The IDEAS Project, Italian Dialogues on Excellence, Arts and Science

IDEAS is the acronym of “Italian Dialogues on Excellence, Arts and Science”, an original project conceived and produced by the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation and consisting in a series of documentary portraits of Italy as a virtuous, dynamic, polycentric country. The first season of the series consists of five […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 15 April: breaking news from around the World

Webinar “Intellectual property at the service of businesses in foreign markets “ On the occasion of the World Intellectual Property Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the ICE Agency are organising a webinar, scheduled to be held on 26 April at 3 p.m., on “Intellectual property at the service of businesses in […]

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Culture: Deputy Minister Della Vedova, the Italian language is our soft power. Dante.Global is a fundamental tool

Today, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, has spoken at the inauguration ceremony of the “Dante.Global” digital platform, in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella. The platform has been designed and created, in partnership with the Foreign Ministry, by the “Dante Alighieri” Society, chaired […]

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Culture: Deputy Minister Della Vedova, the Italian language is our soft power. Dante.Global is a fundamental tool

Today, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, has spoken at the inauguration ceremony of the “Dante.Global” digital platform, in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella. The platform has been designed and created, in partnership with the Foreign Ministry, by the “Dante Alighieri” Society, chaired […]

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Deputy Minister Della Vedova in the Steering Committee on human trafficking

Today, Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova took part in the meeting of the Steering Committee on combating trafficking and serious exploitation, presided over by the Minister of Equal Opportunities and Family, Elena Bonetti. The aim of the Steering Committee is to draw up guidelines for programming and financing actions to prevent and combat human trafficking, […]

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Deputy Minister Della Vedova takes part in the Steering Committee on human trafficking

Today, Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova took part in the meeting of the Steering Committee on combating trafficking and serious exploitation, presided over by the Minister of Equal Opportunities and Family, Elena Bonetti. The aim of the Steering Committee is to draw up guidelines for programming and financing actions to prevent and combat human trafficking, […]

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Minister Luigi Di Maio attends the Meeting of NATO Ministers

Today, Minister Luigi Di Maio attended the meeting of NATO Foreign and Defence Ministers in Brussels, in the presence of the US Secretary of State and Secretary of Defence. On the agenda, the peace process in Afghanistan.  

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Sereni: FAO, Food Coalition’s contribution to the G20

“Exactly one year ago, Italy launched the Food Coalition, with the idea of not only proposing a new way to respond to the pandemic, to prevent the health crisis from turning into a food crisis, but especially of building a global coalition to reach the Zero Hunger goal and build a resilient and sustainable post-pandemic […]

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Sereni: FAO, the Food Coalition’s contribution to the G20

“Exactly one year ago, Italy launched the Food Coalition, with the idea of not only proposing a new way to respond to the pandemic, to prevent the health crisis from turning into a food crisis, but especially of building a global coalition to reach the Zero Hunger goal and build a resilient and sustainable post-pandemic […]

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Greetings to the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. They reaffirmed the excellent state of the bilateral partnership between Italy and the United States and the importance of transatlantic ties for promoting peace.  

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Tribute to US Capitol Police Officer William Evans, killed during the attack on 2 April

On 13 April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, paid his respects to Officer William Evans who lost his life in a cowardly attack on Capitol Hill. The Minister was present at the opening of the funeral chamber with the top officials of Congress and the victim’s family.  

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Sereni meets with CEPI CEO, focus on combating COVID-19

Meeting today via videoconference between Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni and Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), launched in 2017 at the World Economic Forum in Davos in the wake of the Ebola crisis and currently active in the COVID-19 fight. “The Coalition has played an important role […]

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