Tajani: “Italy is not a subject, the USA is a strategic ally” (Corriere della Sera)

Minister Tajani, we are witnessing an unprecedented clash: President Trump mocking the Prime Minister, who responds harshly, and you yourself cancelling your participation in the American Business Forum in Miami. Then more back-and-forth. And yesterday, President Trump attacked again. Where are we now? “At the point where we need to tone it down and work. […]

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Fire in Dominican Republic: Tajani Spoke with Italian Ambassador and Husband of Deceased Italian Woman

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke today with the Ambassador of Italy to Santo Domingo, Sergio Maffettone, to have an update on the conditions of the Italian tourists staying at the Bayahibe resort that caught fire on Friday morning. Minister Tajani also spoke with the husband of Francesca Valentino, the Italian woman who died in the […]

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Cirielli celebrated the centenary of relations between Italy and Yemen with young Yemeni diplomats

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edmondo Cirielli, participated today in the closing ceremony of the training programme for young Yemeni diplomats, organized by the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation (ITC-ILO) and the Foreign Ministry in Turin and Rome over the past two weeks. The training programme is also relevant in light […]

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Dominican Republic: Italian citizen died

Santo Domingo’s authorities have confirmed to the Italian Ambassador the death of an Italian citizen involved in the blaze at a resort in the Bayahibe area. At the hospital, the Ambassador met with Mrs. F.V.’s husband and offered him the assistance of the Embassy, along with the resort officials who are following all the other […]

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Deputy Minister Cirielli Chaired the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation

Deputy Foreign Minister Edmondo Cirielli chaired the third meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation for 2026 today at the Foreign Ministry. During the meeting, a package of measures totalling over €620 million was approved, in line with the 2026 Programming Plan, adopted at the Joint Committee meeting chaired by Minister Tajani on May […]

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Miami Business Forum Cancelled

In light of the cancellation of Foreign Minister Tajani’s visit to the United States, we hereby announce that the Business and Science Forum scheduled for Monday, June 22, in Miami will not take place. The Forum was scheduled as part of the political framework of the Minister’s visit. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will update […]

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Tajani at the ceremony of oath of new the diplomats: gender equality among new diplomatic officers

The ceremony of oath of allegiance to the Republic by 46 newly appointed diplomatic officers, who passed the diplomatic competition for Secretaries of Legation, was held today at the Farnesina, in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani. The ceremony marks the formal entry into the diplomatic service for the new officers. […]

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Minister Antonio Tajani opened the Ceremony of oath of allegiance to the Republic by young diplomatic officers

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, opened the Ceremony of oath of allegiance to the Republic by 46 newly appointed diplomatic officers from the training course “Boris Biancheri Chiappori”.     The oath represents the final stage of the training programme, during which the Secretaries of Legation have participated in training missions in Italy […]

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Minister Tajani presented the ‘Travel Safely’ campaign

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, presented the new ‘Travel Safely’ campaign for summer 2026 today at the Crisis Unit of the Italian Foreign Ministry, urging Italians to use the updated tools made available by the Ministry. The goal is to provide all the necessary information to ensure that Italians travelling […]

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AI Hub for Sustainable Development: seven agreements signed in Bologna between African start-ups and European partners

This week, at the DAMA Technology Park in Bologna, seven partnerships were signed between African innovators in the field of artificial intelligence and Italian and European industrial companies. The signing of the agreements forms part of the AI Hub for Sustainable Development, a project supported by the G7 and part of the Mattei Plan for […]

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Madrid, the ‘Metamorfosis’ exhibition opens to the public

The Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid presents the exhibition “Metamorfosis. Las transformaciones de la belleza” (“Metamorphosis: The Transformations of Beauty”) by the Italian artist Andrea Crespi, curated by Clelia Patella, open to the public from today, 18 June, until 29 August 2026. Through painting, installation, sculpture and digital processes, Andrea Crespi explores the concept of […]

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Italy–US Scientific and Technological Cooperation 2027–2028 – Call for proposals for joint research projects

A call for proposals for joint research projects within the framework of scientific and technological cooperation between Italy and the United States for the two-year period 2027–2028 has been published. This initiative forms part of the established framework of collaboration between the two countries and supports research projects carried out by teams of Italian and […]

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