Message from Minister Di Maio for Women’s Day
Today, 8th March, it is the International Women’s Day. I would like to extend my warmest wishes to all the women of the Foreign Ministry and express my deepest thanks for the service they have rendered in a commendable manner with a spirit of sacrifice and also in difficult situations both in Rome and abroad. […]
Read moreVice Minister Sereni opens Conference on the role of young people in Africa
“Today more than ever, Africa is at the centre of Italian foreign policy and relations between us and the continent are increasingly close, as shown by the fact that our country is the main European investor on the ground, with investments of 9 billion euros in 2017″. Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni stated that opening […]
Read more“M’illumino di Meno” is back: the Foreign Ministry supports the project again
The energy saving initiative “M’illumino di Meno” is back on 6th March and, according to tradition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation participates again this year. On Friday evening, the external lights of the flags, of the courtyard of honour and of the flagpoles in the car park will be switched off. Moreover, […]
Read moreFarnesina, women’s cancer prevention
During the Women’s Day week, an information point for women’s cancer prevention was set up at the Farnesina. The medical unit was activated by the staff of the Health Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and was visited today by the Secretary-General, Amb. Elisabetta Belloni, in the presence among others […]
Read moreTraining of Burkina Faso diplomats in Rome
In the presence of their colleagues from the the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Farnesina), the diplomas were awarded to eight Burkinabe diplomats who, from 17 to 21 February, attended the Master in Geopolitics and International Relations at the SIOI in Rome. The intense training program ranged from international law to the international protection of human […]
Read moreDi Stefano receives the Italian National Chefs Team at the Farnesina
Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano received today at the Farnesina the members of the Italian National Chefs Team, led by Team Manager Gianluca Tomasi and Captain Pierluca Ardito. The National Team is back from Stuttgart, where it won the gold medal in the Restaurant of Nations category at the Ika Culinary Olympics, the biggest cooking […]
Read moreDel Re meets European Commissioner for Crisis Management
Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re had a meeting in Brussels with the European Commissioner for Crisis Management and Humanitarian Aid, Janez Lenarcic, with whom she exchanged views on the main crisis theatres. Concerning Libya, the Deputy Minister called for a growing commitment of the European Commission on the humanitarian level. In Libya, as well as […]
Read moreScalfarotto at the event “China, We Are With You”
Undersecretary Scalfarotto participated today in the inauguration event of Milan Fashion Week 2020. During the event the solidarity campaign “China, we are with you” was launched by Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (National Chamber of Italian Fashion). The initiative includes a digital exhibition of the new collections of eight emerging Chinese designers who had the […]
Read moreFirst performance of Lucia di Lammermoor Croatian National Theatre
Forty-five years after its last performance in Zagreb, Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor returned on Friday, February 14 at the Croatian National Theatre, directed by Maestro Pierluigi Pizzi and conducting the Zagreb Opera by Marcello Mottadelli. The evening, co-organized by the Embassy of Italy and the Superintendent of the Croatian National Theatre, was a tremendous […]
Read moreUndersecretary Scalfarotto visited MICAM and MIPEL trade fairs
Ivan Scalfarotto, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, visited the MICAM and MIPEL trade fairs dedicated to the footwear and leather goods sectors. The event opened yesterday afternoon in the presence of Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. “These are realities of absolute importance for an exporting country like ours. The figures speak for themselves: the two […]
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