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Diplomatic Network
21 August 2018
Ethiopia, the Foreign Ministry allocates 500,000 euros for assistance to displaced persons

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in close coordination with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, has allocated a 500,000-euro financial contribution to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the regions of Gedeo and West Guji, in Ethiopia. The contribution will mainly be used to provide emergency shelters as well as relief material and support to mobile […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 August 2018
Durand de la Penne in Dakar, a minute’s silence for Genoa

A minute of silence was observed on board of the Italian destroyer ‘Luigi Durand de la Penne’ in memory of the victims of the bridge collapse in Genoa. The destroyer arrived in the port of Dakar, the second stop in the 2018 training campaign for officers-in-training of the 2nd class of the Livorno Naval Academy, […]

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Press Releases
30 July 2018
Meeting between Undersecretary Del Re and the Angolan Undersecretary of Railway Transport

Meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation between Undersecretary Del Re and the Angolan Undersecretary of Railway Transport. Today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, met José Manuel Cerqueira, Secretary of State for Railway Transport for […]

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Press Releases
30 July 2018
The Italian Cooperation service arranges to help Niger

In order to tackle a cholera epidemic, at the request of Niger’s authorities, the Foreign Ministry has arranged to help the population of Niger through its Development Cooperation network by sending off an Air Force flight from Pisa today. The flight, which was organised through the cooperation with the United Nations humanitarian response depot (UNHRD) […]

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Diplomatic Network
17 July 2018
MeerKAT telescope inaugurated in South Africa

The MeerKAT radio telescope was inaugurated a few days ago in the Karoo desert, in South Africa. MeerKAT is an integral part of the multinational project Square Kilometer Array (SKA) in which Italy participates in an active and qualified manner. The inaugural ceremony was held in the presence of the Vice President of the Republic […]

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Diplomatic Network
2 July 2018
Italian Embassy in Sudan launches the initiative Ape Felice

On the occasion of the Italian National Day’s Celebrations, the Italian Embassy in Sudan has launched a new initiative of solidarity entitled “Ape Felice”. Recently acquired in Khartoum, a three-wheeled Ape City for people transport, produced by the Italian company Piaggio (the firm is in a phase of advanced negotiation in order to finalize a […]

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Press Releases
28 June 2018
Humanitarian flight for Niger

In response to an appeal by the Niger authorities, and following the operations carried out on 24 April and 25 May, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation organised a third humanitarian flight of the Italian Cooperation Service for Niger. The Air Force flight took off from Pisa and headed to Niamey, carrying hard-to-find […]

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Events
28 June 2018
MacFrut 2019

Oggi alla Farnesina si svolge la presentazione di “Macfrut 2019” a rappresentanti del Corpo Diplomatico africano e del mondo imprenditoriale e culturale italiano. Macfrut è un’importante fiera ortofrutticola internazionale, organizzata da Cesena Fiere S.p.A. in collaborazione con la Regione Piemonte: nella sua ultima edizione, ha registrato la presenza di oltre 43.000 visitatori e nel 2019 […]

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Events
28 June 2018
MacFrut 2019

Today the Farnesina hosts the presentation of “Macfrut 2019” to the members of the African Diplomatic Corps and to representatives of the world of Italian business and culture.  Macfrut is an important international fruit and vegetable fair organised by Cesena Fiere S.p.A. in partnership with the Region of Piedmont: in its last edition, it had an attendance of […]

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Events
21 June 2018
African Metropolis. An Imaginary City

A contemporary African art exhibition “African Metropolis. An Imaginary City” opens at the MAXXI Museum in Rome on 21 June 2018. Organised in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the exhibition is being put on by internationally renowned curators and includes 100 works by 34 artists. The exhibition takes an innovative […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 June 2018
Gambia: the Italian Cooperation service committed to assure vaccines

The components of the delegation that will travel to Gambia on an awareness-raising programme promoted by GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, will be from 6 national newspapers and media organisations (La Repubblica, La Stampa, Mediaset, Wired, F Magazine, Vanity Fair).   The initiative, which envisages a series of institutional meetings in Banjul […]

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