Sereni: thanks to #WeAreItaly artists
“I want to thank all the artists and personalities from the world of culture who have joined #WeAreItaly – #staytunedonIT to support our country at this time. This was Marina Sereni’s statement, the Deputy Foreign Minister in charge of cultural promotion, about the campaign launched yesterday by the Foreign Ministry and addressed to the international […]
Read moreThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs launches the campaign #WeAreItaly
The campaign #WeAreItaly #StayTunedOnIt launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote the most creative and vital Italy in the world in the days of the Coronavirus has just started. Andrea Bocelli, Uto Ughi, Tiziano Ferro, Paolo Fresu, Ada Montellanico, Nek, Andrea Griminelli, Rita Marcotulli, Fabrizio Bosso and many others have joined the initiative […]
Read moreWarsaw: Presidential Palace illuminated with tricolour flag
Poland is closing in on Italy and as a sign of solidarity illuminates the Presidential Palace in Warsaw with the tricolour flag. On the initiative of the Polish Embassy in Rome, to give a sign of closeness to Italy, which “is facing a very tough test in the fight against coronavirus epidemic” – emphasizes the […]
Read moreCoronavirus: 100 Italian and Ukrainian flags in the centre of Kyiv
Also from Kyiv comes a testimony of solidarity with Italy for the fight against Coronavirus. On the occasion of the anniversary of the unification of Italy on 17 March, 100 flags of Italy and Ukraine were placed in the centre of the Ukrainian capital, along Khreshchatik street. “By combining our efforts, knowledge, experience and the […]
Read moreDel Re: video conferences with cooperation actors
The Deputy Minister in charge of development cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, has held a series of video conferences with the main representatives of the Italian system of international cooperation, in order to discuss the main problems that cooperation activities are facing, due to the pandemic emergency, and to explain what the Foreign Ministry and the […]
Read moreMessaggio del Ministro Di Maio al personale della Farnesina
“Mi rivolgo a tutto il personale della Farnesina, a Roma e all’estero in un momento di grande impegno e obiettive difficoltà per il nostro Paese e per il mondo intero per esprimere sincera gratitudine e apprezzamento per l’impegno e l’incondizionato spirito di servizio che tutti voi state dimostrando. Da solo pochi mesi ho l’onore di […]
Read moreScalfarotto to Switzerland: no need to detain cross-border commuters
Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto spoke today on the phone with Roberto Balzaretti, Swiss State Secretary responsible for European affairs. In some cases, our cross-border commuters have been asked to stay in Switzerland instead of returning home in the evening, and to change their residence permit from G (border commuter) to L (temporary residence), only to be […]
Read moreUndersecretary Scalfarotto – talks with English and French Ambassadors
This morning, Undersecretary Ivan Scalfarotto met British Ambassador Jill Morris to discuss the letter that Italians living in the UK have sent to Prime Minister Johnson and our Government’s concern for our fellow countrymen, fearing that the rules in force in the kingdom are not sufficient to guarantee their safety. The Ambassador has reassured the […]
Read moreNote Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Farnesina) – Undersecretary Scalfarotto
Yesterday, by a formal decision, the Canton of Ticino took more restrictive measures on prophylaxis from COVID-19 for business activities, meetings and gatherings, churches and schools. “I have expressed to the Swiss Ambassador in Rome my satisfaction with the measures that will also make our frontier workers’ performance safer. I thanked her, once again, for […]
Read moreThe MAECI adheres to the initiative “L’Italia chiamò” (Italy called)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) adheres to the initiative promoted by MIBACT “L’Italia chiamò. Courage, resilience, talent: the antibodies of Italians and Italians at the time of the coronavirus” (#litaliachiamo), with a video contribution dedicated to the Farnesina Collection and a focus on four works by Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Vedova, Carla […]
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