United Nations “International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women”

At the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, on 25 November, the Farnesina Building was flooded by orange light for the first time to celebrate the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The initiative forms part of the United Nations’ international awareness-raising campaign “UN […]

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Press release from the Foreign Ministry – Deputy Foreign Minister Del Re

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, received at the Farnesina the European Commissioner of International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica. The meeting focused on reviewing Italy’s and the EU Commission’s common commitment towards sustainable development and the achievement of the “2030 Agenda”, recalling the centrality of the three Rome-based […]

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Press Accreditation Notice – Joint Press Conference by Minister Moavero Milanesi and the Slovenian Foreign Minister Cerar (Farnesina 28 November, 2018)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and  International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, will meet with the Minister of Foreign  Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Miro Cerar, on Wednesday, 28 November 2018, at 1:00 p.m. at the Farnesina.   A joint press conference is  scheduled at the end of the meeting.     Journalists, photographers and TV crews  […]

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Beijing celebrates Italy’s 6000-year-old wine-making tradition

Italy’s 6000-year-old wine production tradition is celebrated through the success stories of the best Italian winemakers. This is the focus of the Week of Italian Cuisine in Beijing, where the Italian Embassy organised several initiatives to celebrate our Country’s ‘organic farming’ culture and the extraordinary capacity of Italian wine producers to combine tradition and innovation. […]

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The agri-food products of Apulia and Marche showcased in Tirana

The ingredients of the Mediterranean diet produced in Apulia and Marche sail to Tirana for the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. In Elbasan, Vlore, Berat and Tirana, the Region of Apulia presented the Apulian Life Style Project, a sustainable development model centred around the Mediterranean diet boosting the policies to promote production and […]

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Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi meets with Japanese Foreign Minister, Taro Kono

  This evening, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, received at Villa Madama the Foreign Minister of Japan, Taro Kono, who is in Rome to attend the “MED Dialogues” Conference. The two ministers – who already met in New York less than two months ago on the sidelines of the […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with IOM Director General Vitorino

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, had a meeting at the Farnesina with Antonio Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), an agency of the UN system, who is in Rome to attend the 4th “Rome MED Dialogues 2018” Conference. The meeting – the first since the […]

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​Deputy Minister Del Re meets Mami Mazutori

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, met today with Ms. Mami Mazutori, Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), on the sidelines of the 2018 European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction.   At the meeting, Deputy Minister Del Re reaffirmed Italy’s keen attention for natural […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

  Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo  Moavero Milanesi, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, who is in Rome to attend the “Rome Med Dialogues” Conference. At the meeting, the two ministers had an extensive exchange of views on bilateral relations and on the […]

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Press accreditation notice – Conference on “Indici e reputazione: strategie per l’attrattività a confronto” (Indices and Reputation: comparing attractiveness strategies) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, 27 November 2018)

On Tuesday, 27 November at 4.30 p.m.,the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will host a conference entitled “Indici e reputazione: strategie per l’attrattività a confronto” (Indices and Reputation: comparing attractiveness strategies). The event, which is part of the activities promoting the  “Global Attractiveness Index-GAI” developed by The European House – Ambrosetti (TEH-A), aims to provide an […]

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Festival of Italian and Albinian Films from the ’60s to date

The University of Arts of Tirana, in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute, hosted the Schermo a schermo /Ekrane Përballë (Screen to Screen) Festival which screened a selection of films and videos by Italian and Albanian artists from the 1960s to date. If, in Italy, art films mainly have their roots in the ‘60s, in the […]

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​The Week of Italian Cuisine in Prague offers menus from Lazio

Pasta all’Amatriciana, in its wide variety of forms, is the ID card of the Week of Italian Cuisine in Prague. The food and wine products of Lazio were the highlight of the event co-organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute. The guest star of the evening was Michelin-star-winning chef Lele Usai, who […]

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