Casablanca, final stop abroad for Durand de la Penne

Casablanca hosted the final foreign stop of Italian destroyer Luigi Durand de la Penne in the 2018 training campaign for 123 second class cadets from the Naval Academy of Livorno. After stops at Cartagena (Spain), Dakar (Senegal), Accra – Tema (Ghana) and Casablanca (Morocco), the Luigi Durand de la Penne is now sailing towards Portoferraio, […]

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Open Doors at Palais Sternberg as part of Open House Wien​

Palais Sternberg, the seat of the Italian Cultural Institute in Vienna, opened its doors for two days, on 15 and 16 September, as part of the events for Open House Wien. The event, now at its fifth edition, has been promoted in several European cities, offering the possibility of visiting publicly and privately-owned buildings of […]

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Menoona Safdar

Press ​Note from the Foreign Ministry The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, confirms with great satisfaction that Menoona Safdar, the young woman detained by her family in Pakistan against her will, has just embarked on a direct flight to Italy. This positive outcome was made possible thanks to the good offices of the Minister and to […]

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A humanitarian flight for Niger

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Cooperation Service have organised a humanitarian flight headed to Niamey (Niger), the fifth since the health crisis started in the Country. The flight, operated by the Italian Air force, took off this morning carrying 5 tonnes of medicine and medical aids, donated by the […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with his Libyan counterpart, Mohammed Taher Siyala

The Ministers discuss and share the potential goals for a Conference on Libya that Italy would be ready to host in Sicily in November, in a constructive and inclusive spirit ​In the framework of the numerous contacts meant to contribute to the advancement of the political process for the stabilisation of Libya, the Minister of […]

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“Aiutiamoli a casa loro in modo nuovo”. Parla all’Huffpost la vice ministra degli Esteri Emanuela Del Re

All’Huffpost la prima intervista della numero due alla Farnesina. “È un investimento in pace e sicurezza, non carità. Soluzione in Africa è la cooperazione” “La soluzione? È la cooperazione. Soprattutto per l’Africa. La nostra ambizione si chiama sviluppo condiviso, che porti benefici a tutti”. Emanuela Del Re, vice ministra degli Esteri con delega alla Cooperazione […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 19 September: latest global news

SPARKLE STRENGTHENS ITS PRESENCE IN ASIA WITH THE OPENING OF TWO NEW POPs IN VIETNAM AND SINGAPORE Sparkle, the international services division of the TIM Group and among the top ten global operators, has announced the expansion of its Global IP network in Asia with the opening of two new Points of Presence (PoP) in […]

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Italy is guest of honour at Chengdu Fair​

An exhibition area of 1,200 square metres, a circular dark room for traveling 360 degrees in virtual reality, and 55 companies already operating in China presenting excellent Made in Italy products: these numbers summarise what is to be offered at the Italy Pavilion at the Chengdu exhibition to be held between 20 and 24 September. Italy […]

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Tokyo: The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is a hit in Japan

​Full houses and rapturous applause have accompanied the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in its two-week Japan tour. Audiences were enthralled at the company’s performances of La Traviata and Manon Lescaut. The tour opened in Tokyo with La Traviata, under the direction of Sofia Coppola, with costumes by Valentino. It was followed by Manon Lescaut, directed […]

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Pirenopolis staged the “9th Slow Filme Festival”

From 13 to 16 September, Pirenópolis (State of Goias, Brazil) staged the “9th Slow Filme Festival – Festival Internacional de Cinema, Alimentação e Cultura Local”, a festival that combines gastronomy and cinema in the name of sustainability and of the respect for cultural diversity. This year, the Festival dedicated most of its programme to the connection […]

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Pakistani girl detained in home country

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is closely following the case of the Pakistani girl who is being detained in her home country against her will. In consideration of the gravity of the actions reported by the girl, the Foreign Ministry is acquiring all possible news from the competent Police headquarters to verify […]

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High-level Seminar on “Global anticorruption strategies and corporate compliance: a dialogue between the United States and Italy”

On Friday, 21 September 2018, at 10:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the high-level Seminar “Global anticorruption strategies and corporate compliance: a dialogue between the United States and Italy”. The Seminar, promoted by the Anticorruption Coordination Office at the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Globalisation and Global Issues, is designed to be an exchange of […]

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