“African Innovation Leadership”, a Master for Entrepreneurship in Africa

During the final days of Italy’s G7 Presidency, the ‘African Innovation Leadership’ project was launched to develop skills and expertise in support of innovation and entrepreneurship on the African continent, with the aim of consolidating important collaborations in the field of science, technology and innovation between Italy and some of the African nations that are […]

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Undersecretary Tripodi receives a representative of Italian detainees in Venezuela

On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi today received at the Italian Foreign Ministry Marinellys Tremamunno, the legal representative of a number of Italian citizens detained in Venezuela for political reasons. During the meeting, the Undersecretary reiterated how the Italian Foreign […]

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Tajani: “We need impetus on the EU’s common defence” (La Stampa)

Minister Antonio Tajani, today you will participate in a summit on Albania with half the government. What is being discussed? “To decide on how to proceed on the right choice that we confirm and we will have to make operational. I am very impressed by some aspects of the Italian discussion, first of all for […]

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Tajani in Kosovo to greet the Italian contingent in KFOR

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, is on a mission to Kosovo to greet the Italian contingent of the Kosovo Force (KFOR), the mission led by NATO. “It is a great source of pride for me to convey the greetings of the Italian government to the women and men who […]

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Joint Statement on Afghanistan

Special Envoys and Representatives for Afghanistan of Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, and the United States met in Geneva on December 16, 2024 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan […]

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2025 Ukraine Recovery Conference: new website online.

The new website of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) is online, where all the information on the event that Italy will host in Rome on 10 and 11 July 2025 will gradually be made available. The Conference continues the annual series of high-level political events dedicated to the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine started in […]

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EUR 115 million contributions approved for emergency initiatives

Within the framework of humanitarian development cooperation interventions, the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, has approved financial contributions for a total value of over EUR 115 million for emergency initiatives. More than EUR 66 million are earmarked for initiatives in Africa, particularly in response to climate change – […]

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Discovering Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s photographic collections

For the “Le carte e la memoria” column, we are going to explore a photographic collection kept at the Historical Diplomatic Archive of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. It is the Photographic Archive of the Undersecretariat of State for Albanian Affairs, a collection consisting of about 7000 photographs contained in 66 […]

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Deputy Minister Cirielli addresses the annual meeting of the Directors of the Italian Development Cooperation Agency

Today, the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, took part in the Annual Meeting of the Directors of the Foreign Offices of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), as part of the “AICS Directors’ Days”. In addressing the Panel “Italian Development Cooperation and the Mattei Plan”, Cirielli thanked the […]

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Joint statement from the Tallinn Mechanism – Donors accumulate 200 million euros for Ukraine’s resilience in cyberspace

Ukraine has withstood Russia’s brutal full-scale invasion for over 1000 days. This war does not only take place in the trenches but also in cyberspace; it confrms that cyberattacks are an integral part of 21st century confict and warfare, and cybersecurity is a crucial dimension of the overall resilience of society. Thanks to Ukraine’s own […]

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Forum imprenditoriale Italia – Serbia (Belgrado, 31 gennaio 2025)

Nel quadro dell’impegno dell’Italia verso la Serbia e i Balcani Occidentali, il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, in collaborazione con ICE Agenzia, l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Belgrado e la Camera di Commercio e Industria della Serbia, organizza a Belgrado, venerdì 31 gennaio 2025, nel contesto del Vertice Intergovernativo bilaterale dello stesso giorno, una nuova […]

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Tajani – Without the US, no agreement can be reached. We can bridge the gap together with Washington (Il Messaggero)

Antonio Tajani shakes his head. He sighs. “Without America, Europe cannot do anything useful for the truce in Ukraine.” In a room on the second floor of a hotel in the centre of Brussels, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs picks up a pen and starts writing on a blank sheet of paper. On the […]

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