2023 Market Access Day at Farnesina

On 19 September 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Farnesina will house the Market Access Day, an event dedicated to the challenges faced by Italian businesses in accessing markets outside the European Union. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) organised the conference in partnership with the European Commission’s DG Trade. The […]

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Tallinn hosts the exhibition “Created in Italy”

The exhibition “Created in Italy: An aptitude for the impossible” was presented in Tallinn during the 28th edition of the “Tallinn Design Festival”. The show, sponsored by the Italian Embassy in Estonia in partnership with the Estonian Association of Designers (EAD), highlights the excellence of Italian manufacturers’ creativity, innovation and design through symbolic objects. The […]

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The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, Nicu Popescu

Today, the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, held a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, Nicu Popescu, at Palazzo Chigi. Minister Tajani highlighted the deep-rooted friendship between Italy and Moldova, which resulted from a natural, cultural […]

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Venice has been confirmed as an emblematic site on the UNESCO World Heritage List

During its 45th session in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), the UNESCO World Heritage Committee confirmed Venice as an emblematic site of the UNESCO list, thus excluding the city from the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger. The possibility of including Venice and its Lagoon among the UNESCO sites at risk was announced a few weeks […]

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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, at the launch of the “2024 Year of the Italian Roots in the World” project

On Saturday, 16 September, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will take part in the launch of the “2024 Year of the Italian Roots in the World” project in the Municipality of Sgurgola (FR). During the event, Mayor Antonio Corsi will award the Deputy Prime Minister honorary […]

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Melbourne and Detroit as the 2023 capitals of Italian Creativity

The Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne and the Consulate of Detroit are the winners of the first edition of the project “Capitals of Italian Creativity in the World” (Festival of Italian Creativity), a competition of ideas organised by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to enhance the Italian industrial and creative sectors […]

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The Ballet of Rome in China with Romeo and Juliet

Twelve years after its last tour in China, the Ballet of Rome is back to perform Romeo and Juliet in the main theatres of ten important cities – Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Jiangmen, Beijing, Wenzhou, Yiwu, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhoushan, Shanghai – for a total of 13 shows. The tour is supported by MAECI – together with the […]

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Minister Antonio Tajani participates in the Question Time session at the Senate of the Republic

The Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, participates today at 3 pm in the Question Time in the Senate of the Republic.

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Tajani: “The situation will get worse. Time for a plan with the EU, G20 and UN” (Corriere della Sera)

The record arrivals in Lampedusa and the relentless flow of migrants in recent days are only the tip of the iceberg: according to Antonio Tajani, Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, the situation may “even get worse” in the coming months. And Italy “as both the President of the European Parliament Metsola and the President of […]

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Response to requests for support for the flooding emergency in Libya

In response to the flooding emergency in Libya, the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, gave instructions to respond to requests for support from the country, in constant liaison with the Italian Embassy in Tripoli and the relevant Italian authorities. “Italy is close to the Libyan people […]

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Honorary Consulate of Italy inaugurated in Odessa, the first in Ukraine

During his recent mission to Odessa, Italian Ambassador Pier Francesco Zazo inaugurated the first Honorary Consulate of Italy in Ukraine, headed by Honorary Consul Vladislav Shtamburg. The Head of the Odessa Regional State Administration, Oleh Kiper, the representative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Serhii Orlov, a delegation from the Municipality of Odessa, the […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE- Joint Press Conference with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Italy and Moldova – Friday, 15 September 2023 at 9:40 a.m.

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE   Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will hold a joint press conference with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova, Nicu Popescu, at the Farnesina on Friday 15 September 2023, at approximately 9:40 […]

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