Vice Minister Sereni opens Conference on the role of young people in Africa

“Today more than ever, Africa is at the centre of Italian foreign policy and relations between us and the continent are increasingly close, as shown by the fact that our country is the main European investor on the ground, with investments of 9 billion euros in 2017″.  Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni stated that opening […]

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Serbia: exhibition “Inspired by Italy” in Novi Sad

The Matica Srpska Gallery in Novi Sad, in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrade and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, presents today an exhibition entitled “Inspired by Italy” dedicated to Serbian-Italian cultural and artistic ties. The exhibition includes a selection of artworks by […]

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Prague celebrates the Italian design

Great success in Prague for the event dedicated to the promotion of Italian design, held at the DC 616 showroom in the presence of the Italian Ambassador Francesco Saverio Nisio and the Vice Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic Silvana Jirotkova’. The Vice Minister underlined the importance of this sector in the […]

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Budapest: Tina Modotti’s photographs on display

Photographer Tina Modotti’s look at the life of Mexican farmers in the 1920s is at the centre of an exhibition opening on Friday 13th at the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest. The exhibition, realized in collaboration with the Mexican Embassy as part of the Budapest Photo Festival, collects a series of photos taken between 1923 […]

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“M’illumino di Meno” is back: the Foreign Ministry supports the project again

The energy saving initiative “M’illumino di Meno” is back on 6th March and, according to tradition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation participates again this year. On Friday evening, the external lights of the flags, of the courtyard of honour and of the flagpoles in the car park will be switched off. Moreover, […]

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Visit by Vice Minister Del Re in Sudan

Vice Minister Del Re is in Sudan for an institutional visit, the first of an exponent of the Italian Government since the dismissal of former President Bashir and the installation of the new transitional Government of Abdallah Hamdok. Today, the Deputy Minister had a series of meetings with the main State offices: Prime Minister Abdallah […]

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Visit by Vice Minister Del Re in sudan

Vice Minister Del Re is in Sudan for an institutional visit, the first of an exponent of the Italian Government since the dismissal of former President Bashir and the installation of the new transitional Government of Abdallah Hamdok. Today, the Deputy Minister had a series of meetings with the main State offices: Prime Minister Abdallah […]

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Tunis: opening of the digital exhibition “Raphael, Portrait Painter”

The show “Raphael, Portrait Painter” has opened in Tunis, until 28 March, at the Macam Gallery of the Musée National d’art modern et contemporain de la Cité de la Culture of Tunis, featuring 14 very high definition digital reproductions of the portraits by the world-famous Renaissance painter from Urbino. “This important event – said Ambassador […]

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Farnesina, women’s cancer prevention

  During the Women’s Day week, an information point for women’s cancer prevention was set up at the Farnesina. The medical unit was activated by the staff of the Health Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and was visited today by the Secretary-General, Amb. Elisabetta Belloni, in the presence among others […]

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Di Stefano in Algiers: delimitation and use of sea resources

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, is visiting Algeria and has had numerous meetings with members of the Algerian Government (including the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Energy, Foreign Trade, Industry and Mining). In all his meetings, to date, Mr Di Stefano first and foremost expressed Italy’s sincere […]

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Di Maio: “Italy demands respect. ‘No’ to boycotts of our country” (La Stampa)

Italians are being accused – worldwide – of spreading the Covid-19 infection, like or even more than the Chinese, and no-one seems to care whether it’s true or not, it’s what many people around the world are thinking and it won’t be easy to change their idea of us. No less than seventeen countries have […]

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Undersecretary Di Stefano visits Algiers: agreement on the delimitation of maritime areas and the sustainable management of sea resources

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, is visiting Algeria and has had numerous meetings with members of the Algerian Government (including the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Energy, Foreign Trade, Industry and Mining). In all his meetings, to date, Mr Di Stefano first and foremost expressed Italy’s sincere […]

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