​​MEDIA ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo (Ciampino Military Airport, 1 October 2019)

On Tuesday, 1 October 2019, the United States Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, will arrive in Rome. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in covering the event are requested to apply for accreditation, by and no later than 1 p.m. on Monday, 30 September, in one of the following two ways:     ONLINE, at the link https://portaleaccreditamento.esteri.it, attaching thereto […]

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Del Re at the UN: Italy commits to promote women as agents of peace

On the sidelines of the General Debate that opened the 74th United Nations General Assembly, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,   Emanuela Del Re, spoke at the New York event that launched the “Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediators Networks”. The event, which was opened by the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina […]

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Italy’s Economic ​Diplomacy, 26 September: latest news from the world

INDONESIA – ITALY BUSINESS FORUM The Indonesia-Italy Business Forum will be held at Milan’s Hotel Michelangelo on 2 October. The event is organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Rome to celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Italy and is titled: “Creative Economy and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)”.  […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with the Foreign Ministers of Eritrea and Somalia and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ethiopia

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with the Foreign Ministers of Eritrea and Somalia and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ethiopia on the fringes of the UNGA. During the talks, Minister Di Maio emphasised how Italy has always considered the Horn of Africa Countries as strategic partners and […]

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Minister Di Maio co-chairs the Ministerial Meeting on Libya

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, in winding up his mission to New York, co-chaired the Ministerial Meeting on Libya with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting was held at the attendance of the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, today met with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Ambassador Geir Pedersen, on the fringes of the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York. At the talks, Minister Di Maio shared his updated evaluation on the state of the Syrian crisis. In this […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with the American Jewish Organisations

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with the American Jewish Organisations in New York on the fringes of his visit to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly.   Minister Di Maio emphasised how Italy is in the forefront in combating racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia, intolerance […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Mohammed Al Thani

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani, on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly.   Several topics were high on the meeting’s agenda such as trade relations, international investments and the crises in Libya and in the Persian Gulf. […]

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Minister Di Maio meets with the French Foreign Minister Le Drian​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, had a constructive and cordial meeting with the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, on the fringes of the UNGA. The meeting’s intense agenda focused on the two Countries’ bilateral and European relations and especially dwelt on Libya. Special attention was also placed on […]

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Comunicato stampa “Uniting for Consensus”

Ministers of the Countries belonging to the “Uniting for Consensus” Group held a meeting in New York today to assess the state of the UN Security Council reform process. The last rounds of negotiations that took place in 2019, confirmed the existence of growing areas of convergence as also the persistence of diverging views on […]

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​Serbia: Italy partners with Serbia also in the production of wind energy

The opening of a wind farm built through the partnership between an Italian company and Košava in Izbište (Vojvodina) offered the opportunity to take stock of the economic cooperation existing between Italy and Serbia. “Our partnership,” said the Italian Ambassador in Belgrade, Carlo Lo Cascio, “is now extending to renewable energy sources and, in addition […]

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Teheran: the façade of the residence of the Italian Ambassador becomes the backdrop for street artists

Two street artists, one Italian and one Iranian, will exhibit on the façade of the residence of the Italian Ambassador in Teheran for a year. This project, called “Urban Art Unites”, opened with the work of Paolo Bordino (known as PAO) and the Iranian Mehdi Ghadyanloo, who is the author of many murals in Teheran. […]

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