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    Diplomatic Network
    12 February 2019
    Maurizio Pollini in Madrid for the Great Performers Festival

    Last night Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional de Musica had a great event featuring Maestro Maurizio Pollini. The pianist’s performance was part of the 24th edition of the cycle of Great Performers organised by the Fondazione Scherzo. The Italian Cultural Institute cooperated with the Foundation to promote Maestro Pollini’s concert. Since 2001, the Fondazione Scherzo has concentrated its […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    12 February 2019
    Italian Food Festival arrives in Myanmar for the first time

    ​The ​Italian Food Festival opened in Yangoon for the first time and was a big success. Organised by the Italian Embassy to Myanmar, the event enabled all Italian restaurants operating in Yangoon, along with importers and distributors of Italian food and wine products, to set up a common platform with a view to promoting and […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    12 February 2019
    Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Republic of Maldives

    The Agreement between the Milano-Bicocca University and the Government of the Republic of Maldives to renew the presence of the University in Magoodhoo Island through its MaRHE Research Centre was signed at the presence of Italian Ambassador Rita Giuliana Mannella, the Rector Cristina Messa, the pro Rector Andrea Giovanni Maria Biondi and the Director of the […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    12 February 2019
    Celebration of the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Lateran Treaty

    On 11 February 1929, the Lateran Treaty establishing bilateral relations between Italy and the Holy See was signed in the”Sala della Conciliazione” of the Palazzo Apostolico del Laterano. The Treaty assured to the “Holy See in a permanent manner a position in fact and in law which guarantees it absolute independence for the fulfilment of […]

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    Press Releases
    12 February 2019
    Venezuelan Deputy Minister for Europe

    Referring to the news released by the AGI media agency tonight at 8:10 p.m. titled: “The Foreign Ministry does not receive Maduro envoy”, we hereby clarify that the Foreign Ministry today received an Official Note from the Venezuelan Embassy in Rome asking for a meeting of the Deputy Minister for Europe of the Bolivarian Republic […]

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    Press Releases
    11 February 2019
    Venezuela

    Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, met yesterday, also on behalf of Prime Minister Giovanni Conte, Venezuela’s President of the Foreign Commission of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Francisco Sucre, at the Farnesina today. The former Mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma and Rodrigo Diamanti representing Juan Guaidó for emergency aid from Europe, also […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    11 February 2019
    A new paediatric and gynaecological clinic is about to open in Kabul

    The new paediatric and gynaecological clinic is about to become operational at the Kabul National Military Hospital. The clinic, which an Italian 8.5 million dollar contribution has made possible, will provide health care services for women serving in the Army and their children. The facility is designed to protect these women’s right to health as […]

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    In detail
    11 February 2019
    CALL FOR PARTICIPATION to “Premio Barcellona” – 1st edition

    Within the framework of the Residence Programme promoted by the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (MIBACT) – General Directorate for Contemporary Arts and Architecture and Urban Peripheries – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) – General Directorate for Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation – and […]

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    Interviews
    11 February 2019
    Moavero Milanesi: “We need to mend things with Paris. Salvini-Di Maio? The policy line is set by Conte” (la Repubblica)

    «The relationship with France is guaranteed by European rules and treaties, the Atlantic Alliance and sound trade relations, our geographical proximity and the friendship between two peoples. » But it is the most serious crisis between two Countries since World War II, Minister Moavero. Do we have to remedy the situation? «In this context, there […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    8 February 2019
    Lebanon: Italy pledges one million euros to UNICEF for WASH

    The Italian Government has pledged one million euros for the most vulnerable children living in Lebanon through a contribution to UNICEF’s WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene) programme. It was the Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, Massimo Mariotti, who signed the pledge together with UNICEF representative Tanya Chapuisat. Present at the signing ceremony was also Donatella Procesi, […]

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