Tajani and UN Secretary-General Guterres in Brindisi for the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Global Service Centre

  Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are in Brindisi for the ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Global Service Centre, the facility overseeing the logistics of UN peacekeeping operations. In addition to providing logistical support, the Global Service […]

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Sparkle – partnership with Telecom Namibia to deliver enhanced connectivity for the digital transformation of the African country

Sparkle and Telecom Namibia, the national telecommunications operator, have signed an agreement to provide capacity services on the Equiano subsea cable connecting Portugal and South Africa, with the common goal of accelerating Namibia’s digital transformation journey. Owned by the Government of the Republic of Namibia, Telecom Namibia operates the largest digital telecommunications network in the […]

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Tajani welcomes U.S. lifting of export ban on fresh and short-matured pork products from Tuscany and Umbria

The U.S. government today recognised the regions of Umbria and Tuscany, Italy, as being free of swine vesicular disease (MVS), effective 12 July. As a result of this decision, exports of fresh and short-matured (less than 400 days) pork products from Tuscany and Umbria to the United States will resume. “I am very happy with […]

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Norway – Italian mission in the aerospace sector

The mission organised by the Norwegian Embassy in Rome, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Oslo, and involving Italian companies and bodies active in the space sector in Norway, began on 11 June in Oslo. During the visit, led by the Italian Ambassador in Oslo Stefano Nicoletti and the Norwegian Ambassador in Rome Johan […]

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Costa Rica – a guide to places linked to Italy

As part of the celebrations for the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Costa Rica, the Italian Embassy in San José published a guide – “Little Pieces of Italy in Costa Rica” (Huellas de Italia en Costa Rica) – to shed light on Italy’s influence on the country. It is a fascinating journey […]

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Undersecretary Maria Tripodi in Amman for the “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza”

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, spoke today in Amman, on behalf of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, at the international Conference “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza”. At the centre of the agenda there was a discussion on the actions to be taken […]

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Bamako, Ambassador Dejak launches the online platform “Youth4Climate”

The Ambassador of Italy to Mali, Stefano A. Dejak, participated together with the Malian Minister of Environment, Mamadou Samaké, and the UNDP Representative for Mali, Maleye Diop, in the launch of the online platform “Youth4Climate” supported by the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE). The platform is a permanent global initiative with its own […]

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Minister Tajani in Berlin for the Ukraine Recovery Conference

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, is in Berlin to participate in the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC), the most important annual event to discuss economic support, reforms and the reconstruction of Ukraine, which Italy will organise in 2025. Hon. Tajani stated: “The Italian government is firmly […]

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Italy re-elected in New York as a member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations for the three-year period 2025-2027

On 7 June 2024 Italy was re-elected in New York as a member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations for the three-year period 2025-2027, with 183 votes out of 190 voting countries.  We were the most voted country within the Group of Western Countries in the three-year mandate election round, […]

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Germany – history of the European Football Championship through stickers

To mark the 17th European Football Championship, which this year will be held in Germany, the Italian Cultural Institute of Munich has organised an exhibition dedicated to football entitled Deutschland-Italien: ein Klassiker. Fußballsticker erzählen die Geschichte der EM, meaning Germany-Italy: a classic. The history of the European Football Championship through stickers. The ad-hoc project is […]

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Bolivia – Ambassador Messineo receives award for Italy’s cooperation in the medical field

The Academic Board of the Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA) university in La Paz honoured Ambassador of Italy Fabio Messineo with the “Mariscal Andres de Santa Cruz” medal – the highest award of Bolivia’s largest public university – for the 25 years of cooperation between the Italian Embassy in Bolivia and the Cell Biology […]

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Second Mission of the Special Envoy for the Caribbean Countries of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Uberto Vanni d’Archirafi, to the Caribbean region

The Special Envoy for the Caribbean Countries of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Uberto Vanni d’Archirafi, went on a second mission to the Caribbean region to hold institutional meetings aimed at consolidating Italy’s relations with the countries of the region. The envoy also attended the 29th Ministerial Council of the Association […]

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