Day dedicated to preventing the counterfeiting of documents

The Directorate General for Italians Abroad organised a one-day training and updating day on preventing the counterfeiting of documents for the personnel of the Foreign Ministry’s overseas network. Thanks to the cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior (Central Directorate for Immigration and Border Police and the Central Directorate against Crime) and with the support […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re in Luxembourg to attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, is in Luxembourg to attend the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).  Among other points, high on the meeting’s agenda will be the situation in Libya, the presidential elections in Ukraine, and the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting. Special sessions will be dedicated to the […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers’ Joint declaration on Libya

During the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the following joint declaration on the latest developments in Libya was adopted upon an Italian proposal: We, the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the EU High Representative, gathered in Saint-Malo and Dinard on April 5th express […]

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Press accreditation notice – Presentation of the WEWORLD INDEX 2019 Report (Farnesina, 9 April 2019)

On Tuesday, 9 April, at 11:00 a.m., the Farnesina’s Sala Aldo Moro will host the presentation of the WEWORLD INDEX 2019 Report on “Girls, Boys, Adolescents and Women: Education and Conflict”, organised by WeWorld GVC Onlus with the sponsorship of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The WeWorld Index measures a Country’s progress through economic and social indicators, […]

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Yerevan: “The Form of Colour” exhibition at the National Gallery

An exhibition destined to leave a mark: “The Form of Colour, from Tintoretto to Canaletto”, opening today in Yerevan, is an extraordinary itinerary spanning across three centuries, from the Renaissance to the Rococo, through 55 works that arrived at the National Gallery of Ancient Art of Trieste from Armenia. It is the fruit of a […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 5 April: latest news from the world

Saipem, in consortium with the French company Eiffage, won a 350-million-euro contract in the Grand Tortue-Ahmeyim gas field, along the maritime border between Mauritania and Senegal. It is an EPIC (Engineering Procurement Construction and Installation) contract for marine infrastructures on the Tortue LNG hub assigned to BP as principal operator, at which they will install […]

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Riga Fashion Week 2019 – Spring Edition

The Italian Embassy sponsored the Spring edition of the 30th “RIGA FASHION WEEK” (www.rfw.lv) organised by the “Baltic Fashion Federation” (www.bff.lv), and held from 26 to 30 March 2019. The Italian brand “Morfosis” was among the designers that participated with their collections. The Baltic Fashion Federation grasped the opportunity to confer an award on Italian Ambassador […]

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Hannover Messe: Italy third-largest exhibiting Country

Italian Ambassador Luigi Mattiolo participated in the opening of the Hannover Messe, the leading world fair on industrial automation, robotics and technologies for energy systems and for the environment, with almost 6,500 exhibitors, 220,000 visitors and more than 1,400 events. Italy, which has always participated in the Fair ever since it was opened in 1947, […]

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Minister Moavero in Dinard to attend the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is attending the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting held today and tomorrow in Dinard, in Bretagne. High on the G7 agenda are: defending democracies against external interference; cybersecurity; maritime security; peace-keeping operations in Africa and the participation of women in peace processes; combating illicit trafficking […]

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Joint Statement on Fighting Near Gharyan, Libya

The governments of France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States are deeply concerned by fighting near Gharyan, Libya and urge all parties to immediately de-escalate tensions, which are hindering prospects for UN political mediation. At this sensitive moment in Libya’s transition, military posturing and threats of unilateral action only […]

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Developments in Libya: Minister Moavero is in contact with the Embassy in Tripoli

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi – in Washington to attend the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers – is carefully watching the developments in Libya in close contact with the Italian Embassy in Tripoli. The Foreign Minister joins the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, in recalling that the road […]

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Venezuelan MP Mariela Magallanes

Yesterday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, after learning that on 2 April the Venezuelan MP Mariela Magallanes, who is also an Italian citizen, had her passport confiscated and was stopped from departing at Caracas airport after being held in police custody, expresses great concern and the firm condemnation for […]

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