The Farnesina hosts a Seminar on International Indices and Reputation

Today the Farnesina hosted a Seminar on the relationship between the image projected by individual Countries and their respective positioning in the principal international rankings, also through a comparison between different national, local and business reputational strategy models. Hinging on the presentation of the “Global attractiveness index 2018’ (GAI), developed by The European House-Ambrosetti, the […]

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Young talents promote Italian cuisine

Clara Zorita, Mateo García and Claudia Gozalbes, respectively 25, 30 and 33 years old and all from Madrid, all have a career as wine tasters awaiting them. They are the winners of the second edition of the contest for young sommeliers organised as part of the “Week of Italian Cuisine” by the Italian Embassy in […]

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Brasilia: exhibition on Italian painting between the two World Wars

  The exhibition “Classicismo, Realismo, Vanguarda: pintura italiana no entreguerras” opened yesterday evening at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.  The initiative is the result of the cooperation between the Embassy of Italy to Brasil, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo and the CCBB.  The exhibition will be on display […]

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Reminder of media accreditation notice – Conference “Indices and Reputation: comparing attractiveness strategies” (Farnesina, 27 November 2018)

On Tuesday, 27 November, at 4:30 p.m., the Farnesina will host the Conference “Indices and Reputation: comparing attractiveness strategies”, developed by The European House-Ambrosetti (TEH-A) as part of the efforts to enhance the “Global Attractiveness Index-GAI”, is aimed at exploring the relationship between Countries’ image and their respective positioning in the principal international rankings.   The […]

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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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