Week from 29 January to 4 February

The Minister’s first engagements for the OSCE chairmanship: from the Conference on Anti-Semitism in Rome to the mission to Ukraine and Russia A large conference on the fight against anti-Semitism was held in Rome with representatives of OSCE Participating States and the leaders of the world’s most important Jewish organizations: Minister Alfano planned this Conference […]

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Annual Conference of Scientic Attachés​

Today the Farnesina is hosting a conference of the world’s leading figures from the world of research, universities, innovative companies and start-ups and Scientific Attachés, who have been convened in Rome from their overseas offices for their annual meeting. The central theme of the debate will be the key topic of Health 4.0. The network […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Second Edition of ministerial Conference: A Shared Responsibility for a Common Goal – Solidarity and Security (Farnesina, 6 February 2018)

On Tuesday, 6 February, at the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, the Farnesina will host the second edition of the ministerial conference: “A Shared Responsibility for a Common Goal – Solidarity and Security”. Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Libya, Malta, Niger, the Netherlands, Spain, Sudan and Tunisia are the African […]

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Presentation of the “Election Portal”

The “Election Portal”, which was presented to the press today, is an innovative digital tool in line with the Digital Agenda of the Italian Public Administration. It is designed to enable a more efficient management of the voting procedure for Italian nationals living abroad on the occasion of  the next parliamentary elections. The Portal represents a “radar” […]

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Change the World Model United Nations

“It is a great pleasure to welcome you here to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the home of Italian diplomacy. The sight of so many young people interested in diplomacy and our surrounding world is very heartening”. The Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano used these words to address three hundred and fifty young people […]

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Five performances of the Verdi Festival to take in Oslo

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) will kick off the first of the five instalments of the Verdi Festival in Oslo on 7 February with the screening of the opera Rigoletto at the attendance of Ms Anna Maria Meo, Director General of the Fondazione Teatro Regio, who will present the 2018 Verdi Festival programme running from […]

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Second edition of Italian Design Day Shanghai to be held in March

Italian Design has always been synonymous to global excellence thanks to the high quality of the materials, the great creativity and innovativeness of Italian designers, the respect for the environment throughout the production phases, in addition to the care for graphic design, advertising and packaging. Conceived by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – “BeamLine for schools – BL4S” (Farnesina, 8 February 2018)

On 8 February 2018, at 3:00 p.m., the Farnesina will host the Prize Awarding Ceremony to the winning teams of the international competition “BeamLine for schools – BL4S”, at the presence of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova. The event will be moderated by the Principal Director for Innovation and Research, Fabrizio Nicoletti, […]

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Maire Tecnimont and SOCAR sign contract for the Baku refinery upgrade

Baku hosted the signing ceremony today for the 800 million dollar contract between the subsidiaries of the Italian Group Maire Tecnimont and the Azerbaijani state-owned oil company, SOCAR. The aim of the partnership is to upgrade and reconstruct the Heydar Aliyev refinery, a major Azerbaijani crude oil refining plant. The Italian Ambassador in Baku, Augusto Massari, […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Conference of Scientific Attachés (Farnesina, 5 February 2018)

On 5 February 2018, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR) Valeria Fedeli, and the  Minister of Health, Beatrice Lorenzin, will convene the Scientific Attachés at the Farnesina in a Conference that, this year too, will be attended by eminent personalities from the world of research, university, innovative […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – A Shared Responsibility for a Common Goal: Solidarity and Security

The 2nd Ministerial Conference entitled “A Shared Responsibility for a Common Goal: Solidarity and Security” will be hosted on Tuesday 6 February by the Farnesina on the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. It will be attended by representatives of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Libya, Malta, Niger, Spain, Sudan,The Netherlands and Tunisia. […]

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PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTICE – The “Election Portal” presentation (Farnesina, 2 February 2018)

On 2 February, at 12.00 p.m., the “Election Portal” will be presented at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. It was developed by the Farnesina as a more systematic guide for the overseas network for the complex voting procedures. The Director General for Italians Abroad, Luigi Maria Vignali, will make the presentation, exactly […]

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