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Cultural Diplomacy
1 October 2025
Launch of the fourth edition of AIR – Artists in Residence 2025

On 30 September 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hosted the launch event of the fourth edition of AIR – Artists in Residence 2025, a project promoted by MIDJ (Italian Jazz Musicians), with the support of SIAE (Italian Society of Authors and Publishers) and in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

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Press Releases
25 September 2025
Export Plan EUR 161 million approved to support the internationalisation of 361 Italian enterprises. Export contracts worth over EUR 1 billion supported

The Facilitation Committee, chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has approved 378 subsidised loans managed by SIMEST, totalling EUR 161.35 million, in favour of 361 Italian enterprises. These funds will support investments in digital and green transition, participation in international trade fairs and events, market entry operations, the recruitment of temporary export managers, and […]

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Press Releases
22 September 2025
Minister Tajani to participate in the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will be in New York from today until September 25 to participate – accompanying the Prime Minister – in the High-Level Week of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This year’s theme for the general debate -“Better Together: 80 Years and More for Peace, […]

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Press Releases
16 September 2025
Road accident in Tanzania: several Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus killed. The Italian Embassy is providing assistance

The Italian Embassy in Dar es Salaam, in coordination with the Foreign Ministry, is following the case of several nuns from the Congregation of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, involved in a severe road accident on Monday, 15 September, in the Mwanza region (northwestern Tanzania). The accident killed Italian […]

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Press Releases
14 August 2025
Joint donor statement on the situation in and around El Fasher, Sudan, by 30 donors

EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain, Jose Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister of International Development of Norway, Åsmund Aukrust, Minister for Africa of the United Kingdom, Lord Collins of Highbury, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė, Secretary of State for International Development of Canada, Randeep Sarai, State […]

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Press Releases
31 July 2025
Visit of Deputy Minister Cirielli to the Horn of Africa: cooperation agreements with Ethiopia and action plan with Eritrea

The four-day visit to Ehiopia and Eritrea by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, has concluded. In Addis Ababa, Deputy Minister Cirielli was part of Prime Minister Meloni’s delegation to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS +4), co-organised by Italy and Ethiopia, where he was the keynote speaker at […]

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Economic Diplomacy
28 July 2025
Made in Italy packaging set to conquer the Tanzanian market

The packaging sector in Tanzania is experiencing solid growth. According to a market study on the Tanzanian packaging industry conducted by the Italian Trade Agency’s Office in Nairobi, with a market value of USD 370 million in 2024 and an annual growth rate of 3.9%, the country’s drive towards industrialisation is a key factor supporting […]

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Economic Diplomacy
28 July 2025
Ethiopia set to launch a new international airport

Ethiopia is poised to further cement its role as a key hub for continental air transport through the ambitious and strategically significant construction of a second international airport in Bishoftu, located approximately 40 kilometres from the capital, Addis Ababa. Valued at an estimated USD 8 billion for its initial phase, the project is a cornerstone […]

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Press Releases
25 July 2025
Italian Cooperation and ICCROM sign agreement to strengthen craft skills in cultural heritage conservation in Africa

The Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today signed an agreement at the Farnesina with ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) to launch the initiative “Towards sustainable development in Africa: strengthening craft skills in cultural heritage conservation”, funded by a EUR 6 […]

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Press Releases
25 July 2025
Undersecretary Silli’s mission to Mozambique

Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Silli, carried out an official mission to Mozambique from 24 to 25 July, during which he held high-level meetings with representatives of the Mozambican government, civil society, and the private sector. Throughout an intensive agenda of institutional meetings — including with the Secretary of State […]

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Press Releases
23 July 2025
Undersecretary Tripodi meets with the EU Special Representative for the Sahel

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Maria Tripodi, met today with the European Union’s Special Representative for the Sahel, Joao Cravinho. During the meeting, Undersecretary Tripodi reiterated that the Sahel is a region of strategic importance for Europe. For this reason, Italy does not envisage disengagement from the area but instead supports renewed European […]

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