Italy-Belarus, 20,000 people at Minsk’s Friendship Festival

Mimes and stilt-men, folk and opera music as well as fashion, tourism and food and drink attracted 20,000 people last Sunday at Minsk’s ‘Gran Italia Fest’, the Italy-Belarus friendship festival now at its third edition. The integrated promotion event for culture, tourism and commerce was organised thanks to the financial support of the Italian Tourism […]

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Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with EU Commissioner Oettinger​

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, met with the European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, Gunther Oettinger today at the Farnesina. The talks focused on the EU Multiyear Financial Framework 2021-2027. The Commission’s present draft – said Minister Moavero – appears to be inadequate because it does not sufficiently address […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – “Italy in Space” Event (Farnesina, 17 September 2018)

On Monday, 17 September 2018, at 10:00 a.m., the Farnesina will host the event titled “Italy in Space”, aimed at illustrating to the Diplomatic Corps and to the world of business and research the new governance system introduced by Law No. 7/2018, which came into force last 25 February and set up an ad hoc Inter-ministerial Committee under […]

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Serbia, Ambassador Lo Cascio visits the GLM’s new plant in Zrenjanin

Today, the Italian Ambassador in Belgrade, Carlo Lo Cascio, attended the inauguration of the first plant of Italy’s GLM Group in Zrenjanin, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The company specialises in the production of mechanical parts for the automobile sector, currently employs 68 workers, and hopes to bring them to more than 100 in […]

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Meeting between Deputy Minister Del Re and Ambassadors of African countries

Emanuela Del Re, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation met the Ambassadors of African countries today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Rome. The Deputy Minister set out her vision for relations between our country and the African continent during the course of a very useful meeting, stating that […]

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Ukraine OSCE, visit to Kiev by the Special Representative of the Italian Chairmanship for combatting corruption

The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for combatting corruption, Paola Severino, is visiting Kiev to take part in the International Forum on good governance, international aspects and national experiences in combatting corruption. The forum is organised by the Aspen Institute and chaired by Marta Dassù. Special Representative Severino will have a full schedule of […]

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Libya: Minister Moavero Milanesi had several telephone conversations

The Minister shared with his interlocutors an update on the situation in Libya and on the various ongoing conversations. He also reaffirmed the Italian Government’s commitment to relaunch and bring forward the stabilisation process in Libya, an intention that they all had converging views on. Minister Moavero Milanesi confirmed Italy’s position on taking the United […]

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Guatemala

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has learnt with regret the decision of the Government of Guatemala to not ask for a renewal of the mandate for the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). It will therefore naturally and definitively expire in September 2019, preventing the current CICIG Commissioner Ivàn Velàsquez from re-entering the […]

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Press note on the statements made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet

In response to the statements made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Foreign Ministry points out the following: Italy deems the statements made today by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Italy’s alleged non-compliance with the respect of the human rights of migrants, to be inappropriate, […]

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The Farnesina hosts the meeting of the Situation Room on Internationalization

Some of the new goals established by the “Situation Room on Internationalisation” meeting today at the Farnesina are: turning the Government’s commitment to internationalisation into a structural commitment; being more attentive and closer to the territory; increasing the number of Italian businesses that are stable exporters, especially from the South; focusing on digital channels; and strengthening […]

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Joint statement on Khan al-Ahmar village

France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom have repeatedly expressed their concern about the village of Khan al-Ahmar, which is located in a sensitive location in Area C, of strategic importance for preserving the contiguity of a future Palestinian state. We took note of Wednesday’s decision by the Israeli Supreme Court leaving a demolition of […]

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The Italian healthcare system helps China manage their growing senior population

 As is widely known, Italy is a Country of senior citizens: this is why China, faced with a growth in the population of over-60s, expects an active collaboration from our health organisations. This is the reason why Italy will be the Guest of Honour Country at the West China International Fair (Changdu, 20-24 September). In […]

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