8th 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.
Read moreDel Re: Migrants – evacuation from Libya a must
Speaking at the Global Summit on Refugees in Geneva, Deputy Minister Del Re called for “an international initiative to promote the Italian model of humanitarian corridors for a more comprehensive migration policy, in particular to ensure the evacuation of migrants from Libya”. Del Re presented the government’s lines of action on its migration and reception […]
Read more30 years assisting Italians in the world
Today, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni and the Director of ANSA (the national associated press agency), Luigi Contu opened a photography exhibition that looks back over the main events followed to protect Italians abroad over the past 30 years. The exhibition was put on in association […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy 16 December: latest news from the world
New Zealand announces an investment plan to stimulate the economy The New Zealand Minister for Finance Grant Robertson announced a major spending package to be used for investments. Over the next five years, the government is committed to raising 12 billion New Zealand dollars (7.1 billion euros) in capital on the market out of which […]
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