Mission of Minister Di Maio to Ethiopia and Kenya

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be on a diplomatic mission to Ethiopia and Kenya starting from 12 June. The visit – which follows in the wake of the visits that Minister Di Maio paid to Angola, Republic of Congo, and Mozambique – confirms Italy’s attention for the African […]

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Abrogative Referendum 2022: closing of the re-entry operations of the ballot papers of Italians abroad

The vote for the abrogative referendum cast by Italian citizens abroad closed on Sunday, 12 June, with the re-entry in Italy of a scheduled flight carrying the ballot papers from Venezuela and Panama, to be subsequently tallied by the Italian Court of Appeal. This last flight was met at Fiumicino Airport by the Foreign Ministry’s […]

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Italy can and must act as a bridge for increasingly close collaboration between continents (Avvenire)

Dear Editor, The African continent is an absolute and long-standing priority for Italian foreign policy. My visit to Ethiopia and Kenya over the coming days is intended to renew the very real contribution our country wishes to make to the stability of a region that, while rich in opportunities, is characterised by tensions that hamper […]

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Italy can and must act as a bridge for increasingly close collaboration between continents

Dear Editor, The African continent is an absolute and long-standing priority for Italian foreign policy. My visit to Ethiopia and Kenya over the coming days is intended to renew the very real contribution our country wishes to make to the stability of a region that, while rich in opportunities, is characterised by tensions that hamper […]

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“Invent the SLIM 2022 title” contest

The students from the Italian School of Montevideo have won the contest. The XXII Week of the Italian Language in the World (SLIM) now has a subtitle: “Come scusa? Non ti followo” (“Excuse me? I don’t follow”). Indeed, the contest “Invent the title of SLIM 2022” – through which the Farnesina involved Italian state and […]

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​Farnesina presents the initiative “MARMO. Carving the future”

In the framework of the Annual General Assembly of Confindustria Marmomacchine, held today in Milan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presented a preview of the exhibition “MARMO. Carving the future”, an integrated promotional initiative supporting the internationalisation of the Italian marble industry set up alongside Confindustria Marmomacchine and the Italian Trade Agency. […]

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​”Green Embassy Concert” in Brasilia

The Italian Embassy in Brasilia is the stage for the “Green Embassy Concert”, to be performed by the students of the Orchestra and Choir of the “Instituto Reciclando Sons”, featuring  a repertoire of Italian and Brazilian music: above all, the national anthems of the two countries. The “Instituto Reciclando Sons”, active in the Cidade Estrutural area […]

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Deputy Minister Sereni opens 21st AU-OECD International Economic Forum on Africa

In the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ministerial meeting in Paris chaired by Italy, Deputy Minister Sereni opened the 21st AU-OECD International Economic Forum  on Africa today. The Forum is a long-established platform for economic dialogue between the OECD Development Centre (whose members include 11 African countries) and the African […]

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Undersecretary Hon. Manlio Di Stefano’s visit to Vietnam (7-9 June 2022)

The official visit by Undersecretary Hon. Manlio Di Stefano to Vietnam, which ran from 7 to 9 June and saw him engaged in meetings in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, came to a close yesterday. The Undersecretary’s visit to Southeast Asia ends today with a number of working meetings in Indonesia. The dossiers addressed […]

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​Minister Luigi Di Maio speaks at the institutional session of the Fulbright Annual Meeting

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is speaking at the institutional session of the Fulbright Annual Meeting. The event, promoted by the Commission for Academic Exchanges between Italy and the United States, is a cornerstone of Italian-US bilateral relations in the cultural sphere.

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Tel Aviv: pride month — virtual rainbow comic exhibition

To mark Pride Month, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv is presenting “Fumetti arcobaleno. Pride in Italian Comics”: an exploration of the complexity of relationships and identity in a colourful alphabet of illustrations and words from Italian comics. Throughout the world, June is Pride month, a month dedicated to the rights of the LGBTIQ+ […]

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​Crisis in Ukraine. Supply of humanitarian goods for the vulnerable population

On 6 June a consignment of humanitarian supplies for the Ukrainian population left the UN Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD). It arrived yesterday in Siret, Romania, with about six tons of medical kits (surgical, post-trauma and for the treatment of non-transmissible diseases) and humanitarian supplies. The latter included tents, blankets, heaters for tents, hygiene-sanitation kits and […]

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