The Foreign Ministry takes action to protect minors in Libya​

The Foreign Ministry has arranged a two-million-euro financing to UNICEF from the Africa Fund to fund actions aimed at protecting migrant minors in Libya, also by improving hygiene and health conditions in the area around Tripoli. The project envisages the creation of reception centres for vulnerable youths in Tripoli, with a view to assuring them […]

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Italian music on stage in Colombo as a sign of solidarity

“Italia ♥Sri Lanka” is the title of the concert organised by the Italian Embassy in Colombo to present a piece of Italian music which represents a symbol of our culture – Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” – and offer a sign of solidarity to Sri Lanka, a country dramatically hit by an act of terrorism […]

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Farnesina presents project “Italians abroad, Diaries Tell Tales”

​The  Farnesina launched the project “Italians Abroad, Diaries Tell Tales”,  a selection of the most significant testimonies which form part of a fund designated as ’emigration’ in the Fondazione Archivio Diaristico Nazionale of Pieve Santo Stefano, in the province of Arezzo. The “Italians Abroad, Diaries Tell Tales” project was made possible thanks to the support of the Directorate […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 11 June: latest news from the world

Mozambique: SAIPEM signs a 6 billion dollar contract for Anadrako onshore LNG project    Saipem, the leader of a joint venture with USA-based McDermott International and Japanese Chiyoda Corporation, signed a contract for the engineering and construction of the Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) onshore project contracted by Anadarko, Area 1 operator, in the Rovuma Basin, […]

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Sao Paolo celebrates Italy’s Republic Day donning the Italian flag colours

It was the first time that Sao Paulo’s iconic sites were lit up with the colours of the Italian flag to the celebrate Italy’s Republic Day. Thanks to the cooperation of the Mayor, the city’s  landmarks such as the historic Matarazzo Palace, which is the city hall, the Viaduto Do Chá, the Ponte Estaiada, the Monumento às Banderas, […]

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London hosts Italian Theatre Festival

The Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill, London, plays host to the Italian Theatre Festival. Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in London the Festival, which is at its second edition, is meant to celebrate some of Italy’s most distinguished playwrights and actors.  The 2019 edition opened on  Friday, 7 June with “Three Italian Short Stories” by Elsa Morante, Natalia Ginzburg […]

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First Italy-Armenia Business Forum

The first Italy-Armenia Business Forum that just closed in Yerevan turned out to be a great success, with the attendance of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and of the Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan. The event was promoted by the Italian National Association of Builders (ANCE) and the OICE engineering consulting and organised by the Italian […]

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Moavero Milanesi – A Trieste Declaration, ranging from security to environmental protection, capable of relaunching cooperation to meet new common challenges. (Il Piccolo)

The CEI will start off again from Trieste with a “Declaration” in which the Foreign Ministers of the Member States will commit to start cooperating in this growingly strategic area between West and East, capable of supporting new geopolitical conditions and challenges. The statement  was made by the Italian Foreign Minister, Enzo Moaveri Milanesi, who […]

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Annual meeting of the National Committee for Humanitarian Action against Anti-Personnel Mines

Today, at the Farnesina, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, chaired the annual meeting of the National Committee for Humanitarian Action against Anti-Personnel Mines which was attended by major players of civil society operating in humanitarian demining activities. Italy’s resolute efforts to promote the universalisation of Conventions against Anti-personnel […]

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Italian scholarship winners take off with the Fulbright Program

It’s take-off time for 70 Italian and American Fulbright program grantees. On the morning of their departure for the United States, the Italy-United States Fulbright Commission organised an event at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, with the participation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. In the afternoon, the grant holders went to […]

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Information Note – Luiss Diplomatic Forum (Rome, LUISS Guido Carli University, 11 June 2019)

On Tuesday 11 June 2019, at 9.30 a.m. the LUISS Guido Carli University – Viale Pola, 12 Rome – will host the first Luiss Diplomatic Forum. The event aims to offer a debate between the network of foreign and Italian diplomats, institutions and Italian companies operating internationally.     At the first session, which gathers diplomats who graduated from the […]

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Yerevan: Armenian manuscripts conserved in Florence now on show

Three Armenian manuscripts from Florence dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries are now on display at the Matenadaran Museum in Yerevan thanks to the efforts of the Italian Embassy and the Italian Research Council (CNR). The exhibition is a perfect mix of science, art, history and technology and, thanks to spearheading techniques developed by the […]

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