Space Day: “Looking Beyond” photo exhibition in Prague

To celebrate the National Space Day, the Italian Embassy in Prague, jointly with the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), and with the support of UniCredit Bank, presented the “Looking Beyond” project in the halls of the Thun-Hohenstein Palace. The photo exhibition of satellite images was organised by the Farnesina […]

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Farnesina Secretary-General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, meets with Japan’s Ambassador to Italy, Satoshi Suzuki (16 December 2022)

Today, the Secretary-General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, received Japan’s Ambassador to Italy, Satoshi Suzuki. During their meeting they exchanged views on the state of bilateral relations, particularly focusing on the prospects of economic cooperation and on possible synergies concerning the development of strategic industrial sectors. Ambassador Sequi and Ambassador Suzuki also talked […]

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Divina Italia at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires

Italy will be the first country to present and perform an artistic programme for two entire theatre seasons at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. The programme, called Divina Italia, will run for the 2023 and 2024 theatre seasons and will feature a large number of Italian performances, (operas), artists and theatre productions ranging from […]

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UPDATE Accreditation Note Press event “I ACT” – Italy&Irena Action for Climate Toolkit – FARNESINA 19.12.2022 at 10.00 a.m.

UPDATE Press Accreditation Note “I ACT” – Italy&Irena Action for Climate Toolkit – FARNESINA 19 December 2022 – 10:00 am   On Monday 19 December 2022 the Farnesina International Conferences Hall will host the second appointment of the “Global Days” programme, which features a number of initiatives focusing on internationally relevant topics, with a view to […]

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Celebrations in Prague for the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first Italian Cultural Institute and a century of Cultural Diplomacy – Planning of the activities of the Italian Cultural Institutes for 2023

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first Italian Cultural Institute, opened in October 1922 in Prague, and the start of a century of cultural diplomacy, the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Farnesina has organised a series of events in the Czech capital that will culminate on Sunday […]

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REMINDER: PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE – PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, MR ANTONIO TAJANI – Farnesina, 19 December 2022 – 4:00 pm

REMINDER PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE   On Monday, 19 December 2022, at 4:00 pm, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr Antonio Tajani, will hold a press conference on “Italy’s foreign policy priorities”. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in covering the event may apply for accreditation by no later than 4:00 […]

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Italy – Romania Experts Dialogue

On 15 December 2022, the event “Italy – Romania Experts Dialogue: Sharing Perspectives and Analyses on Foreign and Security Policies” took place in Bucharest. It was organised by the Italian Embassy in Romania in cooperation with the Romanian Institute “New Strategy Centre”, under the patronage of the Italian and Romanian Ministries for Foreign Affairs and […]

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​Ambassador Flumiani visits Comenius University in Bratislava

The Italian Ambassador to Slovakia, Catherine Flumiani, has paid a visit to the Faculty of Philosophy at Comenius University in the capital, Bratislava. The University holds Italian language and literature courses that are followed by around one hundred students. The Ambassador had a number of meetings, including with the Dean of the Faculty, Marian Zouhar, […]

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National Space Day

On 16 December the beginning of Italy’s adventure in space, the launch of the San Marco 1 satellite in 1964, is celebrated. This made Italy the third country, after the United States and the Soviet Union, to put an artificial satellite produced entirely at the national level into orbit. Through significant commitment by the institutions […]

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Adoption of ninth resolution by the UN General Assembly for a moratorium on the death penalty

Italy welcomes the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly on the ninth resolution for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. The number in favour adoption has grown with respect to 2020. The 125 votes in favour of the resolution, including Italy’s, confirm the strong signal sent by the international community to progressively abandon […]

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​​The Secretary General, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, meets the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ambassador Earle Courtney Rattray (15 December 2022)

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, met Ambassador Earle Courtney Rattray, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary General of the United Nations, at the Farnesina today. Their discussion focused on Italy’s full support for the UN and the work of Secretary General Antonio Guterres to […]

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A day dedicated to Space in Washington

A whole day of events dedicated to Space will be organised in Washington by the Embassy of Italy which, in collaboration with ICE Agency, Asi, Space Foundation, Chamber of Commerce and George Washington University, will host the main leaders of the space sector. “Italy is a reliable and trusted partner of the US in the […]

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