Deputy Minister Del Re meets with Yemeni and Saudi delegations: we must urgently put an end to the suffering of the Yemeni people

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, received at the Farnesina Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Advisor to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia and Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre Abdulraqeb Saif Fateh Al-Dubai, Yemen’s minister of local administration and chairman of Yemen’s High Relief Committee. The meeting focused on […]

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Di Stefano at the meeting of the Steering Committee of the WestMED ​Initiative

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, attended the Rabat meeting of the Steering Committee of the WestMED Initiative for the Sustainable Development of a Blue Economy in the Western Mediterranean. Di Stefano emphasised the growing relevance of commercial traffic in Mediterranean ports, making it necessary to continuously increase their efficiency and […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Sereni in Tirana speaks of the negotiations on Albania’s EU accession process

Today in Tirana, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, met with the Albanian Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Etjen Xhafaj.    “Italy stands by Albania, which has promoted courageous domestic reforms also in view of proceeding on the road towards the European Union accession process,” the Deputy Foreign […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Sereni in Tirana: the failure to open negotiations for Albania’s EU accession process is “a historic error”

Today in Tirana, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, met with the Albanian Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Etjen Xhafaj.    “Italy stands by Albania, which has promoted courageous domestic reforms also in view of proceeding on the road towards the European Union accession process,” the Deputy Foreign […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 23 October: latest news from the worl

Energy and climate law approved in France  After obtaining the green light from France’s National Assembly, the energy and climate bill was approved by the Senate in recent days. According to the Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, it is “a milestone towards the achievement of the government’s ambitions to fight climate change”, which places France among […]

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Italian Language Week: Lisbon pays a homage to Giorgio Gaber

Neri Marcorè was chosen to open the ‘Italian Language Week in the World’ in Lisbon with a recital staged in the Portuguese capital: “IL SIGNOR G – un omaggio a Giorgio Gaber” (“MISTER G – a Homage to Giorgio Gaber”). In the show, Marcorè acts and sings accompanied by Domenico Mariorenzi, a multi-instrumentalist who almost […]

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Undersecretary Scalfarotto at the Silk Road Forum in Tbilisi

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ivan Scalfarotto, attended the Silk Road Forum in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Forum hosted approximately 2,000 participants, including representatives of Governments, International Organisations, enterprises and civil society organisations and aimed to overview the trends in global trade and the opportunities to improve transport and energy networks along the […]

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Undersecretary Scalfarotto in Tbilisi at the Silk Road Forum: Italy has always been a terminus on the Silk Road

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ivan Scalfarotto, attended the Silk Road Forum in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Forum hosted approximately 2,000 participants, including representatives of Governments, International Organisations, enterprises and civil society organisations and aimed to overview the trends in global trade and the opportunities to improve transport and energy networks along the […]

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Week of the Italian language: screening of the film ‘Tito e gli alieni’ in Dakar​

The Embassy of Italy in Dakar, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, will organize a series of events in partnership with various Senegalese cultural entities during the Week of the Italian language. The screening of the film ‘Tito e gli alieni’ interpreted by Valerio Mastrandrea will be the opportunity for film director Paola Randi, […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 22 October: latest news from the worl

Presentation of the ​OICE 2019 Report   OICE, the Italian Association of Engineering, Architectural and Technical-Economic Consultancy Companies, in cooperation with the Italian Trade Agency – ICE, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry for Economic Development, will hold a conference to present the 2019 Report on the activities abroad of […]

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Italian Language Week: cinema and literature in Nicosia

A screening of Italian films and a couple of book presentations are among the events organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Nicosia for Italian Language Week which this year is dedicated to ‘Italian on stage’. Four are the screenings on programme at the Cine Studio cinema theatre at the University of Nicosia: “Puccini and […]

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Week of the Italian language: an opera concert in historic center of Jeddah ​

On the occasion of the 19th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Consulate General of Italy in Jeddah organized, in the historic city of Jeddah on October 21st, an opera concert by a trio of young Italian talents (the tenor Matteo Desole, the soprano Bianca Tognocchi and the maestro Andrea […]

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