Mexico: tenders to build the Tehuantepec Interoceanic Corridor to be launched soon

The Mexican authorities have announced that this month will see the launch of the first tenders for the construction of the 10 industrial parks envisaged in the project of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT), one of the major infrastructure projects aimed at developing an inter-oceanic commercial rail route for the transport […]

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Italy’s efforts to support the people affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria continue

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation continues to send aid to the areas in Turkey and Syria struck by the earthquake on 6 February. A new load of humanitarian aid is now leaving Pisa airport and will land in the next few hours in Beirut to be transferred by land to Syria. […]

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Earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Emergency funding from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation

To address the consequences of the violent earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on 6 February, causing thousands of dead and injured, as well as the damage and destruction of infrastructures and buildings, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, at the proposal of Minister Tajani and Deputy Minister Cirielli, has allocated two emergency grants worth […]

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Meeting of the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, with the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, met today with the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, at the Farnesina. The Italian Deputy Prime Minister stressed the importance that Italy attaches to Libya’s sovereignty, stability and prosperity, which is one of the Italian government’s […]

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Tents and generators from the Italian government to further aid Ukraine

A new lot of humanitarian aid donated by the Italian government to Ukraine has arrived in Kiev: ten tents (measuring 23 square metres) equipped for the winter (with an air chamber for insulation, wood-burning stoves and thermal blankets), as well as generators, which will help mitigate the effects of the war on the civilian population […]

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Press accreditation note – Presentation of the NRRP project “Turismo delle radici” (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, 15 February 2023)

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE Presentation of the NRRP project “Turismo delle radici. Una strategia integrata per la ripresa del settore del turismo nell’Italia post Covid-19”   On Wednesday 15 February from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – in its International Conference Hall – the NRRP Project “Turismo delle radici: una strategia integrata per la ripresa del […]

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Press release on the National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe (10 February)

On the occasion of the National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani paid a moving tribute to the memory of the victims of the foibe massacres and to all the people from Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia who had to leave […]

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Tajani: «No issue regarding the weapons to Ukraine. Italy plays a central role, it is not isolated»

ROME “It was a mistake, a gaffe that does not go in the direction of strengthening Europe’s action in favour of Ukraine’s freedom. It was a diplomatic gaffe on the part of the government of a great friendly democracy, and it happened just a few days before the celebration of the Quirinal Treaty between our […]

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Tajani: «No issue regarding the weapons to Ukraine. Italy plays a central role, it is not isolated» (Corriere della Sera)

ROME “It was a mistake, a gaffe that does not go in the direction of strengthening Europe’s action in favour of Ukraine’s freedom. It was a diplomatic gaffe on the part of the government of a great friendly democracy, and it happened just a few days before the celebration of the Quirinal Treaty between our […]

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Press accreditation note – 94th anniversary of the Lateran Treaty (Italian Embassy to the Holy See – Palazzo Borromeo, 14 February 2023)

PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE 94th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LATERAN TREATY (Italian Embassy to the Holy See, 14 February 2023)   Tuesday 14 February 2023, at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See (Palazzo Borromeo), at the presence of the President of the Italian Republic – Sergio Mattarella -, the President of the Italian Council of Ministers […]

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Sarajevo, the “Viva Vivaldi” concert at the opening of the Festival of the Italian Culture

The Italian Ambassador in Bosnia Herzegovina – Marco Di Ruzza – launched the 2023 edition of “Insieme” – the Festival of the Italian Culture – organised in partnership with the Italian Association of Banja Luka. This year’s programme, rich of events, opened yesterday at the Banja Luka Theatre with the “Viva Vivaldi” concert, directed by […]

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Washington: the Week of Women in Science begins

The Ambassador of Italy to the USA, Mariangela Zappia, inaugurated at Villa Firenze in Washington the Week of Women and Girls in Science, an initiative promoted by the Italian Embassy together with the Embassies of France and Germany, the Children’s National Research Institute and the George Washington University. The event, built around the International Day […]

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