UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: new elements for Italy

Italy can boast two new UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage elements: “Lipizzan Horses – Lipizzan Horse Breeding Traditions” and “Tocatì, a Shared Programme for the Safeguarding of Traditional Games and Sports”. The two new elements were announced during the XVII session of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage taking place in Rabat […]

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Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogues 2022

Eighth edition of the MED-Dialogues Conference organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ISPI   “Weathering the Storm: interdependence, resilience and cooperation”.   Rome, 1 December 2022 – The eighth edition of the Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogues, Conference will be held from 1 to 3 December 2022 in Rome, at Hotel Parco dei Principi, […]

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Italian Pavilion at the Agrofood Trade Show in Ghana

The Italian Ambassador in Accra, Daniela d’Orlandi, and Director of the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) Office in Ghana, Alessandro Gerbino, opened – in the presence of the Ghana authorities – the Italian Pavilion set up at the 2022 Plastprintpack & Agrofood West Africa Trade Show, the main trade fair dedicated to the agro-industrial supply chain […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTE UPDATE – Eighth edition of the MED-Dialogues (Rome, Hotel Parco dei Principi, 1-3 December 2022)

  ACCREDITATION NOTE UPDATE Eighth edition of the MED-Dialogues Conference organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ISPI   “Weathering the Storm: interdependence, resilience and cooperation”.     Rome, 1 December 2022 – The eighth edition of the Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogues, Conference will be held from 1 to 3 December 2022 in Rome, […]

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Undersecretary Maria Tripodi attends the 32nd General Assembly of the Italy/Japan Business Group in Venice

Undersecretary Maria Tripodi was delegated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to speak at the 32nd General Assembly of the Italy/Japan Business Group in Venice. Undersecretary Tripodi recalled how the sound political dialogue between Italy and Japan goes hand in hand with a flourishing and an increasingly structured and […]

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Media Accreditation Note “Legal Diplomacy at the Service of Peace and International Security: Italy’s Commitment to Combat Corruption”, Farnesina – 5 December 2022, 10:30 AM

Media Accreditation Note “Legal Diplomacy at the Service of Peace and International Security: Italy’s Commitment to Combat Corruption” Farnesina – 5 December 2022, 10:30 AM On Monday, 5 December 2022 at 10:30 AM, the Farnesina’s International Conference Hall will host the meeting titled “Legal Diplomacy at the Service of Peace and International Security: Italy’s Commitment […]

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Brussels, lecture-show on walls in history

“Stories of Divided Humanity: from the Chinese Wall to Banksy” is the lecture-show on the walls of History, which the Italian Cultural Institute of Brussels and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Belgium and the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union) will set up […]

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Ensemble Arco Antiqua to perform in Bratislava

The Italian Cultural Institute of Bratislava will be organising the traditional Advent concert, to be held on 5 December at the Franciscan Church – the capital’s most ancient house of worship – and performed by the “Ensemble Arco Antiqua”, featuring a selection of sacred music that shall open and close with two unmissable key figures […]

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Nota di accreditamento stampa – Vice Presidente e Ministro degli Affari Esteri Antonio Tajani accoglie profughi provenienti dalla Libia, oggi 30 novembre, a Fiumicino

Today, at 3:30 PM, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be at  Terminal 5 at Fiumicino Airport to welcome 114 refugees from detention camps in Libya. They will arrive thanks to the humanitarian corridor and evacuation system. They are from some African Countries and Syria, and will be hosted in […]

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Embassy in Tokyo hosts “Beauty in a gesture”

photo credits Federscherma   The “Beauty in a gesture” [La bellezza in un gesto] project lands in Tokyo. This is an itinerant programme to support the promotion of Italy’s image in the world through fencing, as a result of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Italian National […]

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​The Undersecretary of State, Giorgio Silli, attends the 45th EU and OACPS Countries Council of Ministers (Brussels, 29 November 2022)

The Undersecretary of State of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Silli, was in Brussels today. Delegated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, he attended the 45th EU and Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Countries Council of Ministers. The meeting focused on global peace […]

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The Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, attends the presentation of the OICE report on the presence of engineering, architectural and technical economic consulting organizations abroad (29 November 2022)

The Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, delegated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, attended the presentation at the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) of the OICE report on the presence of engineering, architectural and technical economic consulting organizations abroad. The Undersecretary pointed out […]

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