PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE – Presentation of the new “chatbot” for Farnesina and the Consular Diplomatic network websites

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE   Tomorrow, Thursday, 8 February, at 10:00 a.m., Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia – Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – will present the new virtual assistant (chatbot) of the websites of Farnesina and Italian Embassies and Consulates abroad to the public. Also attending the event will be the […]

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Sparkle expands its international network in Iraq

Sparkle announces its network expansion in Iraq with the opening of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Erbil in partnership with Novel Point, an Iraqi international provider of connectivity and ICT solutions. The PoP in Erbil employs Novel Point’s state-of-the-art data centre and Sparkle Seabone’s Tier-1 Global IP backbone (AS6762) to provide world-class Internet […]

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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, chairs the first G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting

Within the framework of the Italian Presidency of the G7, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will chair the works of the first G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting, which will be held tomorrow, via videoconference. Following Italy’s decision, the meeting will be held at the beginning of the […]

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Sweden, Cortellesi’s movie “C’è ancora domani” (‘There’s Still Tomorrow) wins at the Gothenburg Film Festival

Paola Cortellesi’s highly acclaimed movie won the Dragon Award  Best International Film at the 47th Göteborg Film Festival, the Scandinavian region’s leading film festival, which attracts more than 160,000 visitors each year to attend more than 1,000 screenings of 450 films. The award is the result of a vote by the public present at the […]

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Deputy Minister Cirielli’s meeting with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Marian

This morning at the Foreign Ministry, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, received the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Marian. The cordial meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting of the “Friends of the Western Balkans” group, provided an opportunity […]

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Tajani and Calderone: agreement with Albania on pensions and unemployment benefits to protect workers in the two countries

Today, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani and Italian Minister of Labour and Social Policies Marina Calderone celebrated the signing of the bilateral “Social Security Agreement” between Italy and Albania, which will regulate the pension benefits and unemployment, sickness and maternity benefits of those who work or have worked as […]

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First Albanian edition of Primo Levi’s book The Drowned and the Saved

The Albanian edition of Primo Levi’s book The Drowned and the Saved, translated by Aida Baro and published by Dukagjini, with the contribution of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Kosovan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, will soon be available for the first time in bookshops in Kosovo and […]

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First meeting of Sistema Italia in Switzerland

The first meeting of Sistema Italia in Switzerland was held in Bern with the participation of the organisations responsible for promoting the Italian presence in the Swiss Confederation. It was an important opportunity for discussion to share the overall strategy for the promotion of the Italian presence in Switzerland for 2024, a year that promises […]

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Joint Meeting of the Foreign, Interior and Justice Ministers of Italy and Montenegro

A joint meeting of the Foreign, Interior and Justice Ministers of Italy and Montenegro will be held today in Rome, at Villa Madama. The meeting will be attended, for Italy, not only by Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani but also by the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, and the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio. […]

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Joint Note of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice – Meetings of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, with Ilaria Salis’ father, Engineer Roberto Salis

Within the framework of the attention paid by the Italian government to the case of Ilaria Salis, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, and the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, today separately received the compatriot’s father, engineer Roberto Salis, accompanied by lawyer Eugenio Lasco. The Ministers pointed out that the principles of a State’s […]

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“Ukraine can count on us”, the Italian Foreign Minister on his Country’s priorities during the G7 presidency

New conflicts and global threats have endangered the rules-based international order built after the Second World War. In 2024, Italy has the honour to chair the G7, a group organized around shared values of democracy, pluralism and respect of human rights. Also as a founding member of the European Union and the seventh biggest contributor […]

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Prague, Workshop on Cultural Heritage Observation from Space

What are the results of observing the world’s cultural heritage from space? What are the challenges and state-of-the-art methods for monitoring and preserving cultural heritage? This will be discussed in the Baroque Chapel of the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague at the workshop “Space meets Culture: Discovering and Preserving Cultural Heritage from Space”, organised by […]

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