Della Vedova: cinema is essential for Italy

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, took part in the inauguration of “Breve Incontro – A’ la cour du court”, a cinematographic review organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Rabat, held entirely online for ten weeks, starting on 16 March 2021. This initiative, promoted in collaboration with RAI, […]

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Della Vedova: cinema is an essential soft power tool for Italy

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, took part in the inauguration of “Breve Incontro – A’ la cour du court”, a cinematographic review organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Rabat, held entirely online for ten weeks, starting on 16 March 2021. This initiative, promoted in collaboration with RAI, […]

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Support to the trade fair sector

“It is with great satisfaction that we welcome the European Commission’s decision to authorise the 63-million-euro aid package allocated by the Italian Government to companies operating in the trade fair sector affected by the coronavirus epidemic. Trade fairs play a decisive role both in supporting the internationalisation effort of the country’s economy as a whole […]

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Minister Di Maio participates in the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue

Relaunching a strong Transatlantic cooperation is essential to overcome the challenges posed by “climate change”. This is the key message that the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, wanted to share today, from the virtual forum of the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, with the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John […]

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Vice Minister Sereni in talks with Secretary of State Angeles Moreno

Shared initiatives in terms of cooperation that may come about and be coordinated within the European framework for migrations, focussing particularly on the Maghreb, Sahel, and West African Countries have been at the centre of talks today by video conference, between the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, and Spain’s Secretary of State for […]

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Italy-Spain; talks between Vice Minister Sereni and Secretary of State Angeles Moreno

Shared initiatives in terms of cooperation that may come about and be coordinated within the European framework for migrations, focussing particularly on the Maghreb, Sahel, and West African Countries have been at the centre of talks today by video conference, between the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, and Spain’s Secretary of State for […]

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Eritrea, Sister Giovanna Comencini receives an award

Today, the Italian Ambassador to Eritrea, Marco Mancini, presented a plaque to the Combonian missionary Giovanna Comencini, known as Sister Giannantonia, born in 1920, from Verona, who arrived in Eritrea in 1948 and is currently living in the sisters’ house in Asmara, where the small ceremony was held. The initiative, promoted by the Vice Minister […]

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Award to Sister Giovanna Comencini, born in 1920, in Eritrea since 1948. Vice Minister Sereni: “It is to people like her that we owe a great deal of our civilisation’.

Today, the Italian Ambassador to Eritrea, Marco Mancini, presented a plaque to the Combonian missionary Giovanna Comencini, known as Sister Giannantonia, born in 1920, from Verona, who arrived in Eritrea in 1948 and is currently living in the sisters’ house in Asmara, where the small ceremony was held. The initiative, promoted by the Vice Minister […]

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“The Italian innovation” – New integrated promotion formats. Presentation event

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio attends the presentation event of “The Italian innovation” – New integrated promotion formats. As part of the actions to revitalise the Country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the National Institute of Astrophysics […]

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INFORMATION NOTE – DANTE 700 WORLDWIDE – Presentation event of the Foreign Ministry’s initiatives (17 March 2021, 10:00 – only streaming)

On Wednesday, 17 March 2021, at 10:00, there will be the presentation event, in virtual format, of the initiatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to celebrate the seventh centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri. The Foreign Ministry is taking part in the celebrations with a number of initiatives around the […]

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Minister Di Maio speaks at the meeting of the Joint Foreign and Home Affairs Council

Today, Minister Luigi Di Maio participated by videoconference in the meeting of the Joint Foreign and Home Affairs Council dedicated to European migration strategies in the framework of the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. Recalling the proposals contained in the national document shared by Italy at EU level, the Minister stressed the close […]

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Joint Statement by the Secretary of State of the United States of America, the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom and the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, and Italy

The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising: Today marks ten years since the Syrian […]

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