanism on the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome”

On Wednesday 15 March, the Italian Embassy in Ljubljana, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, held a conference at the Slovenian National Museum of Contemporary History entitled Origins and prospects of Europeanism on the sixtieth anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome. The event, which was also attended by the President of the […]

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Maputo hosts the exhibition “Ever Closer Union”

The exhibition titled “Ever Closer Union”  was inaugurated on 21 March in Maputo to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the signing of the Rome Treaties in the world. The exhibition was organized by the Italian Embassy to Mozambique at “Spazio Italia”, the Italian Trade Agency’s showroom. It is scheduled to run until 21 April next. Ambassador Marco […]

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Minsk: “Ever Closer Union” round table and exhibition

For the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, the Italian Embassy in Minsk, together with the European Union Delegation in Belarus, decided to highlight the achievements of the European project with the young generations by organising a round table on 22 March at the Faculty of International Relations of the State University of Belarus. […]

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Hanoi: concert for the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome

The University of Hanoi hosted a conference titled “Italy and the European Dream” during the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome. The conference took place on March 21 before an audience of more than 200 Italian language students.  The residence of the Italian Ambassador hosted a concert, during […]

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​Montevideo: conference to celebrate 60 years of the Treaties of Rome

On Tuesday, 21st March, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Uruguay, the well-known historian and political expert Gerardo Caetano, president of the Association of Historians of Uruguay, gave a lecture entitled “60 years since the Treaties of Rome. History and assessment of the origins of the European Union”. The meeting was opened by the […]

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Seminar on the European integration process at the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh

The successes and challenges of the European integration process were at the centre of a seminar organised on 22nd March at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, together with the European Union Delegation, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. Italian Ambassador Luca Ferrari, who attended the event with the representatives […]

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