Health Minister of Somalia to Del Re: thank you Italy for your help
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a telephone conversation with the Health Minister of Somalia, Fawziya Abikar Nur. Minister Fawziya expressed to the Vice Minister the heartfelt thanks of the Somali government for the ongoing humanitarian operation. It began on July 5, with the first of three flights Brindisi-Mogadishu that will transport a total of […]
Read moreIIC North America: the music of Raphael, from Urbino to Rome
On April 6, 1520, Raffaello Sanzio, one of the great geniuses of the Renaissance, died in Rome. On the 500th anniversary of his death, the network of Italian Cultural Institutes in the United States and Canada commemorates the great artist through a series of online initiatives. Although music does not play such an important […]
Read moreSHE of Valerio Zanini wins the “Vivo d’Arte 2020” award
Valerio Zanini, a young Italian musician living in Graz, with his project SHE, wins the second edition of the “Vivo D’Arte” Award, launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with the Romaeuropa Foundation and the participation of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism. The Prize aims to […]
Read moreSereni: Venezuela, committed to a democratic solutions
The Vice Minister Marina Sereni met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Mariela Magallanes and Isadora Zubillaga, representatives of the Venezuelan National Assembly. The two opposition representatives spoke about the further deterioration of the political situation in their country, illustrating their concerns also on the humanitarian level. Sereni reiterated the Italian Government’s support […]
Read moreDi Stefano in conversation with UK Secretary of State for Trade
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano had a video call with British Foreign Trade Secretary Graham Stuart. The conversation was an opportunity to take stock of bilateral trade relations, also in view of the Covid-19 crisis and the post-Brexit situation. Di Stefano presented the main points of the Export Pact, signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
Read moreMs Del Re in videoconference on the Horn of Africa
Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re participated in a videoconference on the Horn of Africa, organised by the Foreign Minister of Finland, Mr Haavisto. The event was attended by IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu, African Union Peace and Security Commissioner Chergui, UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Di Carlo, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Urpilainen and […]
Read moreThe Foreign Ministry supports “Roots Tourism”
Roots Tourism potentially involves an estimated 60 to 80 million descendants of Italian emigrants worldwide, who reside mainly in the Americas, South Africa, Australia and European countries. They are not simply travellers: the root tourist is above all an investor and an “ambassador” of the territories he keeps in his family history. In 2018, ENIT […]
Read moreSkopie: food&wine, ICE promuove il Made in Italy
Nonostante le limitazioni imposte dalle misure di contrasto al coronavirus, si è tenuta anche quest’anno la settimana di promozione dei prodotti alimentari e vini italiani in Macedonia del Nord per iniziativa dell’Ufficio ICE di Skopie, in collaborazione con l’Ambasciata e con una delle maggiori catene di supermercati locali, introducendo nuovi prodotti food&wine nella grande distribuzione […]
Read moreMr Scalfarotto in conversation with Swiss authorities
Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto met in Bern with Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and Trade Marie Gabrielle Ineichen Fleisch and Secretary of State and Director for European Affairs of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Roberto Balzaretti. Several issues related to the bilateral relationship between Italy and Switzerland were discussed, in particular the protection of […]
Read moreFarnesina Art Digital Experience, the artists’ story online
After the event promoted by MAECI Farnesina Art Digital Experience last December 14th – when fourteen of the most important Italian Digital Art studios redesigned the facade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a video mapping show, transforming it into a 10,000 square meters and 15 million pixels canvas – the artists involved in […]
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