EU – European neighbourhood policies: conference at the Farnesina

On Monday 4 May a conference on “The EU and its neighbours: charting the way forward”, took place at the Farnesina. The event was organised by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Institute for International Affairs (IAI). Crisis […]

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Italy is “country guest” at tourism fair

Italy will be the “country guest” at the international tourism fair in Cuba (FitCuba), which runs from 5 to 7 May 2015. The fair will be opened by Cuba’s Minister for Tourism, Manuel Marrero, and by the Italian Under-Secretary for Cultural Assets and Tourism, Francesca Barracciu. Italy’s participation in the fair was organised with support […]

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Italy-Bosnia – Cooperating through music

Cooperation between Italy and Bosnia will be taking musical form this summer with a concert for Peace by Milan’s renowned La Scala taking place in Sarajevo in July 2015. The initiative, as the Italian Ambassador in Sarajevo, Ruggero Corrias, explained at the end of a meeting with Bosnia Herzegovina’s foreign minister, Igor Crnadak, “is dedicated […]

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Shanghai – display of masterpieces by Renzo Piano

The Auditorium of Rome, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Osaka’s Kansai airport, Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, the New York Times Building and London Bridge Tower: these are just some of the masterpieces of architectural design by Renzo Piano on display in Shanghai. The exhibition “Piece by Piece, Renzo Piano Building Workshop”, at the Power […]

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Istanbul Convention: Simona Lanzoni elected member of GREVIO

Italian Simona Lanzoni has been elected as one of the first 10 members of the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) under the Istanbul Convention. The election took place today, 4 May 2015, in Strasbourg. GREVIO’s role is to verify the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention […]

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Nepal earthquake: Crisis Unit identifies the last Italians reported missing and not yet traced

The Farnesina’s Crisis Unit has managed to identify the last Italians reported as missing in the Nepal earthquake and not yet traced. The constant monitoring of the situation by the Unit and by our Embassy in New Delhi and the Consulate General in Calcutta continues, so that they are ready for any new developments. The […]

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Gentiloni meets UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Libya, Bernardino Leon

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received Bernardino Leon, the Special Representative for Libya of the Secretary General of the United Nations, today, 4 May 2015. The aim of the meeting was to review developments in the political dialogue process in which the various parties in Libya are engaged. Leon will […]

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Diplomazia e Dintorni: How to prepare for a career in an international organisation

Working in an international organisation is an aspiration shared by many young people studying and interested in international relations. What are the real chances of working in an international organisation and what qualities and experience will they need if they are to be considered? Are there opportunities or programmes dedicated specifically to young people? Careers […]

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Accreditation Notice: – A (Bio)-Diverse World (Milan, 6 May 2015)

On Wednesday 6 May 2015 the first of the EXPO Milan 2015 events promoted by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will take place. The venue is the Cascina Triulza Auditorium. “A (Bio)-Diverse World: agri-biodiversity in a changing world” is the title of the initiative, organised […]

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Gentiloni hosts working lunch with Ambassadors of member countries of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, hosted a working lunch today, 4 May 2015, with the Ambassadors accredited to Rome of the member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Minister Gentiloni’s initiative follows the meeting with the Ambassadors of Arab League member countries on 23 February 2015. It was an […]

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Migration: Italy is still too isolated in its efforts, Gentiloni tells EU

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, had a telephone conversation this morning, 4 May 2015, with the European Commissioner for Immigration, Dimitris Avramopoulos. The Foreign Minister illustrated to the Commissioner the problems caused by the increased flows of migrants towards our shores, problems that have still not received a satisfactory common […]

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Gentiloni: Meeting with president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni met today at the Farnesina with Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the UN’s only international financial institution. In keeping with the EXPO 2015 theme, Italy considers sustainable agriculture and food security to be among its own Development Cooperation’s top […]

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