Minister Di Maio attends the Foreign Affairs Council
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is due to attend the European Union Foreign Affairs Council that will be held in Luxembourg tomorrow 20 June. On the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council, Minister Di Maio, together with the Finnish Foreign Minister, Pekka Haavisto, will co-host a first informal working […]
Read moreDevelopment Cooperation: Deputy Minister Sereni chairs Joint Committee meeting
Deputy Minister Marina Sereni chaired the fourth annual meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee, in which the Director General for Development Cooperation, Fabio Cassese, and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri, also took part. Representatives of other public sector organisations with competence for the issues discussed also attended. The […]
Read moreUkrainian crisis. Humanitarian aid transport for the most vulnerable population segments
A new humanitarian aid transport for the Ukrainian population took off yesterday from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi. The operation is organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in partnership with Italian civil society, which is on the front line of the response to the humanitarian crisis […]
Read moreMission by Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano to Indonesia
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano’s latest mission to Southeast Asia ended in Indonesia, where he took part in several institutional meetings and in the Second Italy-ASEAN Joint Committee. Indonesia is a strategic partner for Italy in the Indo-Pacific region. In addition to being a democracy, the Country is, in fact, the leading economy in Southeast Asia, […]
Read moreMission of Minister Di Maio to Ethiopia and Kenya
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be on a diplomatic mission to Ethiopia and Kenya starting from 12 June. The visit – which follows in the wake of the visits that Minister Di Maio paid to Angola, Republic of Congo, and Mozambique – confirms Italy’s attention for the African […]
Read moreAbrogative Referendum 2022: closing of the re-entry operations of the ballot papers of Italians abroad
The vote for the abrogative referendum cast by Italian citizens abroad closed on Sunday, 12 June, with the re-entry in Italy of a scheduled flight carrying the ballot papers from Venezuela and Panama, to be subsequently tallied by the Italian Court of Appeal. This last flight was met at Fiumicino Airport by the Foreign Ministry’s […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Sereni opens 21st AU-OECD International Economic Forum on Africa
In the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ministerial meeting in Paris chaired by Italy, Deputy Minister Sereni opened the 21st AU-OECD International Economic Forum on Africa today. The Forum is a long-established platform for economic dialogue between the OECD Development Centre (whose members include 11 African countries) and the African […]
Read moreUndersecretary Hon. Manlio Di Stefano’s visit to Vietnam (7-9 June 2022)
The official visit by Undersecretary Hon. Manlio Di Stefano to Vietnam, which ran from 7 to 9 June and saw him engaged in meetings in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, came to a close yesterday. The Undersecretary’s visit to Southeast Asia ends today with a number of working meetings in Indonesia. The dossiers addressed […]
Read moreCrisis in Ukraine. Supply of humanitarian goods for the vulnerable population
On 6 June a consignment of humanitarian supplies for the Ukrainian population left the UN Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD). It arrived yesterday in Siret, Romania, with about six tons of medical kits (surgical, post-trauma and for the treatment of non-transmissible diseases) and humanitarian supplies. The latter included tents, blankets, heaters for tents, hygiene-sanitation kits and […]
Read moreFarnesina presents the initiative “MARMO. Carving the future”, organised alongside Confindustria Marmomacchine and Italian Trade Agency
In the framework of the Annual General Assembly of Confindustria Marmomacchine, held today in Milan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presented a preview of the exhibition “MARMO. Carving the future”, an integrated promotional initiative supporting the internationalisation of the Italian marble industry set up alongside Confindustria Marmomacchine and the Italian Trade Agency. […]
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