Farnesina goes Green – New bicycle parking facilities opened at the Ministry
As part of the 9th edition of “Farnesina Porte Aperte” (“Farnesina Open Doors”), the renewed bicycle parking area of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was inaugurated at the presence of the Ministry’s Secretary General, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni and of the Chief of Staff Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado. The members of the staff […]
Read moreItaly-Yemen Relations: the MAECI-SIOI project for 11 Yemenite diplomats is about to start
Eleven Yemenite diplomats will be attending a Master Programme on Geopolitics and International Relations organised by SIOI in conjunction with the General Directorate for Political Affairs and Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The Programme will run from 7 to 20 May 2017. The inauguration ceremony was attended by: Franco Frattini, […]
Read moreMinister Alfano on mission to Tripoli
“Italy reaffirms with determination its support to an inclusive dialogue and reconciliation process, which is the only possible way to stabilize and consolidate the Country and its institutions,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Internaitonal Cooperation during his mission to Tripoli on Saturday, 6 may. Accompanied by the Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Perrone, […]
Read moreArgentina – Radiation physics discussed in Buenos Aires
The fundamental aspects of radiation physics are the central theme of a two-day international physics forum in Buenos Aires that features prestigious physicists from around the world. They will discuss innovations in non-destructive techniques that use ionising radiation and charged and neutral particles to probe matter, as well as their applications in the fields of […]
Read moreMalta – Art Camp 2017
Thanks to a collaboration between the Italian Embassy in Malta, the Italian Cultural Institute in Valletta and the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, Agnese Purgatorio, an Apulian artist whose work focuses on dialogue, borders and illegality, will be participating in the international Art Camp, organised in Gozo from 7 to 20 May 2017 by the […]
Read morePortugal – “In the darkness of human destiny”: Rubini gives voice to Pirandello
“In the darkness of human destiny: Pirandello and self-knowledge” is the title of the event being held that marks 150 years since the birth of the Nobel Prize winning author and which features the well-known actor and director Sergio Rubini. The event is planned for Thursday, 11 May, at 6:30 p.m., at the Italian Cultural […]
Read moreTelephone conversation between Minister Alfano and the United High Commissioner for Refugees
On Friday, 5 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had a telephone conversation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, to take stock of the situation in Libya and of the UNHCR Plan for the Country. After receiving an update on the UNHCR’s action and future […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy, 5 May: latest news from the world
The Italian company Inso has been adjudicated the contract to rebuild the hospital district in Skopje. The 72-million-euro project includes the construction over a period of four years of a new nine-story hospital facility over an area of 47,000 square metres, including a rooftop heliport for emergencies. The project is the Country’s most important public […]
Read more“Farnesina meets businesses” travels to Florence
“Following the events held in Turin, Udine, Padua and Treviso, I firmly believe that meeting local enterprises is extremely useful in order to illustrate to each one of them the tools that Farnesina offers to promote their internationalisation. The Farnesina provides institutional assistance and on site information via its diplomatic network, but it also favours […]
Read moreInternational Expo in Astana
On Thursday 4 May 2017, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., the Farnesina will host in the Sala Aldo Moro, the presentation of the participation of Italy in the International Expo to be held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, from 10 June to 10 September 2017 on the theme “Energy of the Future”. The event will […]
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