Follow-up to the telephone call of the Foreign Ministers of Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Finland, Poland, Ukraine and the EU High Representative. Support for UNIFIL in Lebanon

During yesterday’s phone call requested by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with several European countries dedicated primarily to Ukraine, Minister Antonio Tajani and French Minister Jean-Noel Barrot agreed on the importance of close coordination between the US and Europe on the Ukrainian dossier and European security. Both ministers confirmed the centrality of the transatlantic […]

Read more

Dublin, Mr. Blob at Waterford Walls

Waterford Walls is Ireland’s largest international Street Art festival, celebrating the work of artists from around the world and combining their spectacular public art with music events, workshops and guided tours. Thanks to the ongoing collaboration—now in its fourth consecutive year—between the Italian Cultural Institute of Dublin and Waterford Walls, the Taranto-born artist Mr. Blob […]

Read more

Los Angeles, “Mario Cresci. The Gold of Time”

The photographic exhibition “Mario Cresci. The Gold of Time” (curated by Francesca Fabiani, with exhibition design and graphics by Etaoin Shrdlu Studio), the result of a collaboration between the ICCD – Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation in Rome and the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, is open to the public at 1023 Hilgard […]

Read more

Press Accreditation Note – Meeting between the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE Meeting between the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (Villa Madama, 28 August 2025)   On Thursday 28 August 2025 at 12:30 p.m., a meeting will take place at Villa Madama […]

Read more

Telephone call between the Foreign Ministers of Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Finland, Poland, Ukraine and the EU High Representative

This evening, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, held a telephone conversation with the Foreign Ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Finland, Poland, Ukraine and the EU High Representative. The call took place in the wake of Ukraine’s Independence Day and the G7 […]

Read more

Audience of Minister Tajani with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. Discussions on the Conference of Italophony: a language of peace and shared values

This morning, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, was received in private audience by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. It was the Minister’s first private meeting with the Holy Father. The cordial exchange, a testament to the strength of the longstanding bilateral relations between Italy and the Holy See, confirmed the full convergence of […]

Read more

Minister Tajani’s Participation in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Speaking from the Rimini Meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, took part in a G7 Foreign Ministers’ virtual meeting on Ukraine, held on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha also participated in the meeting. “Transatlantic unity is essential to support the path […]

Read more

Venezuela: Release of Italian Nationals Amerigo De Grazia and Margarita Assenza

On the night of 24 August in Caracas, the release was announced of the Italo-Venezuelans Amerigo De Grazia (detained on 7 August 2024) and Margarita Assenza (detained on 2 October 2024), together with a number of other prisoners. This result has also been made possible thanks to the work carried out by the Ministry of […]

Read more

Minister Tajani on Ukrainian Independence Day

On the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, reaffirms Italy’s full support for Kyiv in achieving a just and lasting peace, in full respect of Ukrainian sovereignty and in close coordination with the United States and European partners. In tthis regard, Tajani will participate in the […]

Read more

Tajani discusses Ukraine and Gaza with French and German Foreign Ministers

Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, held two telephone conversations today in anticipation of tomorrow’s videoconference with G7 Foreign Ministers, marking the 24th of August, the day Ukraine commemorates its declaration of independence from the USSR in 1991. In his discussions with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and German counterpart Johann Wadephul, the head […]

Read more

Participation of Minister Tajani at the Rimini Meeting Tomorrow

On August 24, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will attend the Rimini Meeting. This year’s edition is expected to attract over 800,000 visitors, and now in its 46th year, the Meeting continues to stand out as a major international event promoting the values of peace and […]

Read more

Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs monitoring the recovery of the body of mountaineer Luca Sinigaglia

Following the death of Italian national Luca Sinigaglia on 15 August during a mountain climb in the border area between Kyrgyzstan and China, the Italian Embassy in Astana (with responsibility for Kyrgyzstan) has been following the case closely, maintaining contact with the local authorities and with the family. The operations launched by the local authorities […]

Read more