Giulio Regeni

For Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, the search for the truth on the barbaric killing of Giulio Regeni remains a priority in the framework of Italy’s relations with Egypt, fully understanding the demand for justice by the young researcher’s family, Institutions and Italian citizens. The Farnesina will take all the necessary […]

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Italy’s economic diplomacy, 29 November: latest news from the world

GREECE – SPARKLE GREECE WINS THE DATA CENTER OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE INFO-COM 2018 CONFERENCE Sparkle, a subsidiary of the TIM Group dedicated to developing international services and among the ten leading global operators, announced that its Greek subsidiary won the Data Center of the Year Award at the Info-Com 2018 World Conference, the […]

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Italian ice cream showcased in Colombia

Italian ice cream chefs are in Colombia for the Week of Italian Cuisine, proposing daring combinations with typical Italian dishes, as at the gala dinner at Bogota’s Club Metropolitan, where squash risotto was complemented with Parmigiano ice cream. The Sicilian Stramondo company, a leader in the production of organic agri-food products, supplied the raw materials […]

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The San Carlo Orchestra in Montreal

Naples’s Teatro San Carlo and its Orchestra, with Conductor Maurizio Agostini, held a concert in Montreal, at the Maison Symphonique, one of the world’s most prestigious temples of music. The programme included the performance of some of the most famous arias of the Italian music tradition and a special homage to Gioachino Rossini, whose 150th anniversary of his […]

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The Art of dry-stone walling inscribed in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO

The UNESCO Convention Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed “The art of dry-stone walling” in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The transnational candidacy was presented by Italy together with Cyprus, Croatia, France, Greece, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland. The unanimous decision by the 24 States that […]

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Pizza takes centre stage in the Week of Italian Cuisine in Turkey

Pizza was the guest star of the Week of Italian Cuisine in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir.  The Italian Consulate and Cultural Institute organised a programme full of events to celebrate the third edition of the Week to promote the excellence of Italian food and wine. Pizza, one of the most popular foods in the world […]

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Minister Moavero meets the EU Chief Negotiator for Brexit, Michel Barnier

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, today received at the Farnesina the EU Chief Negotiator for Brexit, Michel Barnier, with whom he had an extensive exchange of views on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union.   While reaffirming […]

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Italian technology to fight cancer in Prague

An experimental structure, ELIMAIA-ELIMED, opened at the physics laboratory in the Academy of Sciences in Prague in association with the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). The goal is to examine new ways of curing cancer with adrotherapy using particle beams. An Italian delegation attended the opening ceremony, led by Fernando Ferroni, President of […]

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The Ambassador of Italy visits the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

The Ambassador of Italy to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Armando Varricchio, made an institutional visit to the capital Nassau, where he met Prime Minister Hubert Alexander Minnis, assisted by the Minister of Finance, Marlon Johnson, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Jack Thompson. The meetings reaffirmed the excellent state of bilateral relations, which this […]

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Week of Italian Cuisine in Lima

Numerous cultural and promotional events were featured and very well received by the public at the III edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World (19-25 November 2018) in Lima, thanks to the joint efforts of the Embassy, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Peru (“CCIP”), the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) […]

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Italy’s economic diplomacy, 28 November: latest news from the world

ITALIAN AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION: OPEN PROCEDURE FOR THE SELECTION OF INNOVATIVE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES TO BE ACCEPTED FOR CO-FINANCING. The 2030 Agenda adopted by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution of 25 September 2015 fully acknowledges the key role played by the private sector as the motive force of a sustainable and inclusive economic growth […]

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Global Compact for Migration

In order to correctly understand the ongoing political debate on the ‘Global Compact for Migration’, reference should be made to the statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, in response to the question and immediate reply by Hon. Giorgia Meloni during the ‘Question Time’ last 21 November quoted below, which […]

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