Minister Moavero summoned the Egyptian Ambassador to the Farnesina

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, today formally summoned to the Farnesina the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Italy, Hisham Badr, to prompt him to urge Egyptian Authorities to act quickly to honour the commitment made at top political level to get justice for the brutal murder […]

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The Farnesina hosts an exhibition on Italy’s foreign policy

The statement marking the entrance of Italy in World War I and the original of the Alliance Agreement with Germany signed in 1939 are some of the documents displayed in an exhibition hosted at the Farnesina to illustrate the milestones in the history of Italy’s foreign policy. The exhibition not only displays documents but also […]

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The Week of Italian Cuisine in Belgium

To celebrate the 3rd edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine, the Italian Ambassador to Belgium, Elena Basile, held a dinner with Chef Alessandro Circiello to promote the Mediterranean Diet and the points of excellence of the Italian agri-food sector at her Residence on 29 November 2018.To celebrate the 3rd edition of the Week of […]

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Invest your Talent in Italy

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, together with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Social Policies, Luigi Di Maio, is at the Ministry of Economic Development for the award ceremony of an award conferred in the memory of Fabrizia di Lorenzo, the young victim of […]

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Giulio Regeni

For Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, the search for the truth on the barbaric killing of Giulio Regeni remains a priority in the framework of Italy’s relations with Egypt, fully understanding the demand for justice by the young researcher’s family, Institutions and Italian citizens. The Farnesina will take all the necessary […]

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Italy’s economic diplomacy, 29 November: latest news from the world

GREECE – SPARKLE GREECE WINS THE DATA CENTER OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE INFO-COM 2018 CONFERENCE Sparkle, a subsidiary of the TIM Group dedicated to developing international services and among the ten leading global operators, announced that its Greek subsidiary won the Data Center of the Year Award at the Info-Com 2018 World Conference, the […]

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Italian ice cream showcased in Colombia

Italian ice cream chefs are in Colombia for the Week of Italian Cuisine, proposing daring combinations with typical Italian dishes, as at the gala dinner at Bogota’s Club Metropolitan, where squash risotto was complemented with Parmigiano ice cream. The Sicilian Stramondo company, a leader in the production of organic agri-food products, supplied the raw materials […]

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The San Carlo Orchestra in Montreal

Naples’s Teatro San Carlo and its Orchestra, with Conductor Maurizio Agostini, held a concert in Montreal, at the Maison Symphonique, one of the world’s most prestigious temples of music. The programme included the performance of some of the most famous arias of the Italian music tradition and a special homage to Gioachino Rossini, whose 150th anniversary of his […]

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The Art of dry-stone walling inscribed in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO

The UNESCO Convention Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed “The art of dry-stone walling” in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The transnational candidacy was presented by Italy together with Cyprus, Croatia, France, Greece, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland. The unanimous decision by the 24 States that […]

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Pizza takes centre stage in the Week of Italian Cuisine in Turkey

Pizza was the guest star of the Week of Italian Cuisine in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir.  The Italian Consulate and Cultural Institute organised a programme full of events to celebrate the third edition of the Week to promote the excellence of Italian food and wine. Pizza, one of the most popular foods in the world […]

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Minister Moavero meets the EU Chief Negotiator for Brexit, Michel Barnier

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, today received at the Farnesina the EU Chief Negotiator for Brexit, Michel Barnier, with whom he had an extensive exchange of views on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union.   While reaffirming […]

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Italian technology to fight cancer in Prague

An experimental structure, ELIMAIA-ELIMED, opened at the physics laboratory in the Academy of Sciences in Prague in association with the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). The goal is to examine new ways of curing cancer with adrotherapy using particle beams. An Italian delegation attended the opening ceremony, led by Fernando Ferroni, President of […]

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