Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli chairs the fourth meeting of the 2023 Joint Committee for Development Cooperation

Today, 19 July, Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, chaired the fourth meeting of the 2023 Joint Committee for Development Cooperation. The Committee, which is responsible for approving the funding of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for development initiatives, adopted the resolution concerning the 2023 planning […]

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Hearing of Ministers Antonio Tajani and Guido Crosetto on the outcomes of the NATO summit of 11 and 12 July 2023

The Joint Committees on Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and Senate held a hearing with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto, on the outcomes of the NATO summit held in Vilnius on 11 and 12 […]

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A Mural by MILLO in Athens to celebrate Calvino

Street artist MILLO will be in Athens to paint a mural dedicated to Italo Calvino. The initiative is promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute, which, together with the Municipality of Vyronas and Athens Awesome Experience, has organised an event scheduled from 24 to 28 July 2023 starring Francesco Camillo Giorgino, aka MILLO. The Italian artist […]

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Ambassador Bombardiere visits the Central Drug Warehouse in Lebanon

The Ambassador of Italy to Lebanon, Nicoletta Bombardiere, together with the Lebanese Minister of Public Health Firass Abiad and WHO Representative Abdinasir Abubakar, visited the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health’s Central Drug Warehouse. The visit was part of the Italian Government’s contribution to support access to and availability of life-saving cancer treatment for the vulnerable […]

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Tokyo, Conference on the history of the Italian Embassy garden

On 20 July the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo is organising a Conference on the history of the garden surrounding the Italian Embassy. The building located on a hill in Mita, Minato-ku, is a precious place from a historical viewpoint: formerly the residence of the daimyo of Matsudaira in the Edo period, it is surrounded […]

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SIMEST-MAECI – The new operation of Fund 394 for the international competitiveness of Italian enterprises presented at the Foreign Ministry

Rome, 18 July 2023 – With an opening speech by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, the new operation of Fund 394, the instrument managed by SIMEST in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to finance investment for the foreign growth of Italian enterprises, was presented […]

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Brasilia, conferences on “Contemporary City and Urban Conservation”

In the presence of the Italian Ambassador to Brazil, Francesco Azzarello, the “Contemporary City and Urban Conservation” conference cycle was inaugurated at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the University of Brasilia. Lectures, mini-courses and seminars are scheduled on the relationship between heritage conservation and modern urban planning, based on the legacy of […]

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“In Europe you cannot rule with Le Pen”. Interview with Foreign Minister Tajani (IL FOGLIO)

As to taxation, Minister Tajani makes a distinction: ‘We have always been in favour of tax peace and I am very glad that the League has chosen to follow our policy line on this issue, but Forza Italia is against any type of amnesty”. As to justice, Minister Tajani has no doubt: “We are with […]

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Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli chaired the 26th meeting of the National Committee for Humanitarian Action against Anti-Personnel Mines (CNAUMA)

At the Foreign Ministry, this morning Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli opened the 26th meeting of the National Committee for Humanitarian Action against Anti-Personnel Mines (CNAUMA), an informal body established by Law No. 374 of 29 October 1997 on “Rules for Banning Anti-Personnel Mines”. It was attended, as usual, by representatives of the Joint Chiefs of […]

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Norway, Arctic marine geophysics campaign kicks off

The Italian Ambassador to Norway, Stefano Nicoletti, took part in the inauguration of the Arctic marine geophysics campaign of the Italian Navy’s Hydrographic Institute, “High North 2023”, now in its seventh year. The occasion saw the ship Alliance set sail from Tromsø, Northern Norway. Ambassador Nicoletti was welcomed on board the ship by Rear Admiral […]

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Ambassador Greganti received by the President of the Iraqi Republic

The Ambassador of Italy to Iraq, Maurizio Greganti, was received by the President of the Republic of Iraq, Abdul Latif Rashid, for cordial talks following his first State Visit to Italy last June. On the occasion, President Rashid renewed his gratitude to the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, for the warm welcome he […]

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REMINDER PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE – Event: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supports enterprises: the evolution of Subsidised Finance for Internationalisation – Farnesina, 18 July 2023, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

REMINDER PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE  The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supports enterprises: the evolution of Subsidised Finance for Internationalisation  Farnesina, 18 July 2023, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.   On Tuesday 18 July 2023, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., the event “La Farnesina a sostegno delle imprese: l’evoluzione della Finanza Agevolata per l’Internazionalizzazione” (“The Italian Ministry of […]

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