Cooperation – Vice Minister Sereni: local authorities and associations for sustainable development

“There is an Italy that cooperates” said Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni In Prato at the inauguration of the #InsiemepergliSDG campaign: “numerous bodies and associations and many young people, girls and boys who actively contribute to a system, a system of cooperation, that succeeds in attaining extraordinary results; we must make these Italian cooperation efforts […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio opens the proceedings of the CEO for Life – PNRR Task Force meeting

Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will open the meeting of the CEO for Life – PNRR Task Force. This will be an opportunity for discussing and sharing the implementation proposals of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and will involve CEOs, entrepreneurs, institutions, and university students.     […]

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“Italian Language in Argentina” Prize

The third edition of the “Italian Language in Argentina” Prize, sponsored by the Italian Institute of Culture in Buenos Aires, the Italian Institute of Culture in Cordoba and Adilli (Association of Teachers and Researchers of Italian Language and Literature) is about to start. The competition is open to students of Italian at universities and public […]

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FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Notice for contributions to private entities for the purpose of peacekeeping, international security and humanitarian projects: webinar for information on the Balkans Call for Proposals

The Directorate General for the European Union (DGEU) of the Foreign Ministry has launched a notice for the provision of grants to Italian and foreign private entities for purposes related to peacekeeping, international security and the implementation of humanitarian projects in the Western Balkans. All the information needed to take part in the call, which […]

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FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Start of the 48th session of the Human Rights Council (13 September – 8 October)

Today marks the start of the 48th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the last regular session of Italy’s current three-year term as a member of the HRC (2019-2021). In 2018, Italy was elected as a member of the Council with broad support: 180 countries considered us qualified to sit on the United Nations’ […]

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Madrid: non-stop reading of the Divine Comedy

On Tuesday, September 14, a non-stop reading of the entire Divine Comedy will take place at the Circolo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. The event is part of the Madrid’s Dante programme, with which the Spanish capital is commemorating the seventh centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri, one of the greatest writers in the history of world literature. […]

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Minister Di Maio spoke at the G20 Interfaith Forum

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, spoke at the “Foreign Policy and Religion” panel of the G20 Interfaith Forum, an important platform for dialogue between political leaders and religious representatives.

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Migration Fund: the Foreign Ministry supports the UNHCR’s response to the Afghan crisis

As part of the national response to the Afghan crisis, a 1.5 million euro UNHCR project funded from the Migration Fund will begin on 15 September to prepare for the flow of Afghans who may find refuge in the countries of the region. The initiative will contribute to UNHCR’s emergency response to ensure the organisation’s preparedness to receive and […]

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Migration Fund: the Foreign Ministry supports the UNHCR’s response to the Afghan crisis

As part of the national response to the Afghan crisis, a 1.5 million euro UNHCR project funded from the Migration Fund will begin on 15 September to prepare for the flow of Afghans who may find refuge in the countries of the region. The initiative will contribute to UNHCR’s emergency response to ensure the organisation’s preparedness to receive and […]

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Italy-Malta collaboration on defence

The “Tullio Tedeschi” UNPAV (Unità Navale Polivalente ad Alta Velocità – High Speed Multipurpose Ship) joined the Mobile Training Team for the final week of training and, thanks to its strong support capabilities for the Special Forces, multiplied the payback gained from the training, to the benefit of all participants. The “Tullio Tedeschi” was hosted by the AMF […]

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Minsk: “There’s a beautiful land…”

The exhibition “There’s a beautiful land…”, organised in cooperation with the Italian Embassy and dedicated to Italian masters of the 16th-20th centuries in the fields of painting, graphics and sculpture, will open in Minsk on 22 September at the National Museum of Art of the Republic of Belarus. Among the paintings on display one of […]

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Inauguration of the exhibition “Un mirabile Inferno. Dante illustrato da Amos Nattini”

To mark the celebrations for the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presents the exhibition “Un mirabile Inferno. Dante illustrato da Amos Nattini” (“An admirable Inferno. Dante illustrated by Amos Nattini”). This copy of the monumental edition that the Genoese artist Amos Nattini created in over 20 years […]

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