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The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio is visiting Madrid to strengthen relations between the two Countries. On the agenda, a meeting with Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Gonzalez Laya.
Read moreOn Wednesday 12 February 2020, at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See (Palazzo Borromeo), in the presence of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and the highest institutional offices of the Italian Republic and the Holy Seat, the 91st anniversary of the Lateran Pacts and the 36th anniversary of the Agreement amending the […]
Read moreOn Monday 10 February 2020, at 10.30 am, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio will meet the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko at the Farnesina. A joint press conference is scheduled at the end of the meeting. Journalists, video operators and photographers interested in covering the event are kindly request […]
Read moreNEW ZEALAND – NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ANNOUNCED As part of New Zealand’s Public Investment Plan, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the allocation of NZD 12 billion of infrastructure projects (approx. EUR 7 billion), published last December. Approximately NZD 5.3 billion has been allocated to new road infrastructure, 1.1 billion to railway projects, 400 million […]
Read moreOn the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Italy has reasserted its strong commitment to combating any form of violence against women and girls. This is a priority action of our current mandate in the UN Human Rights Council (2019- 2021). According to the figures contained in the very […]
Read moreOn the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Italy has reasserted its strong commitment to combating any form of violence against women and girls. This is a priority action of our current mandate in the UN Human Rights Council (2019- 2021). According to the figures contained in the very […]
Read moreFollowing the decision taken on 30 January 2020 by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to suspend air traffic between Italy and China, the Farnesina took immediate action with the establishment of a Special Operations Unit composed of the Ministry’s Crisis Unit, the top management of ENAC […]
Read moreIn Ancona, today, the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, spoke at the ITASEC20 forum, an important national and European event dedicated to cybersecurity, attended by companies operating in the sector and representatives of the institutions involved. “Cybersecurity has become a key aspect of international relations, precisely because of its growing impact on the […]
Read moreIn Ancona, today, the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Manlio Di Stefano, spoke at the ITASEC20 forum, an important national and European event dedicated to cybersecurity, attended by companies operating in the sector and representatives of the institutions involved. “Cybersecurity has become a key aspect of international relations, precisely because of its growing impact on the […]
Read moreFINLAND: ENERGY TRANSITION GUIDELINES The new guidelines for the Government’s energy transition programme were recently issued, setting the “carbon neutrality” targets for 2035. For the time being, the plan is based on three measures. First of all, taxation: effective from 2021, excise duties for electricity due by the manufacturing industry will be gradually scaled down, […]
Read moreThe “2020 Cultural Season”, promoted and organised by the Italian Embassy in Yangon, was inaugurated on 31 January with a concert entitled “When the piano meets the oboe”. This initiative is part of a series of events designed to present the Burmese public with a rich and diversified panorama of Italian music. The Maestros Alberto […]
Read moreToday is the International Day against Food Waste. The UN General Assembly has included the objective of halving food waste in the 2030 Agenda Objectives. The Farnesina is at the forefront of promoting worldwide a sustainable nutrition.
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