Italian Cuisine Week: Recife holds a masterclass on cooking and an event to promote Italian cocktails
For the first time, the Italian Cuisine Week in the World was also held in North-East Brazil, placing the focus on food education and training and on the promotion of the typical products available in major distribution chains. The agenda was greatly appreciated by the participants and scheduled two masterclasses and an event to celebrate […]
Read moreForeign Minister Di Maio meets with his Lebanese counterpart, Gebran Bassil
During his visit to Lebanon, Foreign Minister Di Maio meets with the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gebran Bassil. The talks focused on the traditional long-standing friendship and deep ties between Italy and Lebanon. The Minister reaffirmed Italy’s support to Lebanon through its contribution to UNIFIL, the support to the Lebanese Armed Forces, cooperation programmes and […]
Read moreMinister Luigi Di Maio on a diplomatic mission to Lebanon
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Beirut, Lebanon, today on a diplomatic mission that will include a greeting to the Italian troops deployed in the UNIFIL mission in southern Lebanon. During his visit, Minister Di Maio will meet with his Lebanese counterpart, the outgoing Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil. […]
Read more8th Meeting of the Situation Room for Italy’s Internationalisation
The 8th meeting of the Situation Room for Italy’s Internationalisation, chaired jointly by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, and by the Minister of Economic Development, Stefano Patuanelli, is being held today at the Farnesina. The Situation Room for Italy’s Internationalisation, is an exercise aimed at defining the resources, guidelines and strategic policy […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio met with his Singapore counterpart, Vivian Balakrishnan
Minister di Maio met with Singapore’s foreign affairs minister Balakrishnan at the Farnesina today. The meeting focused on the relations of the two countries with special attention to economic cooperation, investment promotion and innovation, Eurasian connectivity and the relations between Italy and ASEAN.
Read moreCentral European Initiative (CEI) Summit Meeting of the Heads of Government
The Central European Initiative (CEI) Summit Meeting of the Heads of Government is taking place at the Farnesina. The meeting is chaired by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte alongside the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni. Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Czech […]
Read moreDi Maio and Guterres in Brindisi for the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Global Service Center (UNGSC)
Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, together with the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, will attend the ceremony of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Global Service Center (UNGSC) in Brindisi. The UNGSC is the facility that provides logistics, geospatial intelligence, IT and Telecommunication services to all UN operations, and […]
Read moreRio de Janeiro: seminar on the circular economy and sustainability
The Italian Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro hosted a first seminar on “Circular Economy and Sustainability. Technologies for the Future”, organised by the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro. On opening the seminar, Consul General Paolo Miraglia del Giudice, after recalling that Italy will co-chair the COP 26 in 2020 with the United Kingdom, […]
Read more6th Session of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation
6th Annual Session of the Joint Committee for Development CooperationRome, 18 December 2019. Today, the Farnesina hosted the sixth annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, the second chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, in conjunction with Deputy Minister, Emanuela Del Re. The Joint Committee approved […]
Read moreMinister Luigi Di Maio: Question time in Parliament
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will be in Parliament today to answer questions on the initiatives taken to solve the Libyan crisis, also in light of the recent meetings with Libyan representatives.
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