Joint Press Release on meeting between Minister Gentiloni and Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister of India

The Foreign Minister of Italy, Mr. Paolo Gentiloni, and the External Affairs Minister of India, Ms. Sushma Swaraj, held a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy on 4th September, during Minister Swaraj’s visit to Rome for the canonisation of Mother Teresa in the Vatican. The two Ministers expressed their satisfaction on the […]

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Climate: Historic USA-China breakthrough agreement to be ratified by Italy, say Gentiloni and Galletti “The ratification of the agreement reached at the Paris COP 21 between United States and China marks a historic breakthrough in combating climate change and leads to making the global economic model more sustainable. Within the context of Europe’s ambitious efforts, Italy is working on drafting its ratification law so as to submit it to Parliament before the end of September and complete the parliamentary procedure as quickly as possible,” Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of the Environment Gian Luca Galletti wrote in a joint communiqué

“The ratification of the agreement reached at the Paris COP 21 between United States and China marks a historic breakthrough in combating climate change and leads to making the global economic model more sustainable. Within the context of Europe’s ambitious efforts, Italy is working on drafting its ratification law so as to submit it to […]

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Australia: Adelaide Consul General guest of honor at evening event organised by the Dante Alighieri Society

Italian Consul General Roberta Ronzitti was a guest of the Dante Alighieri Society at an opera evening last night. It was a pre-opera event ahead of the staging of “Puccini Spectacular” at the Adelaide Town Hall from 2 to 4 September. The evening was an interesting journey through the life, anecdotes and career of the […]

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Argentina – Lucania Region centre stage during a week dedicated to Italian cuisine in Buenos Aires

The Basilicata Region is taking part in the fourth Week of Italian cuisine in Buenos Aires. Acclaimed chefs from the region and guests of honors such as Vito  Amato and Giovanni Battista Guastamacchia, will prepare, until 2 September, a menu based on typical produce from the region. These are top- quality products which are bound […]

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Libya: Telephone call between Gentiloni and Libya’s Vice Chairman of the Presidential Council, Ahmed Maetig

Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni held a telephone conversation with Libya’s Vice Chairman of the Presidential Council, Ahmed Maetig, while in Berlin.They confirmed the commitment of both Governments to deal with migration flows in view of their common efforts to stabilise Libya. Minister Gentiloni expressed the appreciation of the Italian government for the appointment […]

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Libya: Italian contribution to removing precursor chemicals and their successive disposal

In the framework of the international support to the Libyan Presidential Council and to the GNA headed by Prime Minister al- Serraj, Italy has actively participated in planning and carrying out the removal of the remaining precursors of chemical weapons still present in Libya in order to destroy them.Italy has contributed to the success of […]

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Another humanitarian aid shipment from Italy to Libya

An Italian Air Force  Hercules C-130 landed today in Misurata, Libya, delivering a new shipment of medicines and health supplies for the city’s hospital and the neighbouring hospitals in Beni Walid and Harawa – health care facilities which are the hardest hit by the ongoing fight against Daesh in the area of Sirte. It is the […]

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As of today the Farnesina is on Facebook!

As of today the Farnesina is on Facebook! After Twitter, Youtube, Flickr and Telegram, another window opens on Italy’s foreign policy. A journey across the world made of stories and people that every day uphold Italy’s values and interests, offer assistance to Italian citizens, support Italian businesses abroad, work to promote peace and international security, […]

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Giancarlo Marcheggiano is appointed Secretary-General of the European Schools

The Farnesina expresses its deep satisfaction for the appointment, approved today in Brussels, of ​Giancarlo Marcheggiano to Secretary-General of the European Schools.It is the first time that an Italian is appointed to this post. It represents an important acknowledgement of the action Italy has carried out at the national and international level in the field of […]

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Minister Gentiloni is today attending the 21st ItalianGerman Intergovernmental Summit

Minister Gentiloni is attending the 21st Italian-German Intergovernmental Summit today, which will be an opportunity to confirm the strong relations between the two countries and also to consolidate a common European agenda within the framework of the priorities identified at the meetings in Berlin and Ventotene: security, economics, social cohesion and youth. Minister Gentiloni will […]

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Finland: Gabriella Giandelli’s comics on display at the Helsinki Comics Festival

Original comics by Gabriella Giandelli and Anke Feuchtenberger will be on display at the 2016 Helsinki Comics Festival, which opens tomorrow at the Espoo Cultural Centre in the Finnish capital. The exhibition of works by the two world-renowned pioneers of the comics world was organised by the festival in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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Italy gets centre stage at the Dubai Opera

Italy will be opening Dubai Opera’s season. Trieste’s Fondazione Teatro Lirico “Giuseppe Verdi” is contributing the first six shows to the very rich and intense calendar of Dubai’s brand new Opera House, which opens its door to the public today. The Italian Embassy to Abu Dhabi and the Italian General Consulate in Dubai have worked […]

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