Ucraina: vertice di Governo a Palazzo Chigi – Comunicato Palazzo Chigi

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has chaired a meeting at the Cabinet Office in Palazzo Chigi on the situation in Ukraine. Participants included Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti, the Under-Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office, Marco Minniti, and the Director of the Department for Information and Security, Giampiero Massolo. The Prime Minister is […]

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Valensise: “Accesso a carriera diplomatica: i concorsi” (Corriere della Sera)

I read with interest the lead article by Ernesto Galli della Loggia on 26 February, on bureaucracy and merit. I found his considerations on recruitment and training well founded. Galli della Loggia is familiar with the structures of the State, its strong points and its weak points, and is better placed than others to assess […]

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Crimea: riunione coordinamento alla Farnesina; sostenere sforzi per prevenire acuirsi tensioni

The situation in Crimea and possible political-diplomatic initiatives to ease tension in the region were examined at a coordination meeting at the Farnesina today, 2 March 2014. Chaired by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, the meeting was attended by the diplomatic advisers of the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence; […]

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Minister Mogherini to chair technical meeting at Farnesina on situation in Ukraine

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini will chair a technical meeting this morning at the Farnesina to review the situation in Ukraine. The meeting will also discuss her telephone contact today with German Foreign Minister Steinmeier and her conference call with the American Secretary of State, Kerry, the High Representative for European Foreign Policy, Ashton, and a […]

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Ucraina: Mogherini condanna escalation. “Garantire unità, inclusività e integrità territoriale”

Il Ministro degli Esteri Mogherini ha partecipato in serata ad una “conference call” con l’Alto Rappresentante per la politica estera dell’Unione Europea Ashton e con alcuni omologhi, tra cui Kerry, Hague, Fabius e Sikorski, dalla quale è emersa l’unanime forte preoccupazione e condanna per la pericolosa escalation della situazione in Crimea. Il Ministro Mogherini ha […]

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Minister Mogherini is following the evolution of the situation in Ukraine, in particular Crimea, and Moscow

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, is following the evolution of the situation in Ukraine, in particular Crimea, and Moscow. Foreign Minister Mogherini is in constant contact with the Prime Minister’s office, with our Ambassadors in Kiev and Moscow and her European colleagues.

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Accreditation notice: International Conference on Libya (Farnesina, 6 March 2014)

The international conference on Libya will take place at the Farnesina on Thursday 6 March 2014. Proceedings will be opened by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini; Jeffrey Feltman, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs at the United Nations; Tarek Mitri, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Libya and head of the UNSMIL mission; and senior […]

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Italia-Grecia 2014 – Sostegno due Presidenze Ue a dichiarazione tripartita su Ucraina

Il Ministro Federica Mogherini da’ il massimo sostegno alla dichiarazione congiunta emessa oggi dai ministri degli esteri di Francia, Germania e Polonia sulla crisi ucraina. “Oggi c’e’ stata la dichiarazione congiunta dei ministri degli esteri di Polonia, Germania e Francia – ha detto il Ministro in conferenza stampa con il collega greco Evangelos Venizelos – […]

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Clashes in Ukraine: Italian Development Cooperation to send 100,000 for Red Cross

To provide medical assistance for the many people injured in the recent clashes in Ukraine and help replenish medical supplies, Italian Development Cooperation is to provide the Ukrainian Red Cross with funding of 100,000 euros. The Italian aid is one of the concrete responses by the European Commission and EU member states to the violence […]

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Italy in US is online, the new portal of Italian culture in the U.S.

Washington DC (February 27, 2014) – Italian culture in the U.S. has a new online platform: the website www.italyinus.org, the cultural portal of Italy’s diplomatic network in the United States. Simple to use and with all the information you need, the new site is your guide to the hundreds of cultural events organized or supported […]

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Zagabria – “Uno sguardo laterale” sulla Penisola (in translation)

Un viaggio attraverso le venti Regioni italiane, da cui trarre immagini, ricordi e stimoli: e’ lo spunto di partenza della mostra “Venti per una. Venti Regioni per un’Italia. Venti artisti per una mostra. Uno sguardo laterale” che ha conquistato Zagabria. Dopo le tappe di Mosca e San Pietroburgo, l’esposizione e’ approdata nella capitale croata, suscitando […]

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Italia – Russia – Nuovi risultati studi sull’origine della vita (in translation)

I nuovi risultati degli studi italo-russi sull’origine della vita. E’ questo il tema di una conferenza stampa, che si e’ svolta all’ambasciata italiana a Mosca, dal titolo “Lo Spazio e’ sorgente di vita”. L’evento e’ stato caratterizzato, alla presenza di un qualificato pubblico di oltre cento persone, dall’annuncio di alcuni nuovi risultati scientifici di grande […]

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