Media Accreditation Notice – Meeting between the Foreign and Defense Ministers of the Italian Republic and the Russian Federation – Joint press conference (Villa Madama, 18 February 2020)

A meeting between the Foreign and Defense Ministers of the Italian Republic and the Russian Federation will take place in Rome on Tuesday 18 February 2020 (the so-called 2 + 2 format).The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio, the Minister of Defense Lorenzo Guerini, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the […]

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Italy-India Consular dialogue

The first consular dialogue between Italy and India  was held today at the Directorate General for Italian Citizens Abroad and Migration Policies of this Ministry. Deputy General Director Paolo Crudele, assisted by officials from the Farnesina, has welcomed the delegation led by the Deputy Director for Consular Affairs of the Indian Foreign Ministry, Adarsh Swaika. […]

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Farnesina Collection: artists meet visitors

  The usual appointment on the last Friday of the month with the Farnesina Collection is enriched this month by a new initiative. On February 28th, the guided tour of the outstanding contemporary art collection will be preceded by a meeting with the authors of one of the last works acquired.                                      Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana […]

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Del Re in Brussels, meeting on Africa and Cooperation

Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re attended an informal meeting today in Brussels with Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Ministers for Development Cooperation of the 27. The meeting was held in preparation for the 6th European Union – African Union Summit scheduled for next October. The aim is to […]

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Minister Di Maio on a mission to Benghazi

Minister Di Maio went to Libya today, to Benghazi specifically, to meet General Haftar, to whom he reiterated that Italy does not accept any external interference and that it is necessary working hard for a permanent ceasefire.

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Turin and Giugiaro guests of honor at Madrid Design Festival

Turin is the guest of honour of the Madrid Design Festival in the Spanish capital until February 20, 2020. The only Italian representative among the “UNESCO creative cities for design” brings to this vital appointment its history of design and creative innovation, technological innovation for mobility and automotive. And it does so with a series […]

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From Fabriano to Tunis, “ La Carta tra arte e consevazione” (Paper between art and consevation)

The main objective of the exhibition “La Carta tra arte e conservazione”, opening today at the Bibliothèque Nationale de Tunisie, is promoting the image of the Marche Region abroad with one of its best-known excellence, the “Fabriano paper”. The exhibition, which will remain open until 22 February, is the result of a collaboration between various […]

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12 February: International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers [TN: also known as Red Hand Day]

On the occasion of the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, Italy reaffirms its commitment to ensure the safety and rights of minors, also in situations of conflict, with the utmost determination. In the year of the 20th anniversary of the First Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child […]

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12 February: International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers [TN: also known as Red Hand Day]

On the occasion of the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, Italy reaffirms its commitment to ensure the safety and rights of minors, also in situations of conflict, with the utmost determination. In the year of the 20th anniversary of the First Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child […]

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Di Stefano meets the delegation of the Turkish business association TUSIAD

Under-Secretary Manlio Di Stefano met the delegation of TUSIAD, the main Turkish business association (it represents 80% of the country’s industrial production), led by President Simone Kaslowski. Turkey is Italy’s first export destination market in the Middle East and North Africa area and the twelfth globally with a trade exchange of 17.8 billion euros in […]

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The Italians of Pere Lachaise, a project to remember them

“The Italy of Pere Lachaise. Extraordinary lives of the Italians of France and the French of Italy”, a project that intertwines memory, culture, lives and two countries, Italy and France, united by centuries-old ties. The project brings together the stories of 61 Italians or French of Italian origin buried at Pere Lachaise, the famous monumental […]

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Joint meeting of the Italian and Russian Foreign and Defence Ministers

The meeting of Foreign and Defense Ministers of the Italian Republic and the Russian Federation will take place on February 18 in Rome (the so-called 2 + 2 format). The meeting will feature two bilateral talks between the respective Foreign and Defense Ministers, followed by a plenary meeting. The focus of the talks will be […]

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