Italian in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Over one hundred people (including University professors, teachers, students and business people) attended the first “Italian studies meeting in Bosnia and Herzegovina” today at the University of Zenica. It was organised by the Italian embassy in order “to understand together how to use Italian for human and professional growth,” as tweeted by the ambassador, […]

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The excellence of Italian agro-food on show in Tokyo

The excellence of Italian agro-food on show in Tokyo. The Foodex Japan 2018, the largest and most important food and beverage fair in Japan and Asia that ran from 6 to 9 March, attracted 170 exhibitors from 16 Italian regions. Inside the 2,400 sq. m. exhibition space that turned the Italian Pavilion into the biggest in […]

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LUXEMBOURG – Unprecedented exhibition on Etruscan archaeology

An unprecedented exhibition on Etruscan archaeology titled “Le lieu céleste. Les Etrusques et leurs dieux – Le sanctuaire fédéral d’Orvieto” opened today at the National Museum of History and Art (MNHA) in Luxembourg. It is scheduled to run from16 March to 2 September 2018. Organised under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian […]

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Minister Alfano attends the Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting in support of the UNRWA

This morning the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, attended the Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting in support of the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) that was held at the FAO headquarters in Rome. The meeting, which was co-chaired by the Foreign Ministers of Jordan, […]

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Blue Sea Land – public actors and companies come together at the Farnesina

On 14 March 2018, the Farnesina hosted an event to present “Blue Sea Land – Expo of the clusters from the Mediterranean, Africa and Middle East”, organised by the Fisheries and Blue Growth District. The event, which was first launched in 2009, is at its 7th edition this year, which is scheduled to run from 4 […]

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Information update for the Media – Extraordinary Ministerial Conference on UNRWA (FAO, 15 March 2018)

Thursday, 15 March 2018, FAO Headquarters, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome The UNRWA – the United Nations’ oldest and largest humanitarian and human development programme in the Middle East which assists more than five million Palestinian refugees – is experiencing the worst financial crisis in its 70-year-long history and could be obliged to suspend its […]

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Reminder – PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE- Ministerial Meeting “Lebanon, building trust: a viable security for the country and the region” on supporting the Lebanese Security Forces (Farnesina, 15 march 2018)

On Thursday, 15 March, the Farnesina will host the Ministerial Meeting “Lebanon, building trust: a viable security for the country and the region” on supporting the Lebanese Security Forces.  “The meeting was announced last October when Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hariri was last in Rome and was mentioned in the Joint Statement adopted on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting […]

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Alfano: “I firmly condemn the attack perpetrated today against the Palestinian Prime Minister”

“I firmly condemn the attack perpetrated today against Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, which fortunately claimed no victims and into which it will be essential to conduct an in-depth investigation in order to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, on commenting what […]

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USA, Ambassador Varricchio travels to Texas​

The Ambassador of Italy to the U.S., Armando Varricchio, just concluded a mission in the State of Texas, where he visited Dallas, Wichita Falls and Austin. His journey has confirmed the excellent relations between the U.S. (Texas in particular) and Italy. “Cooperation in the field of security and the military, as well as in the […]

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Fashion goes to Kampala

As part of the events planned for Italian Design Day in the World, the Embassy organised a fashion show in conjunction with the AVSI Foundation called “Seeds of Hope. Moving Forward”. The event hosted over 13 African fashion designers coming from Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The Rozviccycathy dance company performed to the music of DJ […]

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Fourth Italy – Thailand Business Forum

The fourth Italy – Thailand Business Forum in Phuket  The Italian and Thai business communities met in Phuket on 11 and 12 March for the fourth meeting of the Business Forum, at a time of particularly intense business relations between the two countries. On 9 February, Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano was in Bangkok and in […]

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Condolences of Minister Alfano

Alfano: “I express my personal and the Italian Government’s heartfelt grief for the victims of yesterday’s air crash near the international airport of Kathmandu. ” The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano: “I express my personal and the Italian Government’s heartfelt grief for the victims of yesterday’s air crash near the international airport of  Kathmandu. […]

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