Italian-Georgian Archaeological Expedition in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region

The 5th mission of the “Samtskhe-Javakheti Project”, the Italian-Georgian mission co-directed by Vakhtang Licheli (Tbilisi State University/Archaeological Association of Georgia), Tornike Chilingarashvili (Tbilisi State University) and Roberto Dan (Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo e l’Oriente – ISMEO). Last July, the research activities – financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and […]

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Tajani: “From Trieste to island states to manage marine resources” (Il Piccolo)

Oceans and seas play a crucial role in ecosystems, food security, combating climate change, and in providing quality food for a growing proportion of the global population. We, in Italy, know this well, with nearly 8,000 km of coastline and over 800 small islands. The effects of global warming and natural disasters are increasingly evident in […]

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Tajani: “From Trieste to island states to manage marine resources” (Il Piccolo)

Oceans and seas play a crucial role in ecosystems, food security, combating climate change, and in providing quality food for a growing proportion of the global population. We, in Italy, know this well, with nearly 8,000 km of coastline and over 800 small islands. The effects of global warming and natural disasters are increasingly evident in […]

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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will attend the 67th commemoration of the Marcinelle tragedy

Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will attend the 67th commemoration of the Marcinelle tragedy in Belgium on 8 August in the presence of the Belgian Royal Family. On that day in 1956, 262 miners, including 136 Italians, died in the Bois du Cazier coal mine. This is […]

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Tajani: “Italy should remain in the Sahel. The coup leaders escorted our convoy”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, had spent some agitated hours before giving this interview. Yesterday, at 4 in the morning, he welcomed the first repatriation flight of Italian citizens from Niger, and he is now getting prepared for today’s tense day. It is the anniversary of the Niger independence, and protests are expected […]

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Tajani: “Italy should remain in the Sahel. The coup leaders escorted our convoy” (la Repubblica)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, had spent some agitated hours before giving this interview. Yesterday, at 4 in the morning, he welcomed the first repatriation flight of Italian citizens from Niger, and he is now getting prepared for today’s tense day. It is the anniversary of the Niger independence, and protests are expected […]

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La Traviata in concert in Lima

The Italian Cultural Institute of Lima, in collaboration with the Association Internacional de Ópera Juvenil (AICU), proposes Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata as part of the Festival Internacional de Ópera Juvenil (FIOJ). The Bicentennial National Youth Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Maestro Lorenzo Tazzieri and will perform in Lima’s Teatro Nacional on 3 and 4 […]

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Fornitura di aiuti umanitari della Cooperazione Italiana in Somalia

In risposta all’emergenza umanitaria causata dagli scontri intorno alla città di Las Anood, su disposizione del Vice Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Edmondo Cirielli, un volo umanitario con un carico di circa 18 tonnellate di medicinali, kit sanitari e tende della Cooperazione Italiana è atterrato sabato mattina a Mogadiscio (Somalia). Il carico […]

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Abuja, “Colors of noble cultures” by Luigi Ballarin

An exhibition entitled “Colors of noble cultures” by Italian artist Luigi Ballarin was organised in Abuja by the Italian Embassy to Nigeria. The event, inaugurated by Italian Ambassador Stefano De Leo and attended by representatives of the diplomatic, institutional and cultural world of Abuja, represented an opportunity to support Rome’s candidacy for EXPO 2030. The […]

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Australia, Mosa-Nakagawa music duo in concert

Italian cellist Emanuela Mosa and Japanese pianist Mayaka Nakagawa will perform in a mini Australian tour organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney in collaboration with the Italian Music Council in Rome (CIDIM). After the break imposed by the pandemic, the programming of the “Suono italiano” music series, which sees emerging artists, but already […]

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Voices from the Farnesina – Avamposti (Outposts). Italy in frontier places: Turkmenistan

Italy has 129 embassies in the world, many of which represent our country in geographically distant, little-known contexts. Avamposti, the new podcast series produced in collaboration with the AGI news agency, has selected some of them to describe their different facets and also analyse them in the light of their relations with the Italian culture. […]

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Chair’s Conclusions – Ministerial meeting between Italy, Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia (Brindisi, 27 July 2023)

1. On July 27, 2023 the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Albania, Bulgaria and North Macedonia met in Brindisi to discuss concrete ways to enhance their cooperation and support the implementation of the pan-European Corridor n. VIII connecting the Adriatic and Black seas. 2. The Ministers stressed the strategic value of Corridor VIII as […]

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