The Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Mama Sofia Foundation: launch of the call for scholarship applications in memory of Ambassador Luca Attanasio

ROME – 22 February 2023 – Today, two years after the tragic killing of Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio, who lost his life in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of Congo, together with Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Mustapha Milambo, the Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ettore Francesco Sequi attended […]

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In remembrance of Luca Attanasio, Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and driver Mustapha Milambo

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation dedicates a day to the memory of Ambassador Luca Attanasio, Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and World Food Programme driver Mustapha Milambo, who were killed in an ambush in Congo on 22 February 2021. Two years after the tragic event, a video message by the Vice President of the […]

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Italy condemns the new launch of ballistic missiles by the DPRK

Italy strongly condemns the launch by the DPRK of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 18 February and of two short-range ballistic missiles on 20 February. Such illegal activities threaten regional and international peace and security and are a matter of grave concern. Italy reiterates its urgent and strong call on the DPRK to abandon its […]

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UPDATE INFORMATION NOTE – Launch of the call for scholarship applications in memory of Ambassador Luca Attanasio (Wednesday 22 February 2023)

UPDATE INFORMATION NOTE The Foreign Ministry with the Mama Sofia Foundation: launch of the call for scholarship applications in memory of Ambassador Luca Attanasio (Wednesday 22 February 2023, 10:30 a.m. live streaming)   On Wednesday 22 February at 10:30 a.m. in the Luca Attanasio Room at the Foreign Ministry, the call for scholarship applications promoted […]

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Brussels, debate on artificial intelligence and robot autonomy

The Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels is organising a debate on artificial intelligence and ethical implications on 22 February. Elio Tuci, Professor at the Faculty of Informatics at the University of Namur, Belgium, and Dominique Lambert, Professor of Logic, Epistemology, Philosophy of Nature, Philosophy of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the same University, will be […]

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Antonio Tajani ‘Weapons for the freedom of Europe, but it is difficult for us to send fighters’ (La Stampa)

Minister Antonio Tajani explains: “The relay in Kiev between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “has great significance. It shows the unity of the West and NATO in defending Ukraine’s independence.” Foreign Minister Tajani is leaving for New York, where he will attend the UN General Assembly, in a special session organised one […]

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Antonio Tajani ‘Weapons for the freedom of Europe, but it is difficult for us to send fighters’ (La Stampa)

Minister Antonio Tajani explains: “The relay in Kiev between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni “has great significance. It shows the unity of the West and NATO in defending Ukraine’s independence.” Foreign Minister Tajani is leaving for New York, where he will attend the UN General Assembly, in a special session organised one […]

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Meeting of Undersecretary Silli with a delegation from the United States Congress, led by the Co-Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, Rep. Steve Cohen

On the instructions of the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, Undersecretary Giorgio Silli received a US Congressional delegation at the Farnesina today, which was led by the Co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, Steve Cohen. One year after the outbreak of the conflict, the Ukrainian dossier was […]

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani visits New York

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is in New York as part of a diplomatic mission that will see him address the Emergency Special Session on Ukraine of the UN General Assembly and take part in a debate on Ukraine in the Security Council. Upon his arrival, […]

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INFORMATION NOTE – The Foreign Ministry with the Mama Sofia Foundation: launch of the call for scholarship applications in memory of Ambassador Luca Attanasio (Wednesday 22 February 2023, 10:00 a.m. live streaming)

INFORMATION NOTE The Foreign Ministry with the Mama Sofia Foundation: launch of the call for scholarship applications in memory of Ambassador Luca Attanasio (Wednesday 22 February 2023, 10:00 a.m. live streaming) On Wednesday 22 February at 10:30 a.m. in the Luca Attanasio Room at the Foreign Ministry, the call for scholarship applications promoted by the […]

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Participation of Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, at the Foreign Affairs Council (Brussels, 20 February 2023)

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani is on a mission to Brussels to attend the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union. Deputy Prime Minister Tajani attended a meeting organised by the Foreign Ministers of Spain and Portugal on 19 February to discuss relations with Latin American […]

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Mission of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, to Munich

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be in Munich (Germany) as of today, Saturday 18 February 2023, to take part in the works of the 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC). Deputy Prime Minister Tajani will speak during the session dedicated to the international role and strategic […]

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