Ministers Tajani and Goyal visit the A2A waste-to-energy plant in Brescia

This morning, Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal visited the A2A waste-to-energy plant in Brescia. The facility, inaugurated in 1998, has three production lines. In 2024, it processed over 700,000 tonnes of waste, meeting the energy needs of more than 175,000 households, providing heat to 60,000 […]

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Tajani: “Ready to say yes to new sanctions on Moscow. Italy to consider the EU’s Defence Plan” (La Stampa)

The harsh, stinging words from Vladimir Putin to Volodymyr Zelensky do not seem to impress Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Antonio Tajani. Indeed, he says they were almost “predictable”, if you read them in light of “Russia’s need not to speed up the peace process”. This, he argues, is why the […]

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The Ministers Tajani and Goyal in Brescia for the High-Level Economic Dialogue and Italy-India Business Forum

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, chairs the High-Level Economic Dialogue and the Italy-India Business Forum in Brescia today, together with India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal.  “Following on from the Business Forum I attended in New Delhi last April, the events in Brescia […]

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Deputy Minister Cirielli visits Thales Alenia Space Italia facilities

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, visited the Rome site of Thales Alenia Space today – a joint venture in the aerospace sector between French company Thales and Italian company Leonardo – a European leader in satellite manufacturing. The Deputy Minister was welcomed by the CEO of Thales Alenia Space […]

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In Brescia, the Italy–India Business Forum

Around 800 Italian companies that are either already operating in India or have interests in the country will participate in the Business Forum, which begins this evening with a dinner in Brescia. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, has invited the Indian Minister of Commerce, Piyush Goyal, along with the entire Indian delegation. Among […]

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Buenos Aires, Republic Day at the Teatro Coliseo

On the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the Italian Republic, the Consulate General of Italy in Buenos Aires organised the traditional concert for Republic Day at the Italian theatre “Coliseo”, featuring this year’s performance by Vinicio Capossela, one of the most acclaimed and long-standing singer-songwriters in the Italian music scene. With his concert titled […]

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Pubblicazione del volume “L’Italia all’ONU nel primo mandato in Consiglio di Sicurezza (1°gennaio 1959 – 31 dicembre 1960)”

The new volume in the series Documents on Italy’s International Policy, curated by the Unit for Analysis, Planning, Statistics and Historical Documentation of the Italian Foreign Ministry, entitled Italy at the UN during its first term on the Security Council (1 January 1959 – 31 December 1960), is now freely available to consult online. The […]

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Madrid, “Suggestions of Italy. From Neorealism to the 2000s” exhibition

On the occasion of PHotoESPAÑA 2025, the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid, under the auspices of the Italian Embassy in Spain, has inaugurated at its headquarters the exhibition “Suggestions of Italy. From Neorealism to the 2000s. The gaze of 13 photographers”, curated by Riccardo Passoni. The exhibition recounts Italy through 64 authorial photographs, taken from […]

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Undersecretary Tripodi in Paris: participation in the OECD Ministerial and G7 Trade meetings

Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, on behalf of Minister Antonio Tajani, took part in the OECD Ministerial meeting in Paris. Speaking yesterday during the second working session, “Actively reinforcing open markets and the rules-based international trading system,” Tripodi reiterated Italy’s strong commitment to strengthening the multilateral trading system, grounded in fair, transparent […]

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London, “Insulae Aqua” exhibition

The Italian Cultural Institute of London and the Aedificante Association have presented the exhibition Insulae Aqua. Gianni Berengo Gardin and Filippo Romano, conceived and curated by Alessandra Klimciuk, hosted at the Institute’s headquarters until 25 June. The exhibition offers an opportunity to admire a selection of fifty-nine photographic works (in black and white and colour, […]

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Deputy Minister Cirielli speaks at the opening of the 170th Council Meeting of the European Southern Observatory

The Council of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the continent’s leading intergovernmental astronomy organisation and the most productive astronomical observatory in the world, held its 170th meeting today in Rome, at the headquarters of the Accademia dei Lincei. Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli attended the opening session on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister […]

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Tajani meets with Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Xavier Bettel

The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, met today with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel. The meeting between Ministers Tajani and Bettel first of all highlighted the excellent state of political, economic, and scientific cooperation between Italy and Luxembourg, as well as the […]

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