Afghanistan. Della Vedova: Italy calls for UN monitoring of human rights
Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova took part in the Special Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) on the “severe human rights situation in Afghanistan’’. The Deputy Minister expressed Italy’s concern for the most vulnerable people in that country – women and children, those who defend human rights, journalists, media workers, and people […]
Read moreMinistry of Foreign Affairs: Ikram Nazih freed in Morocco
Di Maio: thanks to the work of diplomacy and Amendola “Ikram Nazih was released today in Morocco,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. The Italian-Moroccan girl had been convicted of offences against religion for sharing a satirical cartoon on Facebook in 2019. “I want to thank the Italian Ambassador to Morocco, Armando Barucco and Deputy […]
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“JazzLife, La vita con la J maiuscola” è il titolo di un nuovo format per web, tv e social media presentato da Umbria Jazz e promosso dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri per raccontare il patrimonio artistico e culturale del paese, attraverso gli occhi e le note di musicisti che rappresentano al meglio l’attuale panorama jazzistico […]
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‘JazzLife, Life in J major’ is the title of a new web, TV and social media format presented by Umbria Jazz and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote Italian artistic and cultural heritage through the eyes and sounds of the best on the current Italian jazz scene. Four dates in the first […]
Read more‘BooktoScreen’: from book to film (or TV series)
The ‘BooktoScreen. From past to future. Six books, six screens‘ project is the result of the collaboration between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turin International Book Fair, in particular thanks to the industry experience of the International Book Forum (IBF), encouraging and promoting a coming together of and mutual understanding between the Italian […]
Read moreAir Force flight landing from Kabul
The Air Force flight with 86 passengers on board, including some Italians, numerous former Afghan collaborators and their families, European Union and NATO Delegation personnel, evacuated from Kabul, has landed. Before leaving the airport, they will all be subject to a COVID swab test, as happened last Monday on the occasion of the arrival of […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio at the EU FAC on the situation in Afghanistan
Minister Di Maio to the EU Foreign Affairs Council on the situation in Afghanistan: “Yesterday, speaking from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, I took part in the EU Foreign Affairs Council, which met virtually to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. I indicated the Government’s 5 priorities as part of a strategy that […]
Read moreAfghanistan: the Embassy in Kabul reconstituted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces that the Italian Embassy in Kabul, led by Ambassador Vittorio Sandalli, who returned to Italy yesterday from Afghanistan, has been immediately reconstituted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with the other European diplomatic representations redeployed to their homeland, and is already operational. In close coordination with its European partners, it monitors the […]
Read moreAfghanistan: Ministry of Defence and MAECI (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation). A plane has landed from Kabul with Italian Embassy staff, civilian nationals and some Afghan collaborators
The Italian Air Force’s KC 767 plane has just landed at Fiumicino airport with about 70 people on board, including diplomatic staff and former Afghan collaborators. The flight, which took off yesterday, is part of the plan to bring Italian embassy staff back home and of the Aquila Omnia Operation to bring former Afghan collaborators and their […]
Read moreAvviso di pubblicità per contributi a soggetti privati per finalità di mantenimento della pace, sicurezza internazionale, iniziative umanitarie
La Direzione Generale per la Mondializzazione (DGMO) e la Direzione Generale per l’Unione Europea (DGUE) della Farnesina bandiscono un avviso di pubblicità per l’erogazione di contributi a soggetti privati, italiani e stranieri, per le finalità connesse al mantenimento della pace, della sicurezza internazionale e l’attuazione di iniziative umanitarie. Si rinnova così una forma innovativa di partenariato pubblico-privato che, avvalendosi del coinvolgimento e delle competenze della […]
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