Press Accreditation Note –joint press point of Min. Di Maio and Min. Baerbock (Villa Madama, Monday, 10 January 2022)

On Monday, 10 January, at 11:30 AM, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will meet the German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, at Villa Madama. At the close of the meeting, the two Ministers will hold a joint press point. In consideration of current regulation on social distancing, access will be allowed […]

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Note of the Foreign Ministry – Philippines. The Italian Cooperation service’s emergency contribution for Typhoon Rai/Odette

The Italian Cooperation service has allocated a contribution of 300,000 euros to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in response to the emergency caused in the Philippines by Typhoon Rai (Odette, as it is called locally) with a death toll of approximately 380, numerous people injured and over 600,000 internally […]

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Note of the Foreign Ministry – Tunisia. The Italian Cooperation service’s emergency contribution to combat COVID-19

Following upon Minister Di Maio’s visit to Tunisia last 28 December, the Italian Cooperation service has allocated an emergency contribution of 500,000 euros to the World Health Organization (WHO). The financial contribution shall be used by the Organization to purchase and distribute oxygen generators and to provide training to hospitals’ technical staff on the use and maintenance […]

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Italy donates vaccines to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health as part of the COVAX programme

A shipment of Covid vaccines donated by Italy and Germany, in collaboration with WHO and UNICEF, has been delivered to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health. The donation was made as part of the COVAX (Covid-19-Vaccine Global Access Facility) programme, an international initiative, supported by the United Nations, to ensure access to and fair and […]

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Washington, virtual meeting with author Edith Bruck

The Italian Cultural Institute in Washington has organised a virtual meeting, on 24 January 2022, with the Hungarian-born, naturalised Italian, author Edith Bruck, a witness of the Shoah. The author will dialogue with Stefania Lucamante, Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of Cagliari and Professor of Italian Studies at the Catholic University of America, […]

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Italian nationals returning to Italy and foreigners in Italy

  As of January 2020, the health emergency caused by COVID-19 persists worldwide. All persons intending to travel abroad, regardless of destination or reason for travel, should consider that any journey during this period may involve a health risk. In particular, if molecular or antigenic testing is required for entry into Italy or returning to […]

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FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Memorial International

Italy has expressed deep concern about the decision of the Russian Supreme Court to close down the Russian NGO Memorial International, whose work is fundamental to preserving the memory of the past, in line with the principles of fundamental freedoms upheld by the Council of Europe.

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Minister Luigi Di Maio presents Italy’s candidacy to host the 10th World Water Forum

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, and the Mayor of Florence and Chairman of the Promoting Committee, Dario Nardella, will present the candidacy of Florence, Assisi and Rome to host the 10th World Water Forum, an event organised by […]

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Turkey, more and more students choosing Italian universities

The number of students from Turkey choosing to study in Italy is rising significantly. This has emerged from the “Italia chiama Turchia” (Italy calling Turkey) project, which aims to collect useful data for promoting academic relations between Italy and Turkey, with a view both to strengthening relations and cooperation between the universities of the two countries and consolidating the number of academic exchanges between Italian […]

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China: Milano Design Film Festival arrives in Chengdu

On Friday, December 17, the Vice Consul of Italy in Chongqing, Adriana Lori, participated in the ceremony of inauguration of the Milano Design Film Festival at the renowned Zhongxin bookstore in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province. The event was attended by the Vice Director of the Management Committee of the Tianfu New Area, Diao Yi, the Vice General Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the City of Chengdu, Huang Tao and […]

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Beijing hosts a retrospective of film director Vittorio De Sica

The collaboration between the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing and the China Film Archive continues. Last year’s successful retrospective of the works of Federico Fellini, in fact, will be followed this year by a retrospective dedicated to another great master of Italian cinema, Vittorio De Sica. Opening on 25 December, until 23 January 2022, the […]

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Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on a visit to Tunisia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is visiting Tunis to meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Othman Jerandi, the President of the Republic of Tunisia, Kais Saied, and the Prime Minister, Najla Bouden Romdhan.

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