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Press Releases
15 October 2021
NOTE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – “Report card in your pocket” project for refugee minors

The project “Report card in your pocket – Channels of study for refugee minors”, promoted by UNHCR and INTERSOS, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior and co-funded by the Italian Episcopal Conference and Migrantes Foundation, has begun. The first five young refugees, Sudanese from Darfur, have arrived in Italy […]

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Events
14 October 2021
ArteOltreConfine: the call for applications for Italian schools abroad is now online

Launching the first edition of the competition to promote reflection on diversity via the works in the Farnesina Collection, the ArteOltreConfine call for submissions, for students of primary and secondary Italian schools abroad, is now online. This educational project is based on the reproduction – multisensory and accessible for people with visual disabilities – of a work of art from the Farnesina Collection.  Interested classes can register by 27 November 2021. The finalist works will be exhibited […]

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Press Releases
7 October 2021
Staffan de Mistura appointed Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara

Italy welcomes the appointment of Staffan De Mistura to the post of Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Western Sahara. While expressing the hope that the appointment will allow a breakthrough in the protracted stalemate in the UN-facilitated political process, Italy reiterates its call to the parties involved to commit themselves, without preconditions […]

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Press Releases
5 October 2021
FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTE – Ciatti murder; Rassoul Bissoultanov extradited to Italy

The Foreign Ministry expresses its great satisfaction for the decision of the German Judicial Authorities to hand over to the Italian Authorities the Russian citizen of Chechen origin, Rassoul Bissoultanov, considered to be the perpetrator of the brutal murder of the young Italian Niccolò Ciatti in Spain, on 13 August 2017. The extradition granted by […]

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In detail
29 September 2021
G20: Ministerial Meeting on International Trade (Sorrento, October 11-12 2021)

On 12 October, the G20 Ministers responsible for international trade will meet in Sorrento. With the G20 Trade Ministerial, the Italian Presidency intends to put WTO reform at the heart of the agenda, providing political impetus to an inclusive process of institutional reform of the organisation to revitalise trade multilateralism. The Sorrento Ministerial Declaration will […]

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Events
27 September 2021
Berlin, first Italian-German forum for young leaders

How can Germany and Italy strengthen Europe’s ability to respond effectively to the challenges of our time? 60 young leaders from Italy and Germany will discuss this question on 27 and 28 September, in Berlin, as part of the Spinelli Forum. At the centre of the debate are the major European issues relating to foreign […]

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Events
24 September 2021
“La Chiave d’Europa” award to Consul Tommaso Claudi

Consul Tommaso Claudi was awarded the “La Chiave d’Europa” award for his extraordinary contribution to the Italian Government’s humanitarian operation during the emergency in Kabul. The award ceremony, promoted by the Municipality of Ventotene and the association “La Nuova Europa”, took place yesterday, 23 September, in the Sala dei Mosaici at the Ministry of Foreign […]

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Events
23 September 2021
Diplomacy in the challenges of the digital age

In an article published at agendadigitale.eu “Why diplomacy is crucial to meet the challenges of the digital age” Laura Carpini, Minister Plenipotentiary and Head of the Italian Foreign Ministry’s Cyberspace Policy and Security Unit, explores the issue of “cyber diplomacy” (digital diplomacy), which “poses new challenges but certainly does not mean that ambassadors and diplomats can […]

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Events
21 September 2021
Export.Gov.it: a virtual Roadshow in 4 stages for aiding exports

On Monday, 27 September 2021, the first of the four stages of a virtual roadshow sponsored by the Foreign Ministry, SACE, SIMEST and the ICE Agency, in collaboration with the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces and Unioncamere, will hit the road to present Italian companies with the latest news on services and support tools for internationalisation […]

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