Agreement signed between the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to expedite the PNRR “Roots Tourism” Project

Today, 11 February, the Director General of the Mission Unit for the Implementation of the PNRR at the Ministry of Culture, Angelantonio Orlando, and the Director General for Italians Abroad at the Farnesina, Luigi Maria Vignali, signed an Agreement that officially expedites the PNRR project titled: “Roots tourism – an integrated strategy for the recovery […]

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The new Consul in Bengaluru meets with the Deputy Secretary of State of Karnataka

Today, Italy’s new Consul General in Bengaluru, Alfonso Tagliaferri, met with the Deputy Secretary of State Protocol of Karnataka, Veerabhadra Hanchinal, at Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the state legislature. This was the first official meeting of the new Consul General in Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka. Ideas were shared to further strengthen relationships […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio meets Economy Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has met the Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates, Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, at the Farnesina. Their discussion focused on trade relations between Italy and the United Arab Emirates, inward investment, and cooperation in the fields of innovation, aerospace, renewable energy […]

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Undersecretary Della Vedova visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina

Benedetto Della Vedova, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will be visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina today and tomorrow, 10-11 February 2022. The programme includes meetings with the Deputy Foreign Minister, Josip Brkić; the Bosnian Serb representative in the tripartite Presidency, Milorak Dodik; the President of the Party of Democratic Action (Bosnian initials SDA) and […]

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Telephone conversation Di Maio-Lavrov (Thursday, 10 February 2022)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, today had a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. The conversation was held within the framework of the efforts that Italy is making in coordination with its Allies and partners to facilitate dialogue and the relations between the […]

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Norway. Ghella wins an important contract in the infrastructure sector

Ghella, in a joint venture with Norway’s AF Gruppen, won an important call for bids launched by the City of Oslo for the construction of a new water distribution network worth approximately 870 million euros. The Italian company holds 40% of the joint venture that was awarded the infrastructure project named E6 Rentvannstunnel , providing […]

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Di Maio-Borrell telephone call (Wednesday 9 February 2022)

Tensions on the Ukraine-Russia border, the political process in Libya, the situation in Sahel and the latest developments in Mali. These were the issues discussed in today’s telephone conversation between the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, […]

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Tonga. Emergency assistance from Italian Cooperation following the eruption of the submarine volcano and the ensuing tsunami

Italian Cooperation is providing a 100,000 euro donation to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in response to the emergency caused by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga and the ensuing tsunami. The Italian funding will enable the IFRC to support the work of the Tongan […]

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The Italian Embassy in Washington celebrates the International Day of Girls and Women in Science with webinar: “A WOMAN’S EYE ON IMMUNOLOGY”

A significant gender gap persists around the world in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Despite some progress, women are still underrepresented in these fields. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are crucial to contribute to global economic development and to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. For the […]

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Presentation of the “Nutrinform Battery” food labelling system, the Italian alternative to the “Nutriscore” traffic-light system (Farnesina, 15 February 2022)

The “Nutrinform Battery” nutritional labelling system will be presented in the Farnesina’s Conference Hall at 10:30 on 15 February 2022. The Nutrinform Battery system has been proposed by Italy as part of the negotiations to harmonise the European Union’s food labelling system. The event is being organised by the Farnesina in cooperation with Federalimentare, the […]

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Farnesina: we expect maximum cooperation from WFP

With reference to today’s press release by Rome’s Public Prosecutor’s Office notifying that it has concluded the preliminary investigation of the murder of Ambassador Luca Attanasio and Carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and that, in compliance with Articles 113, 40 and 589 of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure, it has collected elements liable to bring charges against the […]

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Child custody disputes: Task Force meets at Farnesina

The Task Force on Child Custody Disputes, which is chaired by the Directorate-General for Italians Abroad and includes representatives of the Ministry of Justice and of the Interior, held its first meeting of the year at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Task Force examined the 514 recorded cases of international abduction and child custody […]

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