Tajani: «We are solid allies. Not with a leader but with the United States».

It cannot be “a visit”, “a statement or an interview” to radically change the international political scenario, much less historic alliances. This is the reason why Antonio Tajani – Foreign Minister and leader of Forza Italia – the day after his meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and at a time when Donald […]

Read more

The Foreign Ministry and the diplomatic and consular network celebrate Europe Day

The Foreign Ministry and all Italian Diplomatic and Consular Missions around the world celebrate Europe Day. Italy believes in a united Europe, capable of addressing global challenges and protecting the shared values of freedom, solidarity, and democracy. The Schuman Declaration, the founding document of the European integration process, was signed on May 9, 1950. That […]

Read more

International Mediation: Bologna hosts the symposium “Advancing Mediation in a Multipolar World”

The symposium “Advancing Mediation in a Multipolar World” took place today, 8 May 2026, at the Auditorium Filla in Montagnola Park, Bologna. The event was promoted by the Italian Network for International Mediation (RIMI), with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The initiative brought together institutional representatives, experts, academics and […]

Read more

Meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani met today at the Farnesina with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on the occasion of his official visit to Italy. The meeting focused on the main issues on the international agenda, starting with the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as global and regional security challenges. […]

Read more

Tajani in Germany for meetings with Wadephul and EPP Foreign Ministers

Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani will travel to Wiesbaden (Frankfurt) this afternoon for a bilateral meeting with the German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Johann Wadephul, as well as for a meeting of the European People’s Party (EPP) Foreign Ministers. Tajani and Wadephul will discuss ways to further strengthen Italy–Germany relations, building on growing […]

Read more

Italy to host the 3rd UNESCO Global MAB Youth Forum

Italy will host, from 18 to 22 May 2026, in the areas of the Po Delta and the Colli Euganei, the third edition of the Global Youth Forum, organised within the framework of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Scientific Programme “Man and the Biosphere – MAB”. The event is organised through the joint efforts of the Ministry […]

Read more

Italy launches “Rome Coalition for Hormuz” with around 40 countries and FAO – Tajani: priority is food security for Africa and vulnerable countries

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, co-chaired today at the Farnesina, together with the Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Gordan Grlić-Radman, in his capacity as rotating President of the MED9 group, a ministerial meeting to launch the new “Rome Coalition” on access to fertilisers and food security in the […]

Read more

Launch of the Rome Coalition on fertiliser access and food security in Hormuz – Co-Chairs Statement by Italy and Croatia

The Co-Chairs of Italy and Croatia, the latter in its capacity as the country holding the MED9 Presidency, following discussions held in Rome with representatives of 40 countries, partners, and international organisations, report a shared understanding on the importance of advancing a Rome Coalition on Fertiliser Access and Food Security. Participants recognised that increasing instability […]

Read more

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE – Plenary Assembly of the General Council of Italians Abroad (CGIE) Farnesina, 13–14 May 2026

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE Plenary Assembly of the General Council of Italians Abroad (CGIE) Farnesina, 13–14 May 2026   On Wednesday 13 May at 11:00 a.m., the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will deliver opening remarks at the Plenary Assembly of the General Council of Italians Abroad (CGIE), to be held at […]

Read more

Tajani opens Italy/FAO/MED9 meeting on Hormuz blockade and implications for energy and fertilisers

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, together with the Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Gordan Grlić-Radman (in his capacity as rotating President of the MED9), and the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization, Qu Dongyu, opened a ministerial meeting with around 40 countries and regional and international organisations—including the Gulf Cooperation […]

Read more

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE Signing ceremony of agreements relating to “Tourism of Roots” initiatives Farnesina, 13 May 2026

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE Signing ceremony of agreements relating to “Tourism of Roots” initiatives Farnesina, 13 May 2026   On Wednesday 13 May 2026, at 10:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the signing ceremony of the agreements relating to the “Tourism of Roots” initiatives funded under the Development and Cohesion Fund. The opening remarks will be […]

Read more

United States, new momentum for the internationalization of Italian companies on the West Coast

The Ambassador of Italy to the United States, H.E. Marco Peronaci, concluded a very intense mission to the West Coast, which began last week in San Francisco and continued over the past few days in Los Angeles. “California is a strategic partner for Italy, and the objective of my mission was to give a new […]

Read more