The case of Alessia Piperno

The Italian Embassy in Tehran, in close coordination with the Farnesina, is closely following the arrest of Italian citizen Alessia Piperno by the Iranian police last 28 September. While the Italian diplomatic delegation in Tehran is carrying out the necessary verifications to shed light on the reasons underlying the Italian citizen’s arrest, the woman’s parents […]

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​The 9th Meeting of the National Development Cooperation Council (CNCS) chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Marina Sereni

The 9th Meeting of the National Development Cooperation Council (CNCS) chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Marina Sereni was held today at the attendance of the Director General for Development Cooperation, Fabio Cassese, the Director of AICS, Luca Maestripieri, the coordinators of the Council’s 5 Working Groups, and the representatives of the three major Italian networks […]

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Italy-Tanzania Business and Investment Forum in Zanzibar​

Roughly 800 enterprises, of which about 100 Italian or local, although wholly Italian-owned, participated in the Italy-Tanzania Business and Investment Forum held in Zanzibar and in Dar es Salaam. The event, organised by the Italian Embassy in Dar es Salaam, ICE – the Italian Trade Agency, the Italian and Tanzanian Foreign Ministries, the Tanzania Investment […]

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Italy re-elected to the Council of the International Telecommunication Union

Today, 3 October, Italy has been re-elected to the Council of the International Telecommunication Union – ITU, at the Plenipotentiary Conference under way in Bucharest. The re-election, with very broad consensus, confirms Italy’s eminent role at the ITU, the Geneva-based United Nations Agency specialized in Information and Communication Technologies, and represents yet another recognition of […]

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The Secretary General of the Farnesina summoned the Russian Ambassador to the Italian Republic

This morning, the Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi, summoned Russian Ambassador Sergey Razov to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation within the framework of a coordinated action with its European Union partners. Above all, Ambassador Sequi expressed Italy’s firmest condemnation of the sham referendums illegally held by the Russian […]

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Note by the Farnesina on the situation in Burkina Faso

The Farnesina worriedly follows the situation developing in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, and rejects the use of force to conquer political power. Italy continues to wish that the ongoing events may not undermine a return to constitutional rules in Burkina Faso, in line with the Country’s recent commitments with the ECOWAS, the Economic […]

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Italy elected to the First Category of the Executive Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization – ICAO

The Farnesina expresses deep satisfaction for Italy’s re-election in Montreal to the First Category of the Executive Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for the 2023-2025 three-year period during the XLI Assembly of the organization, a United Nations agency tasked with promoting the development and safety of air transport. The re-election of Italy, […]

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Brazil, new headquarters of Italian Consulate General in Curitiba inaugurated

The new head office of the Consulate General of Italy in Curitiba (Brazil) was inaugurated today, 30 September. The ceremony, during which participants were allowed to visit the new venue, was attended by the Consul General, Salvatore Di Venezia, the Italian Ambassador to Brazil, Francesco Azzarello, the Deputy Governor of the State of Paranà, Darci […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the illegal annexation of sovereign Ukrainian territory

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in our condemnation in the strongest possible terms of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its continued violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and Independence. […]

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“​Teatro alla Scala” 2022/23 season programme presented in Berlin

The programme of the 2022-2023 season of ‘Teatro alla Scala’ opera house, which begins on 7 December, was presented at the Italian Embassy in Berlin. Ambassador Armando Varricchio’s guest was CEO Dominique Meyer, who illustrated the complete programme and the many projects intended for children and families. The presentation also took stock of the major […]

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Sarajevo hosts conference for revitalisation of “Ars Aevi” museum project

The Italian Embassy in Sarajevo – together with the Tirana Office of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) – has organised the conference “A vision becomes reality”, dedicated to the ‘Ars Aevi’ Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by architect Renzo Piano. The event marked the final revitalisation of the project, which had been at […]

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Belgrade hosts fashion show presenting “Balestra Reload”

The Italian Embassy in Belgrade hosted the fashion show presenting “Balestra Reload”, the first ready-to-wear collection of the historical Italian fashion brand. The event – the first of a series dedicated to Italian fashion in Serbia – was attended by Federica Balestra, as a testimony to a brand that is going through an important generational […]

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