UKRAINE: PRESS INFORMATION NOTICE

The situation in Ukraine is particularly unstable, with clashes occurring in several areas of the country. Over the past 48 hours security conditions, which were already precarious, have rapidly worsened, especially in Kyiv. As previously disclosed, on 1 March the Foreign Affairs Crisis Unit instructed all Italian nationals to leave the city by any available […]

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Ukraine. Della Vedova at UN debate: we support commission of inquiry on human rights violation

Speaking at the urgent debate of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation in Ukraine, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, once again confirmed, with the utmost firmness, that Italy condemns the Russian Federation’s unjustified and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. “We have supported Ukraine’s initiative, which called […]

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Minister Di Maio to attend NATO and G7 extraordinary meetings and Foreign Affairs Council meeting (Brussels, 4 March)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Brussels to attend the extraordinary meeting of NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers, aimed at addressing the situation in Ukraine. The meeting, summoned by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, will also be attended by the Foreign Affairs Ministers of Sweden and Finland and by the […]

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Minister Di Maio attends Working Group on Ukrainian minors

Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, attended, together with Deputy Minister Marina Sereni, the first meeting of the Working Group for the coordination of initiatives supporting Ukrainian minors, chaired by the Minister for Equal Opportunities and Family, Elena Bonetti. According to latest UNHCR data, over one million people have […]

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Italian Embassy in Ukraine is fully operational in Lviv

After a complex operation run by the Foreign Affairs Ministry Crisis Unit in close collaboration with the intelligence, which has provided operational support, and after taking to safety, outside Ukraine, all the Italian nationals hosted over the past days at his Residence, Ambassador Pier Francesco Zazo has arrived in Lviv today, where the seat of […]

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Bratislava commemorates Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Bratislava Italian Cultural Institute has planned a series of cultural events in March to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini. It kicks off today, 3 March, at the Kino Lumière in Bratislava, with inauguration of the “Mamma Roma” photography exhibition which will run until 31 March, showing the photos shot […]

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The Italian Embassy in Singapore donates books on Dante and Rodari

The Italian Embassy in Singapore, with the support of APICS, has donated to the National Library Board some 15 Italian children’s books translated into English. These include books on Dante and The Divine Comedy, Gianni Rodari’s Telephone Tales and books on Italy’s major art cities, including Venice, Florence and Milan. Ambassador Mario Vattani and NLB […]

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Opportunities in Brazil for Piedmont’s Technology Pole

A Protocol of Cooperation for commercial, industrial, cultural relations and technology exchange was signed between the Piedmont Technology Pole and the Commercial Association of the Federal District of Brasilia. The Protocol was signed last 24 February via videoconference with the Italian Embassy in Brasilia. It is the first technological cooperation agreement that the Federal District […]

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Ukraine. Della Vedova: Community of Democracies expresses solidarity for the people suffering the aggression and for protesting Russians

“The Russian Federation’s unjustified and unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine is a patent and defiant violation of the most basic principles of international law, of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and of fundamental humanitarian rules and principles,” said Undersecretary Benedetto Della Vedova at the extraordinary meeting on the Ukrainian crisis convened by the Governing Council […]

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Cameroon: projects set up by Cameroonian students returning from Italy are presented

A number of young Cameroonians who studied and trained in Italy have set up six projects on their return  to Cameroon, in sectors including renewable energy, agricultural transformation, cosmetics and the production of building materials. The projects were presented during a conference in Yaoundé, held in the Casa Italia at the Promote Salon. Participants included […]

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Online conference on gender equality in cities

The network of Italian Cultural Institutes in the Nordic area – Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm – along with the Italian Embassy in Sweden, present “Equal Cities – Planning for equality, inclusion and an effective presence of women in the civic landscape”, an online conference scheduled for 3 March on gender equality in contemporary cities. […]

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Minister Di Maio meets the Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, Mons. Paul Richard Gallagher

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met the Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, H.E. Mons. Paul Richard Gallagher, at the Farnesina today, 2 March 2022. The meeting, which can be set in the long-standing framework of bilateral relations between Italy and the Holy See, was the […]

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