Foreign Minister Moavero Milanesi visits Vietnam and Singapore​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, will visit Vietnam and Singapore from today 6 May until Thursday. As previously stated by the Ministry, “the aim of the visit is to strengthen ties with the two countries in the South-East Asia region, which are of particular interest to Italy from the […]

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Moavero Milanesi – «Sovereigntists and People’s Parties together in Europe? Difficult but possible» (Corriere della Sera)

A stronger Europe, also without amending the Treaties. In the five proposals that the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung launched on the front page, Enzo Moavero Milanesi indicates a “Europeanist Way” ahead of the 26 May EU elections. The Italian Foreign Minister outlines «Five concrete proposals for a more effective European Union aimed at giving […]

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Tensions in Gaza

The Foreign Ministry is closely following the worrying escalation in tensions in Gaza that, as already often recorded in the past, put at risk the lives of a large number of people. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, firmly condemns the launching of rockets onto the Israeli territory and reaffirms […]

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Deputy Minister Del Re visits Mali

Today ends the two-day visit to Mali of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re. The Deputy Minister met extensively with Mali’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Boubou Cissè, who was appointed on 22 April. This was his first international engagement as he is working on forming his government. “My presence here […]

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A Mural portrays the friendship between Italy and Senegal

The curtain wall of the Italian Embassy in Dakar serves as a canvas where the friendship between Italy and Senegal is visually represented. Italian graffiti artist Marcello Roveda, aka Mars – who already took part in last year’s Dakar art biennial exhibition and in Senegal’s Festigraff  graffiti festival – is working with Docta, one of […]

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Lisbon hosts Nico Colucci’s photographic exhibition on Matera

Nico Colucci’s photographic exhibition entitled “Matera Cityscape. The Revealed City” by Nico Colucci opened at the premises of the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon. Colucci, a Matera-born artist, attended the opening. It is an act of love in thirty black-and-white and colour shots that walk visitors through Matera’s most significant landmarks and its immense wealth […]

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Samantha Cristoforetti Opens Academic Forum Symposium in Cologne

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will be the opening speaker at the Fourth Symposium of the Italian Academic Forum to be held tomorrow at the Italian Institute of Culture in Cologne. The symposium, organized by the Consulate General of the German city as part of the celebrations of the International Day of Italian Research in the […]

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Deputy Minister Del Re Visits Niger

Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re Visits Niger (28 April-1 May) The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, had a busy schedule during her visit to Niger. She met with the country’s highest authorities to discuss several issues including cooperation, migration, regional security and the Libyan crisis. Del Re had meetings […]

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Buenos Aires hosts exhibition by winner of Italy-Argentina Art Prize

The Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aries hosts “Sa di paesaggio” an exhibition by Diego Cibelli, one of the two Italian winners of the  Italy-Argentina Art Prize now at its second edition. The artist investigates man’s sense of belonging to nature prior to the impact of culture that separates what is human from what is part of nature. […]

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Italy and Myanmar sign agreement for national electrification

An important Soft Loan Agreement of 30 million euros was recently signed in Nay Pyi Taw between Italy and Myanmar, as part of the national electrification programme supported by the World Bank. Thanks to the Italian contribution, which focuses mainly on Chin State and surrounding areas, that among the country’s poorest and most remote parts, at […]

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Minister Moavero at the EUI conference ‘State of the Union’

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Enzo Moavero Milanesi, will be opening the Conference “State of the Union” at the European University Institute (EUI) in Fiesole today. It is the 9th edition of this annual conference, which promotes a high-level political debate on European themes. 

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Venezuela

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, made the following statement: “We are closely following the development of events in Venezuela in coordination with the Embassy in Caracas, which continues to be operational. We share the Venezuelan people’s rightful democratic aspirations, are against dictatorships and reaffirm our appeal for new presidential […]

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