Italian wine lands in Japan’s expanding market

The “6000 Years of Italian Wine” campaign promoting still and sparkling Italian wine with the participation of Italian wine producers and consortia, kicked off in Japan with approximately 70 events scheduled. In the first semester of 2018, Italy exported to Japan 14,844,000 litres of still wine worth 8,236 million Yen, and 2,961,000 litres of sparkling wine […]

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Meeting of the MAECI-Civil Society Task Force on the moratorium on the death penalty

On the eve of the World Day against the Death Penalty, the Farnesina today hosted the meeting of the MAECI-Civil Society Political Task Force, chaired by the Undersecretary of State Manlio Di Stefano, on actions for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. The Task Force is essentially aimed at coordinating the awareness-raising activities conducted […]

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the Farnesina hosts the presentation of the new edition of CinemArena

Today the Farnesina is hosting the presentation of the new edition of CinemArena, an itinerant cinema project financed from the Fund for Africa with the aim of promoting and disseminating correct information on the risk of illegal migration, with a special focus on the principal Countries of origin of the migrants coming to Europe. During […]

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Meeting of the OSCE Political Directors

As part of the Italian Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), today the Farnesina hosted the meeting of the Political Directors of the 57 Participating States of the Vienna-based Organization. The meeting opened with remarks by the Political Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), Ambassador […]

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Reminder of press accreditation notice – Presentation of the new edition of the CinemArena Project (Farnesina, 9 October 2018)

On Tuesday, 9 October, at 11:00 a.m., the Farnesina, will host the presentation of the new edition of CinemArena, an itinerant cinema project jointly launched in 2002 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The aim of this new edition […]

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Morocco: third Guinness World Record for Italian driver Fabio Barone

With the incredible time of 4 minutes and 42 seconds, Italian driver Fabio Barone, who already holds two world records, won his third Guinness World Record in Morocco, gaining a place in the history of international motorsports, setting three speed records in three different continents. Fabio’s comment at the finish line: “I am honoured and […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Presentation of the Day titled “Giornata del Contemporaneo – Italian Contemporary Art” (Farnesina, 10 October 2018)​

On Wednesday, 10 October 2018, at 11:30 a.m., the Farnesina will host the presentation of the Day titled “Giornata del Contemporaneo – Italian Contemporary Art”, an event held annually to celebrate and disseminate contemporary art, now at its 14th edition in Italy. For the first time this year, the Contemporary Art Day is also promoted abroad through the network […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi’s wishes for Germany’s National Day, retracing the two Governments’ close relations over the past few months

“Relations between Italy and Germany are very important and constantly caring for them is one of the priorities of our foreign policy.” This is the statement made by Enzo Moavero Milanesi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in renewing his heartfelt wishes for the recent celebration of the German National Day, retracing the […]

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Minister Moavero to visit Moscow on 8 October where he will meet his counterpart, Lavrov

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, will be in Moscow on Monday, 8 October next, where he will meet, in particular, the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov.  The meeting between the Ministers will give them the opportunity to review matters of interest in the bilateral relations between […]

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“The Ulysses syndrome”, a soundscape of the Mediterranean

Scanners, aerial antennas and recorders were used to record the sounds, music, voices, private conversations and service communications between boats, ships and the coast during two months of sailing along the shores of the Middle East, Italy, North Africa and Southern Europe.  The “Ulysses Syndrome” originated from the Soundwalk Collective project and is a panorama […]

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Minister Moavero meets with the German Minister of State for Europe, Michael Roth

      The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Moavero Milanesi, received the German Minister of State for Europe, Michael Roth, at the Farnesina on 4 October. The meeting gave the two ministers the opportunity to focus on the main issues of common interest currently under the scrutiny of the General Affairs Council, […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy, 4 October: latest news from the world

European Investment Bank finances the ports of Rome and Lazio The European Investment Bank (EIB) is going to finance projects to expand the port of Civitavecchia and to create of a new commercial port in Fiumicino with 195 million euros. It is the EIB’s largest financing of a Port System Authority in the last few […]

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