PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE – Africa Day 2026 “Italy – Africa: Cultures at Play” – (May 25, 2026, Treccani Italian Encyclopedia Institute)

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE Africa Day 2026 “Italy – Africa: Cultures at Play” (May 25, 2026, Treccani Italian Encyclopedia Institute)   On Monday, May 25, 2026, starting at 10:00 a.m., on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the African Union, the Africa Day event “Italy – Africa: Cultures at Play” will be held […]

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The second stage of “Objective Export” kicks off in Bari. Business registration deadline: June 13

On June 16, the event “Objective Export: Companies and Territories of Southern Italy towards the 2026 National Export Conference” will be held at the Fiera del Levante Conference Centre in Bari. This event marks the second stage of a series of regional meetings aimed at strengthening dialogue with the national manufacturing sector and promoting the […]

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Tajani Announced New Ambassadors of Sports Diplomacy

At the event for launching the third edition of the project “Made in Italy Sport and Innovation”, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced the new Ambassadors of Sports Diplomacy: Andy Diaz, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Vincenzo Nibali, and the Italian Sports Medicine Federation. He said: “Sport is also an industry: the sports sector is worth €32 billion, accounting […]

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Lyon, Meeting with Artist Domenico Franchi for Made in Italy Day

The meeting “Opera Behind the Scenes – Italian Excellence in the Crafts of Set and Costume Design” was held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Lyon. The event featured Domenico Franchi, set and costume designer, and visual artist, who graduated in set design from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. The meeting is […]

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Madrid, Success for the First Italian Poetry Festival

The first Italian Poetry Festival in Madrid, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid, under the artistic direction of Davide Rondoni, ended with a resounding success. During the five-day Festival, over 2,000 people attended the meetings, readings, concerts, and cultural events that enlivened the Institute’s halls, confirming the Madrid public’s strong interest in contemporary […]

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Tajani to Israeli authorities: “The safety of Italian activists on the Flotilla’s ships needs to be ensured”

Today Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani again took diplomatic steps with the Israeli government to ask for reassurances regarding the treatment of Italian activists who may be detained by the IDF. Minister Tajani asked the Crisis Unit and the Italian Embassies in Tel Aviv, Ankara, and Nicosia to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety […]

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Prague, International Book Fair

The International Book Fair, Svět knihy, kicked off yesterday at the Prague-Holešovice Exhibition Centre, as the most important publishing event in the Czech Republic, now in its thirty-first year. This year again, the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague participated in the event with its own stand, special guests, a program of Italian micro-lessons for adults […]

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Tajani in Modena and Bologna today

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani will be in Modena and Bologna this evening to express his solidarity with the local population and those who stopped the man who drove his car into pedestrians, and to visit the severely injured people. Tajani suggested to Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi that Mr. Luca Signorelli be […]

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Tajani Opens the Third Edition of the Project “Made in Italy Sport and Innovation”

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani took part at the Foreign Ministry in the event for launching the third edition of the project “Made in Italy Sport and Innovation”.   The project aims to promote the excellence and quality of the Italian sports industry worldwide through major sporting events hosted in our country. Sport is currently a […]

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Tajani in Modena tomorrow. “The State should reward Signorelli for his heroic deed”

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani will travel to Modena tomorrow to express his solidarity with the local population and those who stopped the man who drove his car into a crowd of pedestrians, causing several severe injuries. In particular, Minister Tajani suggested to Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi that Mr. Luca Signorelli be […]

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Minister Tajani Expressed His Condolences to the Maldives’ Foreign Minister for the Death of Sergeant Major Mohammed Mahdi

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has just offered his condolences to Maldives’ Foreign Minister Iruthisham Adam for the death of Sergeant Major Mohammed Mahdi, who disappeared after diving to retrieve the four Italian divers involved in last Thursday’s scuba accident. Minister Tajani thanked the Maldivian authorities, particularly the Coast Guard, National Defense Forces, police, and the […]

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Diving operations have begun in the Maldives to recover the bodies of the missing scuba divers. Tajani is in contact with the Ambassador on board

The Maldives’ Coast Guard has begun diving operations to retrieve the bodies of the four Italian divers missing in last Thursday’s scuba accident. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is in contact with the Italian Ambassador to Colombo, Damiano Francovigh (responsible for the Maldives), and the Honorary Consul in Malè, Giorgia Marazzi, who are aboard the Coast […]

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