Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the President of Federesuli

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, received  Mr. Antonio Ballarin, President of the Federation of the Associations of Exiles from Istria, Dalmatia and Fiume (“Federazione delle Associazioni degli Esuli Istriani, Fiumani e Dalmati” – Federesuli) at the Farnesina today. Mr. Ballarin was accompanied by the President of the  National Association ‘Venezia Giulia e […]

Read more

Under-Secretary Di Stefano launches the Bike-Bike to Work project

On the occasion of the Foreign Ministry’s Sustainable Mobility Day, in the presence of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, a new public bicycle parking area close to the entrance of the building and a locker room with separate rooms for men and women financed by the Municipality […]

Read more

Deputy Minister Del Re opens the ‘2019 Africa Day’ celebrations at the Farnesina

The “2019 Africa Day” took place at the Farnesina with the participation of major African diplomatic representatives, to celebrate the establishment of the African Union and strengthen relations between Italy and Africa. “African countries must still look upon Italy as a motivated and attentive partner, committed to favouring a consolidated and productive interaction, seizing all […]

Read more

Deputy Minister Del Re chaired the third meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation at the Farnesina

The third annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, chaired by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, was held today at the Farnesina in the presence, among others, of the new Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri.   During today’s meeting, the Joint Committee […]

Read more

Accreditation note for the UN SDG 16 Conference – Peace, Justice and Institutions in the 2030 Agenda (Farnesina, 27-29 May 2019)

From 27 to 29 May next, the UN Conference on SDG 16 – Peace, Justice and Institutions of Agenda 2030 will be hosted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the title “Peaceful, Just and inclusive Societies: SDG16 implementation and the path towards leaving no one behind“.    Around 250 delegates from Member States, International Organizations and […]

Read more

Minister Moavero Milanesi attends the Annual Assembly of Confindustria

Minister Moavero Milanesi attends the Annual Assembly of Confindustria

Read more

Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the French Minister of European Affairs, Amelie de Montchalin

Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi met with the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Amélie de Montchalin, on the fringes of the General Affairs Council. They expedited a joint effort to identify their possible convergences on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027. ​

Read more

Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the EU Chief Negotiator, Michel Barnier

Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi met with the EU Chief Negotiator, Michel Barnier, yesterday in Brussels for an update on the latest developments on Brexit, with a special reference to today’s speech by Prime Minister Theresa May at Westminster.

Read more

UPDATE on press accreditation notice – “Africa Day 2019” (Farnesina, Sala Aldo Moro, 23 May 2019)

On Thursday, 23 May 2019, at 3 p.m., the Farnesina will host “Africa Day 2019”, an event to celebrate the establishment of the African Union and to strengthen relations with African Countries. The event will be introduced by the Director General for Globalisation and Global Issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), Luca Sabbatucci, […]

Read more

Melbourne hosts book club meetings dedicated to women writers

Seven meetings will be dedicated to women’s literature during the 2019 edition of Melbourne’s Book Club. The Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne decided to focus on Italian women writers to allow readers in other countries to get to know the many women writers of contemporary Italian literature. This year Kylie Doust, a specialist in Italian studies […]

Read more

Italian History and Language Centre opens in Saint Petersburg

A laboratory of excellence for Italian studies in the historical-literary field and for language courses: this is the purpose of the new centre which was recently opened at the University of Velikij Novgorod by the Ambassador of Italy to the Russian Federation Pasquale Terracciano. The centre was set up upon the initiative of the Italian […]

Read more

Goldoni and Zambian traditional masks meet in Lusaka

The ‘Traveling Masks’ is a project  the Piccolo Teatro di Milano developed in Lusaka with a view to having the Italian Commedia dell’Arte meet Zambia’s theatrical tradition. The event is part of ‘Italy, Cultures, Africa’, an integrated promotional programme developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs  and International Cooperation for 2019. The five-day event included […]

Read more