Italy consolidates its leadership in UNESCO World Heritage sites with the listing of “Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century” and the postponement of the “Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene” to 2019

The Italian delegation to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, led by Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Guglielmo Picchi, has returned from Manama, where the Organisation’s member states are convened, with the listing of Ivrea and having overturned the negative judgment expressed by the technical advisory body on postponing the scrutiny of the nomination of […]

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Italian Economic Diplomacy 28 June – latest news from the world

Italy-ASEAN Conference: Farnesina, 10 July 2018 The development of cooperation in the areas of training and scientific research between Italy and ASEAN is the subject matter of a Conference to be held at the Farnesina on 10 July next, entitled “Italy-ASEAN Cooperation on Higher Education, Science and Research, Public and Private Synergies”. The conference, organized in […]

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Press accreditation notice – EXCO2019 – the International Cooperation Expo conference presentation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, 2 July 2018)

EXCO2019 – the International Cooperation Expo conference presentation will be held on Monday, 2 July in Rome at 11.00 a.m. in the Sala Onofri at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The following will make presentations: Stefano Manservisi – Director General for International Cooperation and Development at the European Commission, Giorgio Marrapodi – Director General for Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign […]

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Humanitarian flight for Niger

In response to an appeal by the Niger authorities, and following the operations carried out on 24 April and 25 May, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation organised a third humanitarian flight of the Italian Cooperation Service for Niger. The Air Force flight took off from Pisa and headed to Niamey, carrying hard-to-find […]

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Italia e Lettonia, 100 anni di amicizia

Il Ministro della Cultura lettone, Dace Melbārde, e il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri e alla Cooperazione Internazionale, Emanuela Del Re, questa mattina hanno proceduto congiuntamente al taglio del nastro per inaugurare alla Farnesina una mostra di celebrazione del centenario dell’indipendenza della Repubblica di Lettonia. L’Ambasciatore lettone a Roma, Artis Bertulis, il Segretario Generale della Farnesina, […]

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MacFrut 2019

Today the Farnesina hosts the presentation of “Macfrut 2019” to the members of the African Diplomatic Corps and to representatives of the world of Italian business and culture.  Macfrut is an important international fruit and vegetable fair organised by Cesena Fiere S.p.A. in partnership with the Region of Piedmont: in its last edition, it had an attendance of […]

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Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America

The Governments of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States are deeply concerned about the announcement that the Ras Lanuf and Sidra oil fields and facilities will be transferred to the control of an entity other than the legitimate National Oil Corporation. Libya’s oil facilities, production, and revenues belong to the Libyan people. […]

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Argentina: Promoting Italian Language Teaching

Cultural cooperation programme signed to promote the teaching of Italian language and culture in schools in the province of Cordoba. On 22 June, at the Government palace of the Province of Cordoba, Governor of Cordoba Juan Schiaretti and Italian Ambassador to Argentina Giuseppe Manzo signed the Cultural Cooperation Programme to promote the teaching of Italian […]

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Mission for the Special Envoy for the Caribbean Countries

Roberto Natali, the Special Envoy for the Caribbean countries of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), went on a new mission which included meetings in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia. In Barbados Mr Natali also met the President of the Caribbean Development Bank.  […]

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UPDATE ON PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Presentation of the “Italy – Latvia: 100 years of friendship” multimedia exhibition (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, 28 June 2018)

The “Italy – Latvia: 100 years of friendship” multimedia exhibition will be presented on Thursday, 28 June 2018, at 12.30 p.m.  Opening remarks will be made by the Latvian Ambassador in Rome, Artis Bertulis, and  then welcoming addresses will be delivered  by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Elisabetta Belloni, and the State Secretary for Foreign […]

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Italy, A Country for Travellers

The Lanterna di Fuksas in Rome will host an event today encompassing music, literature, fashion and haute cuisine, entitled “Italy. A Country for Travellers – A Journey through Italian Culture, Style and Food”. International tour operators, the foreign press and diplomatic corps members will receive an overview of the initiatives rolled out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International […]

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REMINDER – PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE. “Italy. A Country for Travellers – A Journey through Italian Culture, Style and Food” (Rome, June 27, 2018)

“Italy. A Country for Travellers – A Journey through Italian Culture, Style and Food”, an event presenting the actions taken to enhance the image of Italy abroad,  will take place in Rome at the Lanterna di Fuksas (Via Tomacelli, 157) on Wednesday,  June 27, 2018 at 7.30 p.m.  in the presence of the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di […]

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