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    Press Releases
    31 July 2024
    G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Venezuela

    We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the EU, express our solidarity with the people of Venezuela, who peacefully exercised their right to vote in large numbers on July 28 to shape the future of their country. […]

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    Cultural Diplomacy
    30 July 2024
    Awarding of Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Translation Prizes and Contributions

    On 18 July, the meeting of the “Advisory Working Group for the Promotion of Italian Culture and Language – Publishing and Audiovisual Media Section” took place to allocate the 2024 translation incentives. Representatives from the following institutions participated in the Working Group: the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry […]

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    Cultural Diplomacy
    30 July 2024
    Eleonora Strino’s jazz in Algiers

    A double concert by the Italian musician Eleonora Strino and her group “Eleonora Strino Trio” (Aldo Capasso on double bass and Ruben Ludo Bellavia on drums) was held on the occasion of International Jazz Day, as part of the agreement in force between the Italian Cultural Institute in Algiers and the Agence Algérienne pour le […]

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    Press Releases
    29 July 2024
    “Turismo delle radici” project: Deputy Prime Minister Tajani signs agreement between Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ITA Airways

    Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the President of the Italian airline ITA Airways, Antonino Turicchi, will present tomorrow at the Farnesina the Agreement between the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Italy’s flagship airline, signed in the past few days as part […]

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    Press Releases
    29 July 2024
    Minister Tajani held a telephone conversation with the Foreign Ministers of Israel and Lebanon

    The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, held telephone conversations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel, Israel Katz, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of the Lebanese Republic, Abdallah Bou Habib. “To Minister Katz, I expressed the government’s profound condolences for […]

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    Press Releases
    28 July 2024
    Italian Foreign Ministry Note on the Situation in Lebanon

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is closely monitoring the evolution of the crisis in Lebanon in coordination with the Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto. The Italian government has reiterated to both the Israeli and Lebanese governments its urgent request to do everything in their power to avoid further escalation of […]

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    Press Releases
    27 July 2024
    Diplomacy for Growth: Renewed Subsidised Finance Programme for the Western Balkans

    The Facilitation Committee of Funds 394/81 and 295/73, chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and meeting at the Farnesina with representatives from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, and the Conference of Regions, has approved the renewal of the Subsidised Finance Programme for the Western Balkans […]

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    Economic Diplomacy
    25 July 2024
    Norway, a promising rare earth deposit discovered

    The Norwegian company REN-Rare Earths Norway has announced the discovery of a deposit that, according to preliminary estimates, contains 8.8 million tons of rare earth oxides, and plans to invest nearly EUR 870 million in its exploitation. With reserves four times larger than those identified and disclosed by the Swedish mining company LKAB at the […]

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    Economic Diplomacy
    25 July 2024
    Oman, the Sultanate focuses on agriculture and fishing, seeking investments

    Oman aims to become a logistics hub for the production and distribution of agricultural and fishery products in the Gulf, East Africa, and Indo-Pacific regions, leveraging its geographical position and strong relations with India, with which the Sultanate is negotiating a free trade agreement. To this end, the country has intensified investments and partnerships with […]

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    Economic Diplomacy
    25 July 2024
    Costa Rica, advancing the liberalisation of the electricity market

    In Costa Rica, significant strides are being made in the liberalisation of the electricity market. In 2022, the government presented a draft project for the “Harmonisation of the National Electricity System” to open up the energy market following years of crisis. In October 2023, a new version of the text proposes the creation of the […]

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