Italian Investment Attraction Tour: Friuli Venezia Giulia

The second leg of the Italian Investment Attraction Tour was held today at the Chamber of Commerce of Venezia Giulia. The Tour is organised by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in association with the State-Region Coordination Group for the attraction of investments, which includes the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), the Foreign Ministry (MAECI), the Conference of Regions […]

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AFRON wins a medal for its commitment to fight cancer in Uganda

AFRON, the non-profit organization engaged in cancer prevention projects in Africa, received a medal to the merit for its commitment in fighting cancer in Uganda. The medal awarding ceremony was held on the 56th anniversary of Uganda’s independence. The ‘Golden Jubilee Medal’ was awarded to the founder and president of the association, Maria Tiziana Andriani, […]

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Serbia: Minister of Agriculture visits the Ferrero company

The Serbian Minister of Agriculture, Branislav Nedimovic, visited the Ferrero AgriSer company today at the hazelnut tree plantation in Aleksa anti (Sombor), along with  Italian Ambassador Carlo Lo Cascio and Ferrero company representatives from Italy. The visit gave the Serbian government and Ferrero Group the opportunity to confirm their support for the hazelnut production development plan in […]

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Farnesina: “Women in diplomacy” training course​

“Women in diplomacy”, the first of a cycle of training courses on gender equality organised by the British Foreign Office in cooperation with the Foreign Ministries of Italy, France, Germany and Spain, kicked off today in Madrid. In addition to the Madrid event taking place today and tomorrow, the project schedules an event in Paris on […]

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World Food Day: war on waste for ‘Zero hunger’

‘Zero hunger‘ is the global goal to abolish malnutrition by 2030. It is an ambitious goal that we can achieve all together. In this effort, “it is urgent to put in place concrete actions” said the Deputy Foreign Minister, Emanuela Del Re, at the international conference organised at the Farnesina to celebrate World Food Day. The […]

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Archaeology: Mongolia asks Italy for help

In order to leverage the extraordinary archaeological and historic heritage of the area of Kharkhorin, in Mongolia, an agreement was signed between the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi of Turin, the Kharakhorum Museum and the State University of Ulaanbaatar with the aim of supporting museums in the effort of enabling local communities to know and enjoy […]

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“Italian Contemporary Art” Day in Brasilia

To celebrate the First Edition of the event “Giornata del Contemporaneo – Italian Contemporary Art”, the Italian Embassy in Brasilia had an Open Doors Day giving public access to the architectural and artistic peculiarities of the building designed by Pier Luigi Nervi, widely considered to be one of the most beautiful buildings in Brasilia and […]

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Press accreditation information note – Signing ceremony between Undersecretary Picchi – EUI and press point (Badia Fiesolana, 19 October 2018)​

We inform that on 19 October 2018, the Badia Fiesolana (Via dei Roccettini 9, San Domenico, Fiesole) on the premises of the European University Institute (Sala Buonsanti), will host the signing ceremony of the Addendum to the Italy/EUI host country agreement by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Guglielmo Picchi. With this agreement, Italy […]

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Deputy Foreign Minister Del Re in Tripoli

As part of the preparations to organise the Conference for Libya to be held in Palermo next 12 and 13 November, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, today in Tripoli met with the Libyan Foreign Minister, Mohammed Taher Siyala, the Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Ahmed Maitig, […]

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Meeting in Luxembourg between Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Slovenia and Croatia

At the proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Enzo Moavero Milanesi, the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Nicos Christodoulides, of Greece, Nikos Kotzias, of Malta, Carmelo Abela, of Slovenia, Miro Cerar and the Croatian State Secretary for European Affairs, Andreja Metelko-Zgombič, today met at the Italian Embassy in Luxembourg. The meeting of the European Union […]

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The Foreign Ministry fosters the protection of migrant minors through a 4-million-euro financing to UNICEF

The Foreign Ministry has provided for a 4-million-euro financing to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) from the Africa Fund of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) to fund actions to protect migrant minors and refugees in Libya and to combat the deep-set causes of the migration of unaccompanied minors […]

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The Embassy in Washington hosted the meeting of the representatives of the Italian community

 The Italian Embassy in Washington hosted the annual meeting of the representatives of the Italian community in the United States. The meeting focused on promoting the Italian language, the services provided to the community, the activities of the consular network and its collaboration with the elected representatives. Among the representatives of the Italian community in […]

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