Minister Moavero in Helsinki to attend the 129th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is attending the 129th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe held in Helsinki today. The meeting, hosted by the Finnish rotating Presidency, celebrates the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Strasburg-based Council of Europe of which Italy is a founding member. The […]

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Humanitarian aid interventions of the Italian Cooperation in Libya

Following the escalating violence that is affecting the Tripoli area, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Emanuela Del Re, has decided to intensify the humanitarian action of the Italian Cooperation in Libya, through two financial contributions totaling 1,000.000 euros in favor of the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the […]

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Diplomacy and Economics: The Crisis Unit of the Farnesina and Assolombarda together for the security of Italian companies abroad

Milan, 16 May 2019 – The Letter of Intent with which the Crisis Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Assolombarda lay the foundations for a long-term collaboration on the prevention and security of companies abroad and on the management of emergency situations, was signed today in Milan.      “This approach that the Crisis Unit […]

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Seoul hosts the screening of three titles from ‘Fare cinema’

​The Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul, in partnership with the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), organized a screening in Seoul as part of ‘Fare Cinema’, an Italian Film Festival that is included in the Foreign Ministry’s ‘The Italian Way of Life’ programme. The JIFF has traditionally paid great attention to Italian films and welcomed the […]

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”Mirrors” dance and music production on tour in Africa

Dance, music and video art combine to create “Mirrors”, a show produced by GRIOTmag and LIT, a cultural association, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The show, to be presented in a preview at 7 p.m. on 21 May at the Teatro Centrale Preneste in Rome, will soon go on […]

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Argentina, Literary Café for Italian authoresses of the 1900s

Yesterday, 14 May, the Italian Consulate General in Bahia Blanca opened the 2019 edition of the Literary Café titled “Lives and Stories in the Feminine. A look at the work of great Italian authoresses of the 1900s”. The event schedules monthly meetings at the Consulate to discuss – in Italian – some of the texts […]

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Deputy Minister Del Re opens EXCO 2019 in Rome

Yesterday, at the Fiera di Roma, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened EXCO 2019, the first international cooperation fair with almost 200 institutional and private exhibitors from 45 different Countries. The Fair is addressed to companies and other institutions performing scientific research, technological innovation and training; in particular, […]

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Vignali in France and Germany to assure the vote of Italians abroad

The Director General for Italians Abroad, Luigi Maria Vignali, is on a diplomatic mission to France and Germany to visit the Consulates General in Marseilles, Nice, Stuttgart and Frankfurt in view of the complex preparation of the overseas voting operations for the upcoming elections of the European Parliament, in which many diplomatic and consular offices […]

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Brasilia: ‘Studiare in Italia’ showcases the training courses offered

‘Studiare in Italia’, the initiative organised by the Italian Embassy in Brasilia, showcases all the opportunities offered to foreign students by the Italian university system. Thanks to the initiative, young Brazilians who look at our Country with great interest, will be able to obtain all the practical information in order to initiate their studies in […]

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Bratislava: Ambassador Meucci welcomes the National Hockey Team

The Italian national Hockey team was hosted in Bratislava by Italian Ambassador Gabriele Meucci on the occasion of their participation in the World Ice Hockey Championship which is being held in Slovakia this year. In welcoming the team, Ambassador Meucci underlined how Italian athletes who participate in sports events abroad, contribute to the promotion of […]

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Three Projects of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received awards at the PA Forum

Three projects of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of which for the digitization of consular services and two in the field of environmental protection and sustainable mobility, received the “Sustainable PA Award. 100 projects to achieve the 2030 Agenda goals “, which were assigned today at the PA 2019 Forum.    In particular, the “F.I.C.O […]

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Closer scientific and technological cooperation between Italy and Israel

The Italian-Israeli mixed committee which oversees the implementation of the bilateral agreement for industrial, scientific and technological cooperation between the two Countries, met in a plenary session at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,  in the presence of Israeli ambassador, Ofer Sachs.  The Italian delegation was chaired by the Central Director for Innovation and Research of […]

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