Farnesina

Press Releases

18 August 2021

Air Force flight landing from Kabul

The Air Force flight with 86 passengers on board, including some Italians, numerous former Afghan collaborators and their families, European Union and NATO Delegation personnel, evacuated from Kabul, has landed. Before leaving the airport, they will all be subject to a COVID swab test, as happened last Monday on the occasion of the arrival of […]

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Press Releases

17 August 2021

Afghanistan: the Embassy in Kabul reconstituted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Italian diplomatic presence in Afghanistan is maintained

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces that the Italian Embassy in Kabul, led by Ambassador Vittorio Sandalli, who returned to Italy yesterday from Afghanistan, has been immediately reconstituted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with the other European diplomatic representations redeployed to their homeland, and is already operational. In close coordination with its European partners, it monitors the […]

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Press Releases

16 August 2021

JOINT NOTICE BY MAECI AND MINISTRY OF DEFENCE – Afghanistan: Ministry of Defence and MAECI. A plane landed from Kabul with Italian Embassy staff, civilian nationals and some Afghan collaborators on board

The Italian Air Force’s KC 767 plane has just landed at Fiumicino airport with about 70 people on board, including diplomatic staff and former Afghan collaborators. The flight, which took off yesterday, is part of the plan to bring Italian embassy staff back home and of the Aquila Omnia Operation to bring former Afghan collaborators and their […]

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Press Releases

13 August 2021

Afghanistan:Italian Foreign Ministry in close contact with the US State Department

In light of the Taliban advance in Afghanistan, the Italian Foreign Ministry is maintaining the closest contact with the US State Department. Just yesterday, Italy’s General Secretary Ettore Sequi spoke with the US Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman. They agreed to further strengthen coordination between the embassies of all the allied countries in Kabul, […]

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In detail

3 August 2021

Il futuro è nella cooperazione scientifica e tecnologica tra Stati

‘’La pandemia con la sua drammatica capacità di incidere sulle nostre vite e sulle nostre economie  ci ha mostrato quanto sia importante potenziare la cooperazione internazionale in campo scientifico e tecnologico. E’ solo grazie alla scienza che abbiamo oggi la speranza di superare questo periodo’’. E’ quanto sostiene Domenico Fornara, responsabile delle Politiche ed attività […]

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Diplomatic Network

2 August 2021

San Paolo: musica italiana su Radio Eldorado

Debutta il 2 agosto in Brasile il programma radiofonico ‘Conexão Italia’, frutto di una partnership tra l’Istituto italiano di cultura (IIC) di San Paolo e radio Eldorado. Il programma  andrà in onda dal lunedì al venerdì, tre volte al giorno, su FM 107,3 e sul sito radioeldorado.com.br ed è dedicato integralmente alla musica contemporanea italiana, […]

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Diplomatic Network

2 August 2021

San Paolo: un Consolato all’insegna della bellezza tutta italiana

Il Consolato Generale d’Italia a San Paolo è stato ristrutturato e rinnovato all’insegna della bellezza del design italiano. Il radicale lavoro di ristrutturazione e riqualificazione dell’ immobile che ospita gli uffici del Consolato si è protratto per un anno e mezzo a causa della pandemia ma si è concluso rendendo gli spazi ampi, eleganti e […]

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Press Releases

2 August 2021

Foreign Ministry Note – Vaccine supplies to Tunisia

In consideration of the ongoing pandemic emergency that is hitting Tunisia particularly hard, Italy is determined to continue to provide concrete and immediate support to the Tunisian people in the fight against COVID-19. After sending five containers of medical supplies and donations for the purchase of oxygen generators for Tunisian hospitals, following a specific request […]

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Press Releases

29 July 2021

Della Vedova: unprecedented effort by the Foreign Ministry to assist Italians abroad in the pandemic

Benedetto Della Vedova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with responsibility for Italians abroad, spoke today at the conference on the “Impact of the pandemic on fellow regional residents abroad: problems, continuity, return migration, new opportunities”, organised by ERAPLE – the regional organisation of Acli for the problems of Italian expats abroad from […]

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Press Releases

28 July 2021

Bologna’s Porticoes are inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Bologna’s Porticoes are now inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List thanks to a decision taken by the World Heritage Committee, which met from 16 to 31 July in its 44th session conducted in virtual mode from Fuzhou (China). The Committee recognised the “exceptional universal value” of the Porticoes as an extraordinary testimony of an architectural […]

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Events

28 July 2021

Ministry of Foreing Affairs and Accademia di Santa Cecilia, tribute to Morricone

On 6 July 2020, at the age of 91, Maestro Ennio Morricone sadly passed away. He was an extraordinarily talented composer and arranger, beloved by all for his rare ability to reach and move people with very different musical tastes. The Farnesina has decided to honour his memory by producing a limited edition box set, available to Embassies, […]

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Press Releases

28 July 2021

Foreign Ministry Note – Libya

As part of efforts to reach an institutional agreement on the definition of the legal framework for allowing the parliamentary and presidential elections to be held on 24 December, delegations from Libya’s House of Representatives and High National Electoral Commission are currently meeting in Rome, with technical assistance provided by the UNSMIL mission. In supporting […]

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