Statement by Deputy Prime Minister Tajani on Italy’s commitment not to conduct destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tests

“Italy is committed to not conducting destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tests”, announced today Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani. The decision – which follows the adoption in New York in December 2022 of UN General Assembly Resolution 77/41, which Italy co-sponsored and which calls on all states to […]

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Expo 2025 Osaka: the Design and Build tender for the Italian Pavilion is online.

The international call for tenders for designing and building the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, which will open in Japan on 13 April and end on 13 October 2025, was launched on 5 April. The theme of Expo 2025 Osaka is “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”, which places the human being at the […]

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Portugal, Toni Servillo in Lisbon courtesy of the Italian Embassy

The great Italian theatre arrives in Portugal thanks to the contribution of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: the Italian Embassy in Lisbon and the Italian Cultural Institute presented at the Maria Matos Theatre in Lisbon the performance “Le Voci di Dante” by Giuseppe Montesano, starring Toni Servillo and produced by the Piccolo Teatro di […]

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Italy-South Africa: new frontiers in scientific cooperation

Together with the daily newspaper Il Sole24Ore and the University of Johannesburg, the Italian Embassy in South Africa has recently organised a conference on cooperation between Italy and South Africa in the field of applied scientific research. The event, which took place on the University’s campus in hybrid mode (over 6,000 viewers watched online), was […]

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Growth diplomacy: initiatives, projects and synergies with Rome’s candidacy for Expo 2030

Together with the Rome Expo 2030 Promoting Committee, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is organising the event “Diplomazia della crescita: iniziative, progetti e sinergie con la candidatura di Roma Expo 2030” (“Growth diplomacy: initiatives, projects and synergies with Rome’s candidacy for Expo 2030”), to be held at the Farnesina on 12 […]

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Minister Antonio Tajani’s mission to Brussels to attend the NATO Ministerial Meeting

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is in Brussels today to attend a ministerial meeting of the Atlantic Alliance. The meeting, which is also being attended for the first time by Finland, a new NATO member, is chaired by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

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Prague, a concert for the centenary of the Italian Cultural Institute

As part of the celebrations for the centenary of the Italian Cultural Institute’s activities, Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle will be performed by Maestro Michele Campanella in Prague on 4 April. The concert, to be held in the Conservatory Concert Hall, is promoted by the Italian Embassy in Prague and produced by Gabbianella club events, […]

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Tajani: “Italy’s commitment to the integration of the Balkans into the EU” (Il Messaggero)

The Balkans cannot wait any longer. The relaunch of Italy’s action in the region, which the Italian government launched with the Trieste Conference last 24 January, reached a further important milestone at the ministerial meeting held in Rome yesterday, Monday 3 April. Together with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, […]

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Washington, “Massimo Listri: Italian Wonder” exhibition at the Embassy

The exhibition “Massimo Listri: Italian Wonder”, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington in collaboration with the Embassy, opened in Piazza Italia, in the heart of the Italian Embassy in Washington. “Timeless pictures that bring masterpieces of Italian architecture into the 21st century” is how the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela […]

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Western Balkans’ Summit in Rome with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia

On 3 April the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, chairs the Ministerial Meeting on the Western Balkans in Rome, which is attended by the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, the Swedish Foreign Minister, Tobias Billström, in his capacity as President-in-Office of the Council […]

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China, Italian Pavilion at the Chengdu International Environmental Protection Expo

The Italian Pavilion at the 17th Chengdu International Environmental Protection Expo (CDEPE0) was officially opened. The exhibition area, curated by ICE Agency and the Consulate General of Italy in Chongqing, with the support of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in China, hosts nine companies that best represent Italian excellence in the fields of energy efficiency, […]

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Western Balkans’ Summit in Rome with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, will chair the Ministerial Meeting on the Western Balkans tomorrow 3 April in Rome, which will be attended by the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, the Swedish Foreign Minister, Tobias Billström, in his capacity as President-in-Office of […]

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